Has anyone run a test using 5W30 in place of water? (0W16)
Kinematic Viscosity 5W30 is 10.3 @ 100 degrees C.
Kinematic Viscosity 0W16 is 7.6 @ 100 degrees C.
So about 30% difference.
The new water oils is a conspiracy for two reasons:
Better fuel mileage required to meet the EPA standard.
Wears out your engine much faster, thus you buy a new car.
Has anyone performed an oil analysis to compare how running 5W30 turns out?
And no it will not destroy your engine. Doing 10K Mile oil changes will destroy your engine.
If there is no one brave enough to try this, my next car will be a brand new Camry (in a few years). I will take the risk for this community and run 5W30 as soon as I get home from the dealer. I will document all my oil changes and see how long the engine lasts. By the way I change my oil every 4000 Miles.
As for you keyboard warrior engineers and mechanics that seem to know everything. The smaller oil rings in modern car pistons will still pass 5W30 with ease. Oil pressure is at around 50 PSI it will go through anything.
Yeah the most reliable engine Toyota ever produced that is no longer available. You can say the same about any 90’s V6 Camry. Try that shit with any modern Toyota engine and see how far that takes you. My dad did the exact same shit on a 16 Corolla. 10K oil changes with a synthetic. After 75K car started burning 3 quarts of oil. I got him to trade the car in for a new one. Your Avalon can easily last 1 million Km if you did your oil changes every 4-5K.