Type of Oil?

[aaragona]

i have currently 10 w 40 oil is that what we should be running in these cars or should it be 10 w 30? i just want to make sure i was told it should be 10 w 40 but i just want to make sure... (burnout)

 

[derekb727]

i ran royal purple 10w-40 and its fine better than ever​

 

[aaragona]

ya i just wasnt sure because, i live in toronto and it can get cold in the winters you kno.. that should be good year round.. thanks.

 

[derekb727]

wats the temp up there now? my relatives live in north bay if you kno were that is. but on your next oil change i would go with a 5w.

 

[aaragona]

ya man north bay is more north from where i am lol.. its prolly colder there the temp here now is about 10 deg C during the day and about 5 deg C at night so its gettin to the freezing temp soon.. but go with a 5w for the winter time k

 

[derekb727]

yah def wanna go with a 5w in the winter it wont taks as long to warm up and it will start alot easier b/c its thinner.

 

[Speed3.5]

10w30 is general but if your in colder place or for colder temps you can go with a bit thinner oil to help worm engine up faster and oil picks up better.

usually colder temps use 5w30 or 0w40 or 5w40 oil

 

[special--k]

From MTL, iv got the Royal Purple in there right now. Comeing up on an Oil Change soon and i will prolly look for some 5w30. I dont think RP makes a 5W but i could be wrong. Om going to stick with synthetic tho, for sure.

 

[HondaNoMore]

We sell royal purple 5w30 at work so I'm sure they make it. I'm pissed that we don't have the 10w30. Back on topic, I run mobil1 10w30 year round. Thinking about switching to 0w40.

 

[special--k]

0w sounds a little extream... is that not too low, could cause some unwated ware on the internals?

 

[geomatics_tech]

Motul 5w-40

 

[derekb727]

yah take a look at some 0w. it looks like water. at least use a 5w or 10w year round and when its hot step up to a 20w

 

[Kypatrick]

should we run 10w30 in the summer???? (huh)
i always use 5w30 Royal Purple. Now that u mention 10w30 for warmer temps i prob should do that next summer.

 

[Speed3.5]

I'm using M1 fully synth 0w40 , it does have more zinc then 5w30/10w30 .
Zinc is necessary for engines bearing and such.

summer needs a bit heavy oil so it won't burn it , so 10w30 is perfect for summer.

If you guys use true synthetic like RedLine then running RedLine 5w30 all year around is perfect/good.