Today took my I30 2009 1.4 petrol for a service which included change of oil. Upon picking car up at i asked the mechanic what oil was used as when i checked the invoice I saw a price of 12 Euro's for oil ( I laughed)
, i have provided oil for services before. He told me he used 15w-40 Selenia oil vision2000. He said due to high temp's in summer in Malta it is the best grade. I told him he should have used 5w-40 if that was the case. As they are the agents for selenia oils they use what is available at the time and the cheapest.
I checked the specs for selenia vision200 on the net :
API SJ/CF (introduced in 1996)
ACEA A2/B3 (obselete)
when hyundai specify API SL or SM
ACEA A3 or above.
Now I have 3 options
Buy a better quality oil and change it immediately
or complain and get them maybe and thats a big maybe to change it
or leave for 6months till the service where I provide the better oil.
Question : If i leave it for 6months will it damage the engine in any way.
Thanks in advance for any replies from sunny Malta.