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M1 10W-30 with no probs. 5W-30 increase oil cons
Posted by speegee (more from speegee) on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:59:08
In Reply to: synthetic oil, bill, Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:32:57
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Switched my SPG at 60k and never burned a drop of oil for two years, then switched to M1 5W-30 and consumption went "way" up (1 quart per 1000 miles), switched back to 10W-30 and consumption back down. No leaks though.
I think 5W-30 may be too thin for these engines.
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Posts in this Thread:
- synthetic oil, bill, Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:32:57
- Re: synthetic oil, Zoots Alures, Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:14:56
- M1 10W-30 with no probs. 5W-30 increase oil cons, speegee, Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:59:08 <-- Viewing This Message
- I switched SPG at 250,000 miles, Nathan Pflaum , Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:14:34
- I'd leave well-enough ....., vsfoxe , Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:13:40
- I also changed 2 over with no problems, couch tour , Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:51:25
- I changed with no ill effect., JoeK, Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:25:35
- Re: synthetic oil, diskullman, Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:05:08
- seals, JJJ, Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:01:49
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