Love how some people think switching from 0w-16 to 0w-20 will ruin their engine.
Meanwhile at Toyota
Edit: this is for 2014fj cruiser
Meanwhile at Toyota
Edit: this is for 2014fj cruiser
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Talk Some Sense into an Oil Thickie?
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I got busted for mattress tampering and still pulling my time.
...sent from contraband burner phone
Man I was SWEATING as a kid once when I pulled the tag off a mattress at home. I thought they had me for sure!
Or where your car needs a zero weight oil because you live in Brownsville Texas but 10 miles across the border down south you can use 5W30. Smh x 10000
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The zero is not "zero weight", it just means it has the lowest Winter rating. The weight of the oil is still the number after the dash.
I'm still wondering about some of the crazier oil weights like 40 w 70! Leave it to Australia to come up with something like that! My assumption for that is for extremely hot climates with older vehicles. The tolerances in a car won't stay tight forever. I can remember back in the day when I saw 10w50 and thought that was the new thickness.
I know I'm just being difficult right now!
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0w40/5w40 is a winter oil for me here in the frozen northeast. April to Thanksgiving it's 10w40 or 15w50.
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LOL!, our boat gets 5W-40, hahah. And it gets wound out harder than most cars. That old Windsor gets worked pretty hard.
Used in the Road Warrior's Pursuit Special ... Last of the V8 Interceptors, the iconic black GT Falcon.
Mostly if you use too thin of an oil during the conditions that put more punishment on the engine.
PS - it's clearances ... not tolerances.
Brand name full synthetic 5w-30 for all normal climates. 10k mil oil change on older engines with enough displacement, 5k on all new engines with too little displacement. Ignore all the other noise, and live your life.
There is no replacement for displacement. Take the horse power and divide it by the engine size. If its more than 65 hp/ litre you go with 5k oci.
There is no replacement for displacement. Take the horse power and divide it by the engine size. If its more than 65 hp/ litre you go with 5k oci.
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Sure there is.....a wuhan whirlboi! 360hp/1.8L so 200hp/L....so 1K OCI? hahaha
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I used 25W-70 in my turbo Mazda. Then I went to the super thin M1 0W-50.
Exactly, after warranty is over, it's only your problem.
Oil drinking is common on old cars, it's happening even within warranty.. mfg claiming that 1l/1000km is still OK... by common sense standards such motor is considered shot.
I wonder how that's gonna save the planet..
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I stand corrected: Here's some data I found:
cSt viscosity at. 104F................212F.............at 302F
Straight 30...........??.....................10.....................3
0W-20..................47 ....................8.8................2.5
10W-30.................62 ...................10.....................3
0W-30..................57 ....................10.....................3
5W-30..................59.....................10.....................3
10W-30................62.....................10....................3
0W-40..................85.....................15...................3.75
5W-50.................120...................20....................4
Regardless of what oil is being used?
And you picked the BITOG forum for the answer? (hilarious laughing here)
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That's fine on an older vehicle but full SAPs oils can cause full SAPs issues with never emissions systems...
All I can tell ya is when I replaced M1 AFE 0w-20 with PUP 0w-20 the increased Density of the PUP was very noticeable. It seemed so much "thicker" that I may switch to PP 0w-20 for winter for easier starting. I don't wanna go thicker than the the PUP 0w-20 at this time. Just my experience with these 2 oils in my 17 Camry 2.5. YMMV
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