What oil should be poured into the Chevrolet Niva engine

Many owners of the Chevrolet Niva naively assume that this car has gone a lot from the usual domestic 21st Niva and think that this car requires any more expensive engine oils.

In fact, the basic requirements of the manufacturer's plant are no different from those that were a few years ago at Avtovaz.

Moreover, now on the shelves of stores and markets there is such a huge assortment of various engine oils that 99% of all available are suitable for the Chevrolet Niva engine.

But to make the picture clearer, it is worth giving several tables with the parameters and characteristics of oils, by viscosity classes and temperature ranges.

As you can see from the above table, oils differ quite strongly in their viscosity characteristics. Here you need to be careful when choosing and the next replacement. Carefully analyze the conditions in which your Niva is most often used, and already from these data you need to build on.

For example, if in central Russia the temperature does not exceed +30 degrees in summer and does not drop below -25, then the most ideal options would be 5W40 class oil. It will be synthetic, and you will not have problems with starting the engine in winter. The oil is quite liquid and does not freeze even in severe frosts!

From my own experience, I can say that the best quality oils that I have had to refuel a car engine are Elf and ZIC. Of course, this does not mean that other manufacturers are bad or do not deserve attention. No! It's just that these brands turned out to be the best from my experience, most likely because the original canisters came across, which is not always the case ...

Mineral or Synthetic?

Here, of course, a lot depends on the filling of your wallet, but still, if you are our 500 rubles to buy a Chevrolet Niva, then there should be 000 rubles for a canister of good synthetic oil. Nowadays, almost no one fills in minerals, since they have rather poor characteristics, they burn out faster and the quality of lubrication of engine parts, to put it mildly, is not up to par!

Synthetics are another matter!

• Firstly, in such oils there are all kinds of additives that are not only able to ideally lubricate the engine and its mechanisms, but also it has an increased resource. Theoretically, it can be said that fuel consumption will be lower with such oil, and engine power will be slightly higher, although it is unlikely that it will be possible to feel this by eye, as they say.
• The second big plus is winter operation, which was mentioned a little above. When you first start the engine in the morning, even in severe frosts, the car will start without any problems, since such fuels and lubricants do not freeze at low temperatures. A cold start becomes less dangerous and the wear of the piston group parts is minimal, but the difference from mineral water!

So, don't skimp on good oil for your car. Once every six months, you can please your Chevrolet with excellent synthetics, which will serve 15 km and not excessively wear out the internal combustion engine.