5w30 or 10w30?

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Sep 23, 2003 | 10:51 AM

nhez

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5w30 or 10w30?

It was posted before that people prefer 5w30 over 10w30. Any reasons why?

Sep 23, 2003 | 11:31 AM

TurboB18C1

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Re: 5w30 or 10w30? (nhez)

Depends on your set up, i run mobil 1 15/50 in my turbo motor i dont know if there is a reason or not to run 5w 30 over 10w 30, but it does matter to run a certain one in the weather you live in

Sep 23, 2003 | 11:38 AM

vtec.dc2

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Re: 5w30 or 10w30? (nhez)

5w30 - 5 is for colder weather, once oil warms up they both have same hot temps ratings

why i run 10w40 right now, so it can take higher temps better..

Sep 24, 2003 | 11:47 AM

nhez

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tnx for the replies! i read up one time this guy started talking about sea level **** and i don't know if it was true, although the weather theory makes better sense.