Recent content by sixinarow

I suppose the question will really be if the fuel savings will outweigh any other costs incurred. It seems to me that oil consumption, and premature wear or failure surely won’t be able to go up much at all for the savings to hold. If this ends up being the case I’m all for it. If the big boys...

@MNTIM I am too certainly curious about the answer here, but one thing I struggle to imagine is how the bump to 0w30 could ever result in an adverse effect other than .001mpg. I don’t have any scientific evidence but one thing I would say is that if we are supposed to be able to tow and work...

I do think 0w30 would be a good starting point, although I would personally feel even better working this little engine hard with a 0w40 or possibly even 5w40. I’m interested to see if the too thick argument Holds any water, I agree that it must be hypothetically possible though I also haven’t...

Are you still running 0-20? There was a tab for broken welds on some cam covers but some people seem to be losing oil and supposedly don’t fall under the part number range for the issue

Hey all, I am new to the forum (have just been reading for quite a while) anyways I want to buy a new 3.0 but I’d love to hear an update from all the people that own them and those that are running a 30 weight or heavier. Also I haven’t seen it brought up here but other owners seem to be...