Stupid is as stupid does. Unless you're doing it for the clicks/likes which instantly makes you smart 
Cold start at -35°F with 10W30 = no oil pressure
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Stupid is as stupid does. Unless you're doing it for the clicks/likes which instantly makes you smart
And we're helping him with the clicks, just encouraging stupidity.
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The secret is not to click, I never do, lol.
His pickup tube was also full of gelled oil, I doubt he got that cleared
0W30 in my F150.
0W20 in my Mazda 6 and Ford Focus.
5W30 in the 4.2L Jaguar XJ8, which doesn't get driven in snow or below -10C.
I grew up in the frozen North. My dad ran dino spring through fall and synthetic in my winter. I remember numerous times running Mobil 1 5w-30 (thinnest at the time) starting a car at -35 to -25F and the God awful noises it made that sounded engine-like. Synthetic made a huge difference, but at those temps you're pushing things to extremes. A few times I remember oil blowing out of engine seals all over the driveway during super cold starts and having to top up after letting it idle for a few minutes. Those cars all went for over 200k with no engine issues, oil consumption issues, etc. People on this forum often worry way too much when they're not even close to pushing an engine to its limits.
I found out that the WIX XP filters will leak around the roll crimp at below -25C.
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Another reason when it gets that below zero cold,to stay parked at idle,watch your guages,doesn't hurt to check under for any oil filter gasket leaks,before slowly driving away
When it was below -20 I had to drive circles around the block at least twice so the transmission would shift on a Nissan. Otherwise it'd stay in first until it warmed up some.
The clutch on another car wouldn't work right when it was below -20. It was delayed so I'd have to basically double clutch for the first few blocks or I'd grind the gears. Cold weather does weird things.
If it pumps then it pumps. If it doesn’t and it undergoes shear-induced gelling around the pickup tube then the pump cavitates. This is what was happening in the 80s when a revision was made to SAE J300 in terms of how the winter rating was determined.
2.5M cStLike dnewton pointed out, The real issue in those low temps is the addition of Lucas. Makes me cringe how thick that must be
Sounds like it could have used some HPL Blue CC… has a pour point of -81*F / -63* C
Mm delicious jello
10W30 will pump when cold. It’s not the greatest but having zero oil pressure is nonsense.
I run synthetic 5W30 year round. My truck sits at the airport for days on end. No issues. No oil consumption. 13 years old and hasn’t blown up yet.
I run synthetic 5W30 year round. My truck sits at the airport for days on end. No issues. No oil consumption. 13 years old and hasn’t blown up yet.
Except this guy is in Canada not the USA
But the misspelled sign is funny.
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Some Albertans want to join the US though, lolExcept this guy is in Canada not the USA
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Yeah - had to work in places like that - but don’t want to live there
Probably needed to rev it up to keep it running with that many miles add in low compression.
