Which cars can use Mobil 1 0W40?

You plan to buy a car based on an engine oil?

Can Mobil 1 0W40 engine oil be used on 2004 Toyota sienna 3.3Clyn. Please can someone help

What does your owners manual say? I would use the weight that the owners manual recommends.

You plan to buy a car based on an engine oil?

Yeah, like you don't...

I have 2004 Toyota sienna 3.3Clyn which I bought at America and I am just using it in Nigeria for my christmas holiday. Now I want change the engine oil but could not find the 5w30 specification in the owners annual. I only saw mobil 1 0w40. Is it advisable to use it for my car. Iam at cross road because I can't order the oil now from America . I need an advise since I will stay in nigeria for three month before coming back to Americacan

Yeah, like you don't....

The thought has never crossed my mind... maybe that's what I've been doing wrong all these years.

The thought has never crossed my mind...maybe thats what I've been doing wrong all these years.

When it's time for me to get a new car, I look around my garage and see what oil I have laying around. Then, and only then, do I decide what I will soon be driving.

If the owner's manual does not specify the use of synthetic oil, regardless of weight, check with the dealer parts dept. I do know that Toyota had not endorsed synthetic motor oil in all of their models as of March 2012. Perhaps most, but not all.

Given the relatively high ambeinet temperatirs in Nigeria you really don't need to worry whether the number before the "W" is 0, 5 or 10 - this part of he specification really only comes into play when it is cold outside, and I doubt you're likely to run into freezing temperatires in Nigeria! But you should really try to fnd an oil that has the proper 30 weight for warm operation as specified in the owner's manual - thus if you can't find a 5W30 then look for an alternative such as either 0W30 or 10W30.

Since some of these posts make no sense now... there were two threads that were merged. One mentioned a toyota Sienna.. the other asked only what cars used a particular weight oil.

Many European luxury sedans use it. It's factory fill on many Mercedes, since it meets MB 229.50. Here are a few more cars it's appropriate for:

•BMW LL-01
•Mercedes-Benz 229.3, 229.5
•Porsche A40
•Renault 0710, 0700
•Volkswagen 502.00, 505.00

It meets the more demanding HT/HS requirements of ACEA; i.e. greater than 3.5.

It also works well in air-cooled lawn mowers and yard equipment, which tend to easily shear oil!

First of all, you aren't clear on whether this is a natural Mobil 10W-40 or Mobil 1 (synthetic) 0W-40.
If you mean Mobil 1, and not regular Mobil, go to the Mobil 1 website and enter the info they ask for after make, year, and model. Basically they say 5W-30. That doesn't mean you can't use 0W-40 - right, TGM? Or not?

He means Mobil One. It can be used in other applications, it's just that performance may be sluggish and gas mileage may suffer a little. For most other cars in North America, it would work best in the summer.

I have 2004 Toyota sienna 3.3Clyn which I bought at America and I am just using it in Nigeria for my christmas holiday. Now i want change the engine oil but could not find the 5w30 specification in the owners annual. I only saw mobil 1 0w40. Is it advisable to use it for my car. Iam at cross road because i can't order the oil now from America . I need an advise since i will stay in nigeria for three month before coming back to Americacan

You can use that weight oil for your engine since you are simply expanding the temperature operating range.

Read more about how oil is 'weighted':
Motor Oil Viscosity Grades Explained in Layman's Terms (http://www.upmpg.com/tech_articles/motoroil_viscosity/)

You can use that weight oil for your engine since you are simply expanding the temperature operating range.


I disagree - a 0W40 oil does not have some sort of "expanded" range compared to 5W30. A 40 weight oil is thicker than a 30 weight at operating temperature, and so may cause issues with insufficient lubrication of the engine. I do agree that the 0W versus 5W is not too important, especially in a warm climate. But it's imporrtant to stick with a 30 weight, and not go to 40.

I will stand firm.
Ezeadi stated that was the only oil weight that was available at the time.
If that was my only option when my oil "needed" changed, I would use 0W40.

And given that he is in Nigeria, his oil might be taking a beating, so changing it with what he has on hand makes some sense?
Make sure you thoroughly drain the regular oil, if it isn't synthetic. I always heard to not mix the two types. Am I right about that?
Mobil 1 does show that car make and model and year as an option.

Synthetics and conventional oil are compatible. Mixing merely dilutes the benefits of the synthetic.