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Kia Optima 2012 engine oil

Also sold as K5 · Lotze

Kia Optima 2012 takes 5W-20 / 5W-30. Approvals, oil capacity and the products Sonar International stocks in Benghazi.

Engine: 2.0L Theta II T-GDI

Recommended grade

  • 5W-30

    Your manufacturer lists several grades for this engine depending on outside temperature. Every option shown here is approved for your engine.

Also permitted by the manufacturer

  • 5W-40

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

  • 10W-30

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

  • 15W-40

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

  • 20W-50

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

Oil capacity

We do not publish a capacity for this engine yet. Check your owner's manual or call us — a wrong quantity does more harm than a wrong brand.

Approvals this engine requires

The manufacturer specifies a viscosity grade for this engine without naming an additional approval.

Available at Sonar

Engine: 2.4L Theta II GDI

Recommended grade

  • 5W-20

    Your engine runs its oil above 100 °C whether it is 20 °C or 48 °C outside, so the recommended grade is correct for Libyan summers. What matters here is a shorter oil-change interval, not a thicker oil.

Also permitted by the manufacturer

  • 5W-30

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

  • 10W-30

    From the manufacturer's temperature chart

Oil capacity

We do not publish a capacity for this engine yet. Check your owner's manual or call us — a wrong quantity does more harm than a wrong brand.

Approvals this engine requires

  • APISM

Available at Sonar

Grades are taken from the manufacturer's own documentation for this engine.

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