Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
I won't bother, you know what my answer will be lol.
Which car is this going in?
What about RL 0W-30 with it's HTHS of 3.2 cP? Keep in mind we're talking the Great White North here.
Off topic question; if you were restricted to a dino oil only, what vis oil would run in your TL?
Not a straight 30 like I've been running.
I would run a 10w-30 most likely just because my climate is so mild. 32F to 110F. Though I'll admit I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the 20wts if a great flowing synthetic 10w-30 wasn't an option.
So you would agree a syn 20wt; particularily a high performance PAO/POE syn like RL should provide less wear than a 30wt dino?
Not exactly. I'm not convinced a syn by itself provides a wear advantage over dino all else being equal and under normal conditions (no exterme hot or cold). Personally I put a lot of faith in the HTHS number for reducing wear. Give me the lowest viscosity with the highest HTHS such as Redline 5w-20 or any of the non 0w Redlines.
In my teardowns I have yet to see synthetic outperform dino in the wear department, in fact it was the other way around. Granted the only syn I've run is Mobil One, oil temps are low, and OCIs are short. I have a feeling Redline would be a different story.
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
I won't bother, you know what my answer will be lol.
Which car is this going in?
What about RL 0W-30 with it's HTHS of 3.2 cP? Keep in mind we're talking the Great White North here.
Off topic question; if you were restricted to a dino oil only, what vis oil would run in your TL?
Not a straight 30 like I've been running.
I would run a 10w-30 most likely just because my climate is so mild. 32F to 110F. Though I'll admit I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the 20wts if a great flowing synthetic 10w-30 wasn't an option.
So you would agree a syn 20wt; particularily a high performance PAO/POE syn like RL should provide less wear than a 30wt dino?
Not exactly. I'm not convinced a syn by itself provides a wear advantage over dino all else being equal and under normal conditions (no exterme hot or cold). Personally I put a lot of faith in the HTHS number for reducing wear. Give me the lowest viscosity with the highest HTHS such as Redline 5w-20 or any of the non 0w Redlines.
In my teardowns I have yet to see synthetic outperform dino in the wear department, in fact it was the other way around. Granted the only syn I've run is Mobil One, oil temps are low, and OCIs are short. I have a feeling Redline would be a different story.