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because in the winter In colorado when the temp is below 0 for a week or two at a time the oil thickens up so your essentially using 5w30 if you use 5w20
Dude, what kind of dude takes direct quotes? I mean c'mon dude!
sorry I'm just worked up now cause this dude is annoying me. Yes I do mean thinner oil in the winter, this guy keeps saying shit about thinner oil in the summer
if you use 5w30 and don't have a block heater and the temp gets too low you will have problems. So I use 5w20 when it gets real cold to avoid said problems.
Thanks Kevin, hopefully people can get something out of that since I have a temper and don't like dealing with stupid people.
I'm not a linguistics major, but I'm pretty sure this is you saying to run thicker oil in the winter?
Thank you. I was just too lazy to type all that.
Sorry I switched the wrong number. The point still stands, thinner oil in extreme winters.I'm not a linguistics major, but I'm pretty sure this is you saying to run thicker oil in the winter?
The -30 and -20 markings refer to viscosity at 212° and switching these ratings do nothing for you with a cold engine. The 5W (w is for "winter") refers to low temp performance at 0°. So for a meaningful change in extreme cold you'd swap to 0W-30, not 5W-20. By proclaiming your car starts and runs just fine with 5W-20 you're pretty much invalidating your own argument. Am I missing something? Geniunely inquiring
Also your not exactly right. The weight is how long it takes to warm up, not how it acts when its cold.....I'm not a linguistics major, but I'm pretty sure this is you saying to run thicker oil in the winter?
The -30 and -20 markings refer to viscosity at 212° and switching these ratings do nothing for you with a cold engine. The 5W (w is for "winter") refers to low temp performance at 0°. So for a meaningful change in extreme cold you'd swap to 0W-30, not 5W-20. By proclaiming your car starts and runs just fine with 5W-20 you're pretty much invalidating your own argument. Am I missing something? Geniunely inquiring
Stan yes stick to the cap, however if you have a few weeks in which the temperatures stay below 15 degrees a thinner oil will help out. That was my whole point. Yes I sort of reccused but if you read it I constantly said thinner oil and that other dude kept talking about thicker for some reason and got me confused for a few comments
No actually I'm exactly right. Starting with the source shared by Kevin which received your commendation:
I'm not a linguistics major, but I'm pretty sure this is you saying to run thicker oil in the winter?
The -30 and -20 markings refer to viscosity at 212° and switching these ratings do nothing for you with a cold engine. The 5W (w is for "winter") refers to low temp performance at 0°. So for a meaningful change in extreme cold you'd swap to 0W-30, not 5W-20. By proclaiming your car starts and runs just fine with 5W-20 you're pretty much invalidating your own argument. Am I missing something? Geniunely inquiring
Ooo you can quote Wikipedia and sales catalogues, congrats.
Youre not the only one with a temper. No one is going to agree with everything you say....and what you're trying to say gets lost real fast when you act this way. Everyone here is trying to help each other and everyone gets their balls busted if they deserve it...for the most part.
