BlueOvalFitter
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Cool! What if one is 5W40?If I put in one quart of 5W-20 and one quart of 5W-30, I made 5W-50 because both the bottles are blue, the first 5 number cancels out.
Cool! What if one is 5W40?If I put in one quart of 5W-20 and one quart of 5W-30, I made 5W-50 because both the bottles are blue, the first 5 number cancels out.
One would be foolish not to do so. Do you not care about your vehicle?Do you actually think I'm going to search EVERY container of 5W20, 5W30 oil for those numbers? That makes about as much sense as a submarine with a screen door!
True. Then the sub would sink.One would be foolish not to do so.
Now you’re just trolling. Your original post was:Yes, Grade A.
Sometimes I like to run 0W40 in my trucks engine. What will the Ford number elves think of that?no reply needed
Nah, no trolling here. A trolling motor won't fit on my wheelchair.Now you’re just trolling. Your original post was:
“I'm confused about something I read here quite often.
Why do some members ask about a certain number relating to an oil weight, instead of asking XWXX, or XXWXX, etc.
For instance, VW 502/505. Why not just say, 0W40, 5W40, 5W20, 5W30? I never see oil containers on the shelves with the 1st series of numbers I listed. Only the latter.”
which appeared as a sincere question looking for an answer. Your numerous posts since then have proven it to be otherwise
Hmmmm, you're correct. Should I start a thread on that?If you think motor oil is confusing I would not venture into the world of transmission fluids or coolants
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, I guess.Do you actually think I'm going to search EVERY container of 5W20, 5W30 oil for those numbers? That makes about as much sense as a submarine with a screen door!
Unless the trough doesn't have water in it.You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, I guess.
Sometimes I like to run 0W40 in my trucks engine. What will the Ford number elves think of that?
Nah, no offense at all. Thanks for your replies. They were very informative.I was going to say..
there was a whole mathematical equation as to when you can add the numbers together and when you have to divide them in half because the first number is different. Not serious reply, of course. Kind of in the spirit of posts in this thread.
But I think some of the members are getting a little bit frustrated with this.. question that you have so I think I want to back out of it at this time, I hope you don't take any offense.
Which do you fall under, the latter of each?There’s a distinction between someone who cannot learn and one who will not learn. One is excusable but the other is not.
Do you actually think I'm going to search EVERY container of 5W20, 5W30 oil for those numbers? That makes about as much sense as a submarine with a screen door!
It's been right for me all along.That's actually the OEM's expectation, that you indeed look for that specific specification. It's nothing like putting a screen door on a sub, it's more like not checking the barrel of a shotgun before ramming a 000 buck high brass load into it. Maybe you'll be fine. Maybe it'll be a Damascus barrel and fail catastrophically. Not checking what you are putting in as being compatible to what it's fitted to isn't just being lazy, and could be dangerous. Just because it fits doesn't make it right.
It's been right for me all along.
Oval,It's been right for me all along.
Well once you do once, you know which one has it so you just buy the same thing next time so you don't have to go through every container. In my case, MB 229.5 isn't that common so mostly its either Mobil 1 0w40 or Castrol 0w40.Do you actually think I'm going to search EVERY container of 5W20, 5W30 oil for those numbers? That makes about as much sense as a submarine with a screen door!
Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, I guess.