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Re: Various stuff for this weekend (long...so what!)
Yes I always wondered... I use 15w40 in my car, all summer then in the
winter I like to use 10w30, temps get below 0 celcius then. I kinda
wonderd about cars ( usually GM stuff ) that say to use 5W30 all year round..
Doesn't 5w-30 break down in hot weather??? Isn't it better to use a
heavier oil in hot weather???
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, SHAWN C MEZE wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 21:32:23 -0500 Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net> writes:
>
> >> if not I would stay with a thinner oil preferably a synthetic like
> >> Mobil 1 If you go to a heavier oil before you really should you
> >actually shorten the life of the motor as the heavier oil puts more
> >>stress on the rings etc...
>
> >Mobil 1 15w50 should be fine. Flows like a 15, protects like a 50.
> >--
> >Jim Buck,
> >ES #99
>
>
> Exactly! 5w50 to 20w50 is the best thing for our motors, unless you live
> where there is ice and you need a 10w30 or some weirdness like that.
> (Sorry, can't realate to the cold climates and their needs.) Even so, use
> that in the winter time and run the above weights in the summer months. I
> run 5w50 synthetic in my Scirocco and the oil pressure is great no matter
> what the oil temp is.
> My .02 duckets.
>
>
> Shawn Meze
> 86' Jetta GLi 82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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