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kaisen kaisen is offline
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I'm at 90k with the 2008 2.3 hatch I bought new. I've been doing 5w/20 dino juice every 5k. And I beat on the car.

Was really hoping to get this one to 200k...
You're not doing any damage with 5W20, you're just not protecting things quite as well, nor helping oil consumption.
As long as you have enough oil, it's all good.

Why not just switch to heavier 30 oil? Maybe switch to synthetic? It'll make it to 200K
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