Nissan Micra K12 Oil

May 26, 2012 Last reply: 6 years ago 16 Replies
K

Hi,



My other half has recently bought a 2005 Nissan Micra 1.2. I went to the local car spares place and bought all the bits to service the car.



I completed all the work today and then when I sat down tonight I just happened to check the oil spec. The garage supplied me 10/40 oil and i've just read that it should be 5/30.



Can anyone tell me which one is correct(the handbook only lists specs which mean nothing to me)?



If its wrong I will get some more tomorrow and change it again, it was pretty filthy so changing it again wont be a bad thing.



Thanks



Rob


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From Autodata:

Oil grade cold climate - 5W/30 Synthetic Oil grade moderate climate - 10W/30 Oil grade hot climate - 20W/40

Oil grade (alternative) moderate climate - 10W/40

Classification - API/ACEA - SJ/A2

Based on that, it should be fine.

Chris

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K

thanks for that Chris, was worried I'd be changing it again!

Rob

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C

nissan specified 10/30 on the first k12's than changed to 5/30 later.

10/40 is fine though. I've always stuck 10/40 magnatec in ours.
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T

Reason being they were hoping to quieten slack timing chains which rattle at cold startup!!

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J

Hi all,

I own a Nissan Micra k12 1.2 petrol 59kw.

I don?t find any 5w30 engine oil with Acea A2. Why?

Besides, could you recommend me one?

Thanks!!

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M

castrol magnetec is c2 5w30

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M

A2 is an obsolete spec, go to A3

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J

Hi, I have a nissan micra k12 1.2 80PS petrol a would like like to know which is the correct oil for my car. Thanks.

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Read the owners manual, section "Recommended fluids/lubricants and capacities".

Or Halfords will tell you.

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when it comes to oil it can be critical, aspecially in more modern engines as , the wrong viscosity oil can jack up valve lifters and give the impression of a snapped chain or belt.

now with an older engine such as this k12 , c3 should be fine. , but you should check your hand book too as they're is always strange variants that are missed.

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El viernes, 22 de mayo de 2020, 7:43:21 (UTC+2), snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com escribió:

Good morning,

My Nissan Micra K12 petrol 1.2 80PS 2005 handbook shows that recommended oil is 5w30 A2. This Acea code A2 is discontinued, and was replaced by A3/B3/B4.

The problem is that I can't find any 5w30 oil which has an Acea A3/B3/B4, all I see are C3 and C4.

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R

have a look at the chart at

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have you noted the date on thispost

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21st of May 2020. Obviously he?s tagged it on to an old post but this question is new and perfectly valid.

Tim

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but jleoncpi was asking about oil on 19/07/18.

2 years is kinda a long time to not know what oil to use and he had zombied a thread from 2012 that had a full and complete list of oils to use. (That you contributed to) So has he been putting off the oil change for 2 years? What did he put in it last year?

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A lot of disproportionate Micra centric questions come to this newsgroup, almost like there is an something out there that guides them here.

What is it, a mention in an FAQ? a usenet-webforum gateway on a micra site?

Or folks collective experiences of having their car radio code decoded?

Can't just be google...

(googles)

Ah, maybe forum mentions on

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