wow car gets 30mpg and you want more from 1.6L? why? why compromise engine protection ever for 0.5MPG. why?
and gas here is dirt cheap now. same price as 1970 (inflation adjusted) a glut of oil....
run the correct grade oil for you climate do not let others tell you , you can pay games here.
Your engine is not new, its 18 years and my guess lots of miles
the bearings and clearances on this engine are not like today's, new cars. and is now with looser clearances.(aged wear)
run the spec. oil, for your climate. and do not go too thin.
nor run thin oil in summer. (use and oil pressure gauge,on old engines, 55psi cold start, and less hot. but stays 20psi idle. and higher at faster RPM/.
one key part in the is the cam, shaft, and our FSM shows not running the thinner oils, with the 16v cam,,, above the stated air temps.
yes, oil is now a religion, (and worse)
I avoid all that.....
the oil pump takes a pan drop. or other magic, (the pump has 2 long studs on the bottom, and some unscrew and others are cast in place,fixed for ever.)
the pan needs to be off and my page on pan drop covers both ways
http://www.fixkick.com/axles/Pan-drop/pandrop.html
id get a gauge first, and see how pressure run hot and cold engine,and idle and say 3000 RPM
if its good, end worry.
Most G16s with low oil pressure with 10w-30 oil are , bad rod bearings.
The gauges are easy to install with a Tee fitting
from stock sender to block gallery hole (its pipe thread tapered and the thread is NOT ISO metric, (only part on car not)its BSPT, omg Imperial threads!)
this adapter magic is on my hard to find parts page
http://www.fixkick.com/buy-parts.html#Sender
( British STD tapered Pipe threads !)
they sell better gauges now.
with programmable lower limit warning lamps.
set it a you like.
and means you can not use the TEE nor original sender,
i use these rules
http://www.fixkick.com/specs/oil-spec95.JPG
above 10c get ride of the light oil
in fact, id run 10w-30 (or 40) year round , say not in say Siberia.
the pump seals on 2 planes , 2 surfaces (rear and pan side)
and i tricky to get it leak free.
has special steel gasket (do not use the china clones with paper)
and seals at the pan seal , the pan IS RTV sealed and pressure tested day1
this bottom seal , is best done pan off, or will be hard to get a leak free pump.
see page 14
http://www.fixkick.com/engine/96-98%2016...motor1.pdf
and gas here is dirt cheap now. same price as 1970 (inflation adjusted) a glut of oil....
run the correct grade oil for you climate do not let others tell you , you can pay games here.
Your engine is not new, its 18 years and my guess lots of miles
the bearings and clearances on this engine are not like today's, new cars. and is now with looser clearances.(aged wear)
run the spec. oil, for your climate. and do not go too thin.
nor run thin oil in summer. (use and oil pressure gauge,on old engines, 55psi cold start, and less hot. but stays 20psi idle. and higher at faster RPM/.
one key part in the is the cam, shaft, and our FSM shows not running the thinner oils, with the 16v cam,,, above the stated air temps.
yes, oil is now a religion, (and worse)
I avoid all that.....
the oil pump takes a pan drop. or other magic, (the pump has 2 long studs on the bottom, and some unscrew and others are cast in place,fixed for ever.)
the pan needs to be off and my page on pan drop covers both ways
http://www.fixkick.com/axles/Pan-drop/pandrop.html
id get a gauge first, and see how pressure run hot and cold engine,and idle and say 3000 RPM
if its good, end worry.
Most G16s with low oil pressure with 10w-30 oil are , bad rod bearings.
The gauges are easy to install with a Tee fitting
from stock sender to block gallery hole (its pipe thread tapered and the thread is NOT ISO metric, (only part on car not)its BSPT, omg Imperial threads!)
this adapter magic is on my hard to find parts page
http://www.fixkick.com/buy-parts.html#Sender
( British STD tapered Pipe threads !)
they sell better gauges now.
with programmable lower limit warning lamps.
set it a you like.
and means you can not use the TEE nor original sender,
i use these rules
http://www.fixkick.com/specs/oil-spec95.JPG
above 10c get ride of the light oil
in fact, id run 10w-30 (or 40) year round , say not in say Siberia.
the pump seals on 2 planes , 2 surfaces (rear and pan side)
and i tricky to get it leak free.
has special steel gasket (do not use the china clones with paper)
and seals at the pan seal , the pan IS RTV sealed and pressure tested day1
this bottom seal , is best done pan off, or will be hard to get a leak free pump.
see page 14
http://www.fixkick.com/engine/96-98%2016...motor1.pdf
http://www.fixkick.com