The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 4/9 Saab Owners' Convention Day Pass Raffle | 3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine)

The Saab Network Mailing List FAQ
Search:

Main Index
[ Prev by Date ] [ Next by Date ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Re: Motor Oil Type
Posted by John R. Weiss (more from John R. Weiss) on Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:30:38
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

First, any synthetic motor oil will be better for a Turbo than any
conventional oil. Synthetic oil does not 'coke' at high temperatures,
reducing the probability of clogged oil lines to the turbine (one of the
more common causes of turbine failure).

After that, the choice of 10W-30 or 10W-40 is up to you. I prefer 10W-40
for hot weather (I used to live in the Mojave Desert), though 10W-30 will
supposedly give you a bit better gas mileage (probably not measurable).
Unless you have problems maintaining oil pressure, I'd not use 10W-50.


Posts in this Thread:

StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]


This is a moderated FAQ - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no Spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. TSN has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the TSN Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous
Your address is: 3.144.86.138 - Using Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com) - Logged.

Site Members do not see red text instructions, green links, and bottom of the page banners.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!