Is it 40°C?What?
Is it 40°C?What?
Several practical issues:Can I ask you why? so I can understand your reasoning
Thank you very much
Ambient temperature? Oil temperature is regulated by engine thermostat and cooling capacity not ambient temperature.Is it 40°C?
Ambient.Ambient temperature? Oil temperature is regulated by engine thermostat and cooling capacity not ambient temperature.
That is irrelevant. How is 0W20 operating in Phoenix, AZ?Ambient.
Just fine as long as your cooling system works properly.That is irrelevant. How is 0W20 operating in Phoenix, AZ?
So, don’t understand what you trying to say here?Just fine as long as your cooling system works properly.
I do and you do too.So, don’t understand what you trying to say here?
Again, you just stated that 0W20 will operate in Phoenix if cooling system is OK.I do and you do too.
But you keep fluffing your feathers like a rooster before the fight which raises your ego to unhealthy level.
What are you challenging and nagging me about that I don't understand what I said to OP, that the 5W-30 multi-grade oil will perform well in his climate and is designed to operate at temperatures as low as -30° and as high as 30°C?
So what are your comments and questions to me exactly about?
How would you like me to worded it?Again, you just stated that 0W20 will operate in Phoenix if cooling system is OK.
WHere did you get idea that 5W30 operates as high as 30c?
Ego? It is not ego, it is that you have no idea what you talking about and contradicting yourself.
As far as 0W-20 oil in Phoenix, it was a joke and went right over your head.
I vote this for post of the yearHow would you like me to worded it?
Let me try one more time.
5W-30 functions successfully in climate with high seasonal temperature variations such as -30¯C and 30°C.
Will that do for you?
Penzoil brand does not exist in Europe. It i Shell Helix ECT.Another good oil is PP Euro L, or LX if you can find it.
The L is 5w30, the LX is 0W30. I've used both and my motors were happy with it.
+1 on the Motul X-Clean as that's what currently in the sump, doing a great job.
No. It protects up to anything that your cooling system can cool off. Ambient temperature is not as big deal in cooling engine as altitude.I live in Italy and the temperature in winter is around 0 degrees centigrade and in summer 30/35 degrees centigrade .
Is it true that a 5W30 oil protects up to 30 degrees centigrade?
Thank you for your reply, you are very helpful.No. It protects up to anything that your cooling system can cool off. Ambient temperature is not as big deal in cooling engine as altitude.
Your oil temperature is regulated by engine cooling system. Your engine has fluid to fluid heat exchanger. Reason it is there is for coolant to warm up oil as fast as possible (coolant warms up faster), but also to cool off oil as much as possible (coolant exchanges heat through radiator much more efficiently than oil). Your oil temperature will follow your coolant temperature very closely.
People think that ambient temperature play role as it affects cooling capabilities. Engines are designed with extreme temperatures in mind. What will affect cooling is if you drive in Italian alps above 2,500m above sea level as heat exchange with air is less efficient bcs. air is thinner. Your temperature will be higher. But nothing close to dangerous. Worry when oil temperature gets to 150c, which will never happen in your engine on street even if it is 50c outside.
It is excellent oil, but really no need. I would just go M1 ESP 5W30.Thank you for your reply, you are very helpful.
I have always thought that 5W30 oils were used for fuel economy reasons at the expense of engine protection.
Following your thought you wouldn't even consider this oil, right?
Thank you edyvw, I admit that the subject fills me and I like it very much.It is excellent oil, but really no need. I would just go M1 ESP 5W30.
Those 5W30 oils LL04 are not about fuel economy.