10w-30 oil in general ...

[Rooster]

From reading quite a few posts over time, I think I've noticed that 10w-30 oil doesn't get talked about much.

5w-20, 0w-30, 15w-40, 20w-50, whatever but it seems 10w-30 is just soooo booring that most people have forgotten about it.

I've always thought that for summer service in the US 10w-30 works pretty good in just about anything, not too thin, not too thick, not tricked up with a lot of VI improvers, etc. But then maybe that's no longer true and I'm showing my age.


What say you?

 

[UncleS2]

It's worked great so far in my car. Almost all of its 144,000 miles have been on 10w30 oil, & it's still going strong!

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

It's really the Type - O of motor oil. Really compatible with most vehicles.

 

[mikemc]

10w30 is great stuff for warm weather. It has a relatively small spread so needs less improvers. I still prefer 5w30 for DOHC motors due to possibly faster flow at start-up.