Using 5w-30 instead of 5w-20

[SubieRubyRoo]

All those Honda engines in other countries specing a recommended range of viscosity above xW-20 must really be "tearing up rings".

Wonder what LSJ has to say on the issue since he’s VP or something of Total Seal these days?

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

True, we're not at war here. kindness and patience is always preferred over impatience and judgement. My comment could have been worded better.

For the 107,000th time, the correct spelling is judgment! /sarc

Just messing with ya. But there’s only one “e” in that word. Couldn’t resist.

 

[Yuk]

For the 107,000th time, the correct spelling is judgment! /sarc

Just messing with ya. But there’s only one “e” in that word. Couldn’t resist.

I am Canadian, and Canadians reserve the right to distinguish ourselves from serf Americans .

Here is a simple history from Dictionary.com, that you might understand :

"The word judgment was first recorded in English around 1250–1300. It stems from the Old French word jugement, which is based on jugier (“to judge”) and -ment, which is a suffix of nouns denoting an action or resulting state (refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)..."

"... Today, judgement is an accepted spelling in British English. But, if you stick to judgment, you won’t be judged in the UK or the US."


A much deeper dive reveals that both can be considered correct, but you can be pedantic if you'd like .

Cheers

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

I am Canadian, and Canadians reserve the right to distinguish ourselves from serf Americans .

Here is a simple history from Dictionary.com, that you might understand :

"The word judgment was first recorded in English around 1250–1300. It stems from the Old French word jugement, which is based on jugier (“to judge”) and -ment, which is a suffix of nouns denoting an action or resulting state (refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)..."

"... Today, judgement is an accepted spelling in British English. But, if you stick to judgment, you won’t be judged in the UK or the US."


A much deeper dive reveals that both can be considered correct, but you can be pedantic if you'd like .

Cheers

What’s really funny is I know that page you posted exists, and expected it to be posted, even though it’s wrong. But south of your border, we decided to drop the “e”, and that’s all that matters. We also somehow end up with a whole lot of extra vowels in words like onomatopoeia. So take that.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Wow. Tough crowd here. I have a lot of respect for people with actual hands on experience - building and rebuilding engines is a real skill. I guess a lot of the folks here must be petroleum engineers. Have a good weekend fellas.

The best petroleum engineers find little need to build and/or rebuild their engines, due to the oil choices they make.

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As the engine ages (or shows signs of wear prematurely), moving from 5w20 to 5w30 is beneficial. Oils like 0w20 and 5w30 are just plain built better overall. It's why GM, HyunKia and a number of Japanese brands moved away from 5w20

 

[Urshurak776]

If you have a Hyundai, shift to 5W-30 immediately. LIke Nike says, just do it.

Anything else, will it hurt, nah. My wifes new Mazda CX-5 specs 0W-20 only in the manual (if in the USA.) Same exact vehicle in Mexico specs a 5W-30, so I'm guessing it won't hurt anything anyway. I'll probably stay at 0W-20 during warranty with OEM filters.

 

[nwjones18]

I'm running 5w-30 in my 3 cars that call for 5w-20 with no problems over years of use. I do a UOA on my Ram at every change and wear metals improved when I swapped from 5w-20 to 5w-30 when my warranty ended.