Ford Ka Oil

[paddyk]

Hi. Is it OK to top up the oil in a 2010 Ford Ka 1.2 with 5/30 fully synthetic ? I only ask as my friend's car is really short on oil - the oil light came on and when I checked, it doesn't even register on the dipstick !! I have some fully synthetic in my garage which he could have. I think it will be OK but have looked online and get a lot of conflicting information. TIA

[Buenchico]

Unless you're friend is planning on driving in the Sahara Desert (where 5W-40 oil might actually have some point to the higher temperature rating), 5W-30 will be absolutely fine.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Why do I keep typing "you're" instead of "your"?

I do know the difference, honestly!

[wolf63]

chris - do you the answer to this q? https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1627320.html

[gingejbee]

Question.....when did oil stop being so "oily"? I have fully synthetic 0W-30 and it's just a bit more viscous than water.

[paddyk]

It says semi synthetic on most of the specs 5/30 grade is not really the issue - just needed to know if fully synth will be ok as it's all I've got. will advise him to get some semi-synth rather than damage the engine

[tonyav]

Yes because semi-synthetic motor oil is a blended mixture generally 70% regular motor oil mixed with 30% full-synthetic oil therefore by adding or blending more full-synthetic oil into the mixture merely increases the percentage amount of full-synthetic oil within a pre-blended semi-synthetic brand.

http://www.answers.com/Q/Can_you_mix_full_synthetic_with_semi_synthetic_oil