What oil are you running - anyone use 0W-20
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What oil are you running - anyone use 0W-20
I am always looking at different oils on the market and I have been using castrol edge for about 12 years. 10W-30 in the summer and 5W-20 in the winter. I was thinking of trying 0W-20 in the winter, but I wanted to get some more insight on what people think. Does this weight still allow the characteristics to properly protect the engine?
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20 weight oil is for engines that are designed for it. The 4g63 is designed for a 30 weight oil, stick with it. Do not run anything thinner than a 30 weight oil in your car. If you want thinner oil for easier cold winter starting, try a 5w30 or 0w30.
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When I bought my Evo over a year ago, I had the same question re oil, I bought some mobile 1 but before I used it I read this forum on all the oil threads, Brad Penn and amsoil were the top oils then I read about how journal turbo's need a high zinc and phosphouris added oil, so because over here it's to hard to get Amsoil, I bought some penrite racing 10 with high zinc and phosphorous added. I used the mobile 1 for my family car instead. Penrite also make a good racing high temp brake fluid, I've done 4 track days on it without a hint of fade
Theres a table on oil brands and additives on a web site I can never remember where it is.
Theres a table on oil brands and additives on a web site I can never remember where it is.
Last edited by Jonno99; Dec 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM.
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out of curiousity, does anyone have a reasoning they would like to share as to why they use expensive oils in their daily drivers? particularly race/non-synthetic/etc?
and what info and/or research did you use to arrive at that conclusion?
not trying to start ANOTHER oil thread. just curious.
and what info and/or research did you use to arrive at that conclusion?
not trying to start ANOTHER oil thread. just curious.
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My "stock daily driver" vehicles get regular old off the shelf synthetic and a wix filter, changed at 7500 miles, or when the oil life indicator says to do so, whichever comes first.