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0W-16 for better economy

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by Java’s_Prius, Feb 8, 2021.

  1. Java’s_Prius

    Java’s_Prius New Member

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    4487A081-0495-48AF-85B5-E9B42C9C9448.jpeg 9CEAAC82-0902-497C-9D53-B7D322CE97A5.jpeg So running through the Walmart oil section I found me some 0W 16 oil for the same price as regular. After doing some research I did not find any information if any one has ever ran it on a gen 2 Prius. I am aware the Prius takes in 5W 30.
    What I did find is that that 0w 16 is supposed to give you better gas mileage, so I went ahead and took the risk... why not Prius has 240000 miles if engine goes out more of a reason to upgrade. But so far it’s been a week and nothing bad has happened, gas mileage did appear to go up in the city, has not had a chance to get on the highway so we’ll see.
     
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    In your area, I doubt there will be a statistically significant increase. While oil flow >> oil pressure and certainly synthetic > conventional, using ultra lightweight oil is ill-advised. Especially in a hot climate.
     
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    i like a person willing to take a risk
     
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    Does your Prius burn oil? If so, it would be interesting to see how much more it burns with this thin oil. These are tough engines, it should be okay.
     
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    I have seen a 2 MPG increase city driving. Weather wise, it’s still cold down we’re I live to see if it’s going to impact the car in a negative way. By then I should be running 5W 30 again since I drive the car 120 miles a day just to go to work and back and will have to be doing another oil change in a month.

    Me too lol , figured that if the engine would give up I can surely convince my wife to let me get a prime ^^.

    I have encountered to scenarios when it comes to oil burning on my car. To go to work I have to drive up the Oregon mountain pass on HW 70 back and forth to work.

    Once in a while I go into a I don’t care mode for the month and I’ll drive with the pedal to the metal up the pass with a surprising top speed of 68 MPH twice a day (going to work and back) lol. When ever I do this I lose about 1 1/2 quart of oil between oil changes.

    Now if I treat it super nice and stick to the slow lane uphill I’ll hardly lose any oil .

    In the end it all depends how hard I make the engine work. I’ll do a cylinder compression test on the car one of this days to see how the engine is holding up. But over all Toyota makes awesome engines.
     
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    That is nearly a 4% increase, well and truly above and verified gains by doing same and therefore not attributable to it.