I have just noticed im losing oil lately. its a newer motor.
i have a small leak in my drain line that just arose, but its not losing that much fromt here.i just see a timy drop on it once and a while. but ive been noticing that its been lower on oil. i am currently running 10w30. should i go with something thicker? just seems like when i check the oil its kinda thin? i dunno if thats causing an issue with burning it off too easy?

Any info on how to know what oil viscosity and weights to use would be helpful ..thanks

 

Just curious, what kind of bearing clearances are you running?

 

i dunno.i never got the spec sheets on any of the clearances or anything.

does that make a diff in this case?

 

yeah it does. I prefer to run tighter clearances to run a thinner weight oil, loose clearance run a thicker weight.

 

****, i wish i knew. Import builders did the bottom end work.


ive only been driving it in warmer waether and i know the oil is prob blazing hot.so thats prob not helping with the lower weight oil.

im wondering if like 20w50 would be too much .when i do drive it,its usually hotttt out, and i beat on it pretty good.

 

welli threw 20-50 in it today and the oil pressure went up. so i think the other **** was deff broken down and too thin. i didnt get on it yet though to see if i feel a diff