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RE: oil viscosity



I run 20/50 all year.  That's a low of 5 degrees in the winter at Lake 
Tahoe and highs of 115 in the summer in Sacramento.  No problems with 
startup ever and the oil temp in summer rarely gets above 110C.

HTH

Brian Honnold
'78 Rocco Ragtop

On Thursday, September 10, 1998 4:02 PM, Daniel A. Nowlan 
[SMTP:nowlan@flash.net] wrote:
> At 13:36 9/10/98 -0600, mozg wrote:
> >	I'm from CT (in the summers), and I use AMS Oil 20w/50 in the
> >summer months, and 10w/40 in the winter. On my hot drive across the 
plains
> >this suemmer, my car ran steadily at 120, and could get up to 130 w/ AC 
on
> >mid-day. Ack.. it was soo hot :)  After 12 hours of driving, heat would 
be
> >*pouring* from the footwells.
>
> I was hoping I could run 20w/50 year-round.  I'm in TX.  Have to put up
> with 20ƒF to 110ƒF outside temps.  Can I do it?  Thanks.
>
> Dan
> '86 8v red martian (for now)
>
>   mailto:nowlan@flash.net
>   http://www.flash.net/~nowlan/
>
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