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Hi Guys,

so I Planning to do a service on my picanto and I wanted to now from MYBB what brand/make of oil I should use?

also I wanted to ask, is it a good idea to mix oil? or use different brands?

I have a 5L bottle I used last time, and I believe there should be another 2 or so litres in it, (clean unused)
and Im thinking to buy those 500ML cans and add enough to make 3L in total.

is this a good idea?

mileage is 115000, what else should I think about changing? tbh not sure if I need to change gearbox oil?
or anything else?
 
Read the user manual, it should tell you what service level you are at and what needs to be changed.
 
eg2505 said:
TBH,
dont have one, so I thought id try get a general idea from the community...

what usually should be changed?
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Whatever the manual says should be changed...

Get one.. it will be different for different cars.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Whatever the manual says should be changed...

Get one.. it will be different for different cars.
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no stock of the manual at kia, I drive the older picanto, so they dont have its manual...

but as a general rule? or for a similar car like a atos or older i10, with the g4hg engine
as its the same in those as mine...
 
eg2505 said:
no stock of the manual at kia, I drive the older picanto, so they dont have its manual...

but as a general rule? or for a similar car like a atos or older i10, with the g4hg engine
as its the same in those as mine...
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Oil, Filters, Plugs..

you MAY need to do your cambelt and such as well..

This is why you NEED to get the manual if you are planning on doing this yourself.
 
imho - if you're asking advise on here on how to change oil eg2505... Rather get somebody knowledgeable to assist the first time around.
While that little gem of a car has been the topic of many entertaining threads - I would loathe to read on Thursday how you had to Uber to work because you couldn't manage to fill the motor via the dipstick tube.

/runs
 
FiestaST said:
Tell us more about the Picanto. We need more info about it
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its going for the moment, want to sell it ASAP, just need the job situation to stabilize....
am happy to have it as unreliable as it sometimes is.....

at least I not paying it off....
but it needs a bit of TLC , need to get it serviced, as last service was at 105000 and its now done its 10K

so Ill pop by my favorite mechanic to change plugs and filters, but I wanted to know about oil,
is there a brand I should use, last time I used shell, but not sure if its right for this car,
and if I buy those small cans and add up oil, will that be bad?
 
skeptic_SA said:
imho - if you're asking advise on here on how to change oil eg2505... Rather get somebody knowledgeable to assist the first time around.
While that little gem of a car has been the topic of many entertaining threads - I would loathe to read on Thursday how you had to Uber to work because you couldn't manage to fill the motor via the dipstick tube.

/runs
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glad I could brighten your day,:D

and yes I did try that already:p got oil all over the garage floor:p
 
eg2505 said:
its going for the moment, want to sell it ASAP, just need the job situation to stabilize....
am happy to have it as unreliable as it sometimes is.....

at least I not paying it off....
but it needs a bit of TLC , need to get it serviced, as last service was at 105000 and its now done its 10K

so Ill pop by my favorite mechanic to change plugs and filters, but I wanted to know about oil,
is there a brand I should use, last time I used shell, but not sure if its right for this car,
and if I buy those small cans and add up oil, will that be bad?
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Try and go for a full synthetic I suppose? I think most of the oil we can buy here is something like 10W-40 or 0W-40 or something like that.
 
Dont complicate your life.Its a stock standard picanto.Just use the recommended grade of oil that the service manual says.
 
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