Subject	What oil do you guys run in the winter?
Posted by	Jason(IL) on November 16, 2007 at 5:20 PM
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Message	I did a search but got a lot of mixed results. I live near Chicago so I am looking at 0-30 degree F winters. The car will not be driven daily but often enough to have the proper weight oil in there. I am running 10w-40 Mobil 1 Synthetic right now and am do for an oil change and noticed since the temperature dropped I have gotten a little valve train tick, actually progressing to a lot worse just today. Just curious to what you guys run. I will be sticking with Mobil 1 Synthetic but saw people running 0w-30 all the way up to 10w-40 still in the winter. I am thinking about just running 10w/5w-30.
Follow Ups	What oil do you guys run in the winter? - Jason(IL) 17:20:46 11/16/07 You'll be fine with your current oil. - Spongerider :) 17:48:31 11/16/07 Amsoil Signature Series 0W-30 100% Synthetic Motor Oil (SSO) - ZCulture 18:57:43 11/16/07 2nd. (n/m) - ShakaShaun(Denver) 19:24:04 11/16/07 I wonder how it compares to their - Agner.S(CT) 19:36:42 11/16/07 With the pounding these engines put on their>>> - racer2fst 20:46:39 11/16/07 You should read up on 0W-30. It is made to flow - AZHeat 21:06:53 11/16/07 I've done my fair share of reading up on 0 weight oil>> - racer2fst 21:14:28 11/16/07 It's 30 weight, not 0 weight. The first number - AZHeat 21:39:07 11/16/07 I'm not buyin' that....oil will not thicken up while >>> - racer2fst 21:55:56 11/16/07 well.... sorta true. but i wouldnt run it either - 550HPTT 22:00:10 11/16/07 These two particular paragraphs - 550HPTT 22:05:38 11/16/07 good reading....that being said, i'll stick to 15w50. (n/m) - racer2fst 22:15:27 11/16/07 I wouldn't, most that are beyond a 20 point gap arent great. - SkiFly01 00:51:10 11/17/07 That faq appears to be written nearly 10 years ago... - Barry'z (NJ) 15:52:02 11/17/07 You can...my lifters were noisy with 15W-50 Mobil 1 - Only1Z 15:40:18 11/17/07 Listen up Timski....I've heard that noisy lifter chant>> - racer2fst 19:04:17 11/17/07 Like I said, you can do that if you want. - Only1Z 20:30:44 11/17/07 "No replacement for displacment", right? (n/m) - Barry'z (NJ) 15:55:55 11/17/07 Mobil 1 15W50 year round. - aquariuscsm 20:32:33 11/16/07 Big 2nd. (n/m) - racer2fst 20:47:24 11/16/07 3rd (n/m) - 700hpzx 23:59:48 11/16/07 Re: - RHulme 00:04:31 11/17/07
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