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A thinner oil is ALWAYS better!
Posted by VIKINGMAN (more from VIKINGMAN) on Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:31:11
In Reply to: 5-30W is pretty thin for CA, Paul R, Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:54:08
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It'll keep fuel consumption down. It'll much faster get out into the coreners of the engine during cold starts. Also, ALWAYS use a fully synthetic oil!!!
Some people say that oilconsumption will raise if using a thin oil....NOPE! "Thicker" oils are only thick when cold. As the oil gets warm inside the engine, it'll get much thinner.
I had an old Saab 99 from -78, 200,000+ miles. It was driven on 15W-40 mineraloil by the former owner. I started using Mobil 1 5W-50 fully Synth., which lead to much shorter cold starts. This was very easy to hear. Also, over the following 3-4 month the mileage improved by 15%.
Only drawback can be a little more noise from the engine, if many miles on the clock!
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