0W-20 and 0W-30 oil at Walmart
 

The other night I was looking around at the full synthetic oils in the Walmart Automotive section.. I saw some new Mobile 1 quart containers that were not there a week ago. One was 0W-20 oil like our cars use. The other was 0W-30.

The 0W-20 says its for newer engines, including Hybrids.

I saw some 0W-20 with gray caps. Then another row of 0W-20 containers had green caps. I think I bought the gray capped oil. The label did say it was for Hybrids. I bought 5 quarts at about $5.97 each. Could be if I had waited they may have it in the 5 quart container that would save some money.

I hope they carry it from now on. It's easy to buy the oil there rather than driving across town to the dealer. Next time i'm at the dealer I will pick up about 4 toyota oil filters.

Update: I looked again last night and they had the 5 qt. containers of 0W-30 at $21.95. Could be they start stocking the 5 qt. size of 0W-20.

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That's the oil I buy...gray cap (green is probably some kind of marketing)...I'll have to check my local Walmart.

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I just bought four quarts of the Mobil 1 0W-20 at WalMart the other day.
The bottles I bought had the green caps. It was the only Mobil 1 0W-20 they had. My WalMart here hasn't been stocking the 0W-20 so I jumped on it. I assume it's the same oil as in in the bottles with the gray caps.(although it doesn't mention "hybrid" any where on the container) I need to compare Mobil part numbers to see if the oil in the green cap bottles is the same as the oil in the gray cap bottles.:angel:

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grey are the original 0W-20 bottles.

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Is the only reason to use 0-20W (or 0-30W) vs the 5-20W recommended in the manual due to cold weather?

And far as synth vs. dino oil, does that matter? Why would a hybrid ICE be different?

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Oh no! The dreaded oil question!!!! Run!!!!!

JK....

There was a MASSIVE thread on the oil subject (and at least one poll). To super summarize, there was no winner. Some like one verse the other (both type and weight). In a nutshell, the thiner oil will provide better coverage during cold starts and starting in general. I guess use whichever you feel like using. I use 0-20w in southern NY.

5W-20 or 0W-20???
What grade of oil do you use?

many more....

Do a search for "synthetic, oil".

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Hahahahaa...thanks Mikey. Yes, the "question". Colder weather, thinner oil - got it. Known that one for a while.