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arcosine · 04-15-2020, 11:22 AM

After running 0w-20 in the Saturn sc1 for 10 years, 75k miles, I decided to change the oil with 0w-16. Should give 2% mpg over 0w-20 and 7% over 5w-30, spec for sc1. Been getting ~40 mpg. New oil should give 41 mpg.

04-15-2020, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
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