Quit yer braggin'!
extreme cold pending for DFW...
- Thread starter Plumb Bob
- Start date
That's a very good recommendation! Thanks! Should be full synthetic, right?
Still running my last batch of Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0W-20. And Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W-30 is awaiting next oil change.
No, ain't running any 10W-40 in my car during the Midwest winter, even full synthetic.
The thing is that around here we always get at least 2 weeks every winter (it could be any month from Dec to Feb including) when the temp. drops to 0°F and stays there through all those 2 weeks.
The screenshot on the previous page shows 2 days with negative degrees and 2 days with 0°F. The current updated forecast shows Mon -2°F. So we have already 3 days with negative degrees.
Also we had already two weekends (totaling of about 7-8 days, counting the Mondays too) in Dec with temp. below 5°F. That was when a week after Hohn tested the HPL 15W-40 at 20°F. I have started my car at 5°F for a few days before that.
So temps. of 0°F in our aria are very common during the winter and they are not just for a weekend or two but at least for two whole weeks. In this case using anything thicker than 5W-30 is a gambling. I prefer 0W-20 in the winter, so I have a larger margin to its borderline CCS.
Why would I want to stay a dozen degrees away from the oil's borderline pumping, if I can stay much farther?
It's been explained to you so many times and so thoroughly at great length and effort by Hohn. I'm not going to waste my time explaining it here for you here again. It is clear it will not sink in for you.
Valvoline Restore and Protect only comes in synthetic currently, so yes.
Your preference is not based in reality. There is no reason to do this. It is silly.
Yes, we do have 4x4 trucks in TX. I myself have had several. Especially when I used to own land out in the country. It was a must. But for sure there are plenty of 2x4 trucks here. I’ve had several of those as well. The big difference is people who are inexperienced with this kind of weather tend to over estimate 4x4 capabilities.
They may be able to get going faster than many 2WD, but stopping, they quickly learn isn't the same as going.
One of the temperatures at which any 40 grade oil passes the torch/flag to the 5W-30 and 0W-20 oils.
Last edited:
I'm sorry that you still don't understand winter grades. There's a lot of good info here. Maybe it will sink in eventually if you spend enough time around here.
When Russian snowfall makes national news, here and there, it must be a cold winter.
I've experienced a couple of days in the mid 20's in CFLA, and it feels COLD!
BrendanC
$100 site donor 2024
just wired in a generator plug to keep my gas heat online if the power goes out. stay safe everyone from Houston.
In Texas: If you have a deer lease? You have a 4x4 pickup. Right?
Bracing for it in Southern California. Mid 60s high. Mid 40s low. Ridiculous
IDK. I’ve thrown quartered deer in coolers in the back of a Fusion before. So maybe I’m not right person to ask. Do the deer care about what drivetrain you have?
Mostly posers with major insecurities have jacked-up 4x4s with oversized wheels and tires. They also have car wash memberships to keep them spotless should they get, heaven-forbid, the least bit dirty. My next door neighbor has a membership for his F250 4x4 Tremor (sp?).
It's surprising how many people don't know how to do this. Two of my neighbors with young children in the last storm said it was so cold inside but I heard both of their generators run and had to ask why their heaters weren't running. I showed them how I wired my heater and helped them with theirs.
Last edited:
I hope you educated them since then.
I lived in Dallas for a bit so I can appreciate the mindset to an extent.
-6 now here in sunny Vermont on the Canadian border. Of course for us it’s not a big deal, I’d say we get two weeks every winter when the temperature never comes above -10, even in the middle of a sunny day. Life goes on as normal, nothing is affected.
I didn't include in my post I showed them how to wire it after showing them how I wired mine.
Do you just use a bonding plug, or ground your Genny? Or your furnace doesn't care?
Oh, the humanity. Lol. Sunny and 56° here in Vegas. I have a window open so the cats can talk to the humming birds.
