View Poll Results: What Oil Grade Do You Use In Your Mirage?

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  • 0w16

    1 3.85%
  • 0w20

    14 53.85%
  • 5w20

    3 11.54%
  • 5w30

    9 34.62%
  • 10w30

    0 0%
  • 10w40

    1 3.85%
  • 15w40

    0 0%
  • 20w50

    1 3.85%
  • Single Grade Oil: 20w, 30w, etc..

    0 0%
  • Oil: No idea, I just put in whatever is laying around.

    0 0%
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Thread: Recommended Oil Viscosities

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    Fumoto's current offer:

    Use FUMOTO for 10% off all purchases

    now through October 27.
    Back around July they had a 20% off promotion.


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)


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    Also consider the competitor of Fumoto that is called EZ drain valve. Sometimes they have a significantly cheaper price. For my motorcycle it was going to be $25 for a Fumoto or $18 for a EZ drain valve.

    On the Mirage I have a fumoto because I did not know about the competing company at the time. These valves are fantastic and you can reuse them in future cars, they last a lifetime.

    Cry once. By the way I see the Walmart SuperTech brand full synthetic was only like $14 for a 5 quart jug and that is supposed to be the "everyday low price" so I would just go with that to not have to deal with mail in rebates and so forth.

    But I am straight for like 6 years of oil changes with what I currently have hoarded away.
    2015 Mirage DE 5 speed Manual - 30k miles

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 44.9 mpg (US) ... 19.1 km/L ... 5.2 L/100 km ... 53.9 mpg (Imp)


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    Well, I'm going to be ordering 4 valves, 2 for Mirages and 2 for my Burgmans so a decent savings x 4 will help out.
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    We're driving the Beetle of the 21st century, the greatest small car now available!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Daox View Post
    Where does it say 0W-20 is only good to 80F?

    I never really understand these things a ton because the engine is water cooled, the oil shouldn't ever get much warmer than the coolant...

    In principle you are correct, but:
    In hot weather, the engine oil gets hotter than in winter. Many cheaply made engines have very little heat exchange between water and oil. Some even have practically none, and the oil gets very hot on the highway, but good enough for city runabouts. Some engines reach highway oil temps over 120°C or even up to 150°C at high revs, thats very bad.

    Concerning our cars, I ran a temporary oil thermometer on mine for a while, and can definitely say there is an excellent heat exchange between water and oil. In winter the oil warms up quicker than in most other engines, and in the summer on the highway oil never exceeds water temperature. Just perfect and as it should be!
    Last edited by foama; 10-24-2019 at 08:50 AM.

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    not that any of the WWII engineers that worked on the Zero fighter and engines are still around, but the Mits archives are probably full of data on the relationship of oil temp to ambient temp, considering fighters fly around in temps from 35c to -40C routinely and the oil in an air-cooled radial can't be allowed to get too cold or hot.
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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Hi all. Quick question. Is it ok to use this oil on Mirage? On the store they struggling a little bit to find the "correct" 0w20 oil. Looking for the Specs on the manual I think it matches. Please let me know if there is some reason to avoid to use this oil. For what I have searched the ACEA A1/B1 was replaced by the ACEA C5 https://www.oilspecifications.org/ar...welcome-c5.php, so, the user manual looks like that was never updated since 2012 as on all manuals that I found here https://mitsubishi-motors.co.uk/manu...wners-manuals/ all have the same text. Thanks in advance!
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    (3A92 59kW)

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    You're good to use that oil. It's API is SN. Don't overthink it too much.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by edPower View Post
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    This graph is curious despite the lowest bar only going to 40 upper cosity, it still lists it as handling 50c


    Last edited by skyblue; 01-08-2022 at 02:39 AM.

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