Re: *How* cold in Canada? [OIL]

[Joel Leclerc <deejay@info.polymtl.ca>]

I'm running on AGIP synt2000 (10W40) all the time, and never had
any problem.. And I'm located in Montreal, get as low as -30 C.

/Joel

On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Ian wrote:

> Now this part always confused me, I'm running 10W-30 Mobil1 in PA, I
> understand that Mobil1 will flow a hell of a lot better in the cold (and
> heat for that matter) than regular dyno oil. So even though the oil is rated
> at 10W-30 it should still flow better than dyno oil of the same rating.
> Seeing as though it really doesn't get that cold in PA (I'm talking Canada
> cold) shouldn't Mobil 1 10W-30 be fine for the winter?
> 
> Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TBerk16@aol.com <TBerk16@aol.com>
> To: jason@scirocco.org <jason@scirocco.org>; scirocco8v@home.com
> <scirocco8v@home.com>; scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 3:10 AM
> Subject: Re: *How* cold in Canada? [OIL]
> 
> 
> >In a message dated 12/9/98 9:15:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> >jason@scirocco.org writes:
> >
> >>
> >>  On that note, I am getting ready to do another oil change... I'm
> currently
> >>  runnig Mobil One 10W30... is this gonna be allright for a PA Winter?  I
> am
> >>  expecting the lowest temps to be around 15'F (-10'C), and the car will
> be
> >>  garaged just about all the time.  This oil should be okay, right?
> >>
> >>  Hey, and thanx everyone for the compliments on my web page... I have a
> few
> >>  fixes in the works... I will post again when I'z done. :)
> >>
> >>  Jason
> >>
> >
> >Mobil makes a 'colder' oil than that, For winter I'd go a bit lower. Change
> it
> >again in the spring/summer.
> >
> >TBerk
> >
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