[Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil

[Paul Nimz]

>Honda and Ford are specifying
>this on new vehicles.

This is only in the US that they specify this weight oil.

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And you can read for days about oil and filters and additives and analysis
and viscosity and dino and synthetic and ........

Paul Nimz
'97 TR SHO
'93 EG mtx SHO



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Weidenbenner" <johnjweid@earthlink.net>
To: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>; "'SHOtimes'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil


> What does the Mobil scientist think of 5W-20? Honda and Ford are
specifying
> this on new vehicles.
>
> John W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
> To: "'SHOtimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil
>
>
> > I still stick by my original premise that oils with a viscosity modifier
> > spread of greater than 20 points are unstable.  I was told this by a
> > scientist that works for Mobil. (and it wasn't twenty years ago either
so
> > don't start telling me that they have "improved" things since then).  I
> will
> > use nothing but 10W-30 in my SHO and Dino oil to boot.
> >
> > Jim
> > '93 MTX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave Kegel" <d.kegel@attbi.com>
> > To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pnimz@v8sho.com>; "'SHOtimes'"
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:01 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil
> >
> >
> > > I think it's worse than that.  I think there's  0w-60w, or something
> > > close.  BMW is recommending that oil in the latest M3s, the ones that
> > > are having the oiling problems.  They just extended the warranty on
> > > those motors as well to help cover the motor problems.
> > >
> > > Dave Kegel
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 5:24 PM
> > > To: sho2go; 'SHOtimes'
> > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30
oil
> > >
> > >
> > > Seems the latest fad in synthetics is a 0w40 oil.  OEM in Europe in
the
> > > big name cars.
> > >
> > > Paul Nimz
> > > '97 TR SHO
> > > '93 EG mtx SHO
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