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Old 09-29-2013, 02:45 PM   #29 (permalink)
Pierrel
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Originally Posted by wmjinman View Post
Well, I've had cars that lasted a long time on good ol' non-synthetic 10w30, too. I was just contemplating going down to 0w20 synthetic if the extra "thin-ness" would yield a bit more mpg. But so far, I'm happy with the choice of 0w30 synthetic as a compromise. The lighter "0" weight to hopefully help with the cold start, and then the comfort of knowing it's still "30" during the majority of the operations while warmed-up.
Hey! Some major things happened in life last spring, but now I'm back, altleast a bit. I'm going to do an oil change In the morning, and I bought some fully synthetic 0W30 oil today. How has your engine held up? Did you see any effects what so ever? Winter is coming with freezing levels, and I think the 0W will make good for cold starts. Though I do have some "rattles" from what I think is the lifters. Hopelly this will get better after the oil change. IF the viscosity isn't to low!....

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