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Originally Posted By: DannyBoyG Do you guys think it would be safe to try M1 0w40? It's perfectly safe. If running 'too thick' oil had potential to damage the engine, we'd all need to sit in the driveway and idle for 10~15 minutes until the oil reached proper temperature and viscosity, or...

Run it if you like, it certainly won't hurt anything! You might 'suffer' a fuel economy loss of half-an-MPG (if that.) If you're worried about CAFE 'inspired' overly thin oil, look for an oil with an HTHS of at least 3.0, 3.5 if you 'want to be sure.' Any Xw-30 oil would qualify.

Bearing failures on a forced induction engine? Running more boost than stock? I'd suggest more HTHS to bump your Stribeck curve a few notches to the left. The idea is to remain on the hydrodynamic part of the curve as often as possible. All the additives in the world won't help if you your crank...

Originally Posted By: HosteenJorje Why would you even consider using a 5w-20 when there are very good 0w-20 synthetics? My 04 Camry V6 was speced for 5w-30 and I use 0w-20 in the winter and 0w-30 in the summer. ^

If you already have it, go for it! But, as noted, I don't think it will be in any way superior, in price or performance, to whatever 1+ gallon container of Dino Oil happens to be on sale at Wally world. The slightly higher HTHS (vs xW-30) might cost you 0.2 MPG, if that. Looking 5 seconds...

United Nuclear claims to sell high quality stuff. They have a wide variety of shapes and sizes... http://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=70_71

Originally Posted By: HKPolice Can you post the spreadsheet in excel format instead? +1

Moving your Stribeck curve a few units to the right will not - can not - hurt a thing. Living in Florida, the xW rating is pretty much irrelevant. Lower ratings may fractionally improve your MPG, or they may not, depending on the oil's actual visc/temp curve. (The xW rating guarantees only a...

Originally Posted By: John_Conrad if it does that I want some of it! heck i'll buy stock in the company! does anyone have some guesses on what it might be? (a mix of highly refined oils?) Here is a snippet from the web site: "EverRev - is a proprietary blend of several chemicals.These...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog Kind of puts the lie to all those folks that espouse conventional being virtually no different from synthetic. Perhaps. But consider that Mobile... A. Won't tell you what they are selling you in either oil. B. Reserve the right to change the formulation at any...

The VR1 has about twice the phosphorus of the AFE, and so will be fractionally harder on your catalytic converter. This damage will be pretty minimal unless the car is burning lots of oil. The AFE will flow a bit better on those rare 10 degree mornings. VR1 at 10f is a bit thicker, but is still...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Originally Posted By: MalfunctionProne 4. Oil doesn't make engine parts "ride on a film of oil" or "cushion" an engine with thick oil. Interested in exploring this further...how does hydrodynamics work ? Streibeck curves ? Sommerfeld number ? Fairy Dust, and...

Originally Posted By: Ed_Flecko I often scratch my head and ponder this question - why does ANYONE choose to use conventional oil since, I think, everyone would agree that (as a general rule) synthetic is just simply better? Given that none of the major manufacturers will actually tell you...

Originally Posted By: chiefsfan1 uh oh. http://www.kctv5.com/story/26693128/kans...a-stricken-area http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/10/04/cdc-un-forced-admit-ebola-airborne/ If you go to this area willingly please stay there. It wont take long for this to overwhelm our health system. Well...

Originally Posted By: Smokescreen I am not sure about the stats that you are quoting demarpaint. All we have to go from is the WHO stats of ~50% mortality rate in Africa. Which taking into consideration the rudimentary hospitals they have over there is pretty good. The typical cases in Africa...

Originally Posted By: NHGUY Lots of deaths across the world today,and tomorrow too. And the day after that too! Egad! Coincidence? I think not!

Originally Posted By: Clevy The only difference between those 2 grades will be at start up,and only once the ambient temps get into the negatives,so for your Arizona conditions there will be no meaningful difference so pick a 5w-20 grade in the flavour you like best,or what's on sale and call er...

"...As long as you are careful and leave the bolts in place, it doesn't fly apart." Um, yea... It's the 5% chance that I screw up and springs and widgets go flying that gives pause for thought.

Yea, I suppose I'm 'capable,' but a minute or two every week, as part of a quick inspection, is a lot easier to justify than several hours or more tearing things apart. If I spent half an afternoon fixing the car's every niggle, I'd never have time to drive it. I suppose it comes down to the...