Originally Posted by Gebo
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My Son In Law goes by the book and runs a 0w-20 in his newer 4Runner. I shudder every time I walk by it while its idling.
It is so noisy. Rattle, rattle, rattle.
I run 0w-20 in the small-ish 1.8L I-4 in my Prius, also per the book. While driving at slower speeds, I often have to look at the panel and/or my Scangauge to tell whether the gas engine is even running. It's that smooth and quiet. Of course, if you really get on it, it sounds like any other engine winding up without a fuss.
From outside the car, even when cold, when the ICE lights-off, it idles quietly, with only slightly more noise then the robo-humm you hear when the car is in READY mode ("on" in hybrid speak), but without the ICE running. No rattling from 20wt oil -- or anything else for that matter...
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My Son In Law goes by the book and runs a 0w-20 in his newer 4Runner. I shudder every time I walk by it while its idling.
It is so noisy. Rattle, rattle, rattle.
I run 0w-20 in the small-ish 1.8L I-4 in my Prius, also per the book. While driving at slower speeds, I often have to look at the panel and/or my Scangauge to tell whether the gas engine is even running. It's that smooth and quiet. Of course, if you really get on it, it sounds like any other engine winding up without a fuss.
From outside the car, even when cold, when the ICE lights-off, it idles quietly, with only slightly more noise then the robo-humm you hear when the car is in READY mode ("on" in hybrid speak), but without the ICE running. No rattling from 20wt oil -- or anything else for that matter...
