oil wieghts?
I'm just using the regular 5w-30 oil right now. full synthetic with the Lucas oil additive. I need to do an oil change sometime soon and I was told that I should put in a lighter weight oil. What would I gain/loose from a heavier or lighter weight oil?
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Fuel economy/power, and wear protection.
Use 5w-30 or 0w-30. No Lucas. I've used 0w-30 up to 15w-50 depending on my mood. |
Personally if I were you, I would stick to what GM recommends. I know some people do change up what grade of oil they use in the winter and what not, but it's always a good thing to play it safe..You really cant go wrong with the fluids the manufacturer recommends unless you're a 3400 owner in 2000 using DEXCOOL coolant lol.
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I second ION. I use 5w-30 in the summer time and 0w-30 in the winter. 0w in winter because I have noticed in cold weather here in WV, the lifters pump up faster, thus, not as much time hearing my sewing machine under the hood lol
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Alright. Thanks for the help. What about -20 or -40 oils?
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I will stick rock dexcool. They use similar stuff in Toyotas? I believe and no problems there.....
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Definitely had my facts wrong on that one. When I did my last coolant flush I read that in a couple of places so i had no idea otherwise. Whoops lol.
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My 3400 Alero - Mobil 1 5w 30
My 307 Delta - Quaker State 10w 30 Mom's 2.2 OHV (LN4) Cavalier - Quaker State 5w 30 I go by the book :usa: |
I used 5w-30 since I've had the car.
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Ya so I have I, figured it would be best. But I was in getting it the other at my local napa and as I was checking out the guy said if it was "for the alero out there, get a lighter weight oil" so I just though I'd check. |
5w50 full syntec in my ld9 (daily driver) and 20w50 in my l67(of course it's only a summer car and it's been built with some ''slack'')
the cheapest 5w30 I can find in the malibu 3100 (g/f daily driver) 5w40 syntec in the subaru (current project car to be sold next summer) I like thicker oil when i know that the car will be driven hard at high rpm... help keeps compression a little more and reduce oil consuption |
Iv had trouble with burning at high rpms recently, was looking into getting some work done. So would 5w-40 help with that?
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Just to give you an idea, I was burning 1,5 to 2 liter of 5w30 on my old integra (321000km) by 5000km...
I switched to 5w50 and it was burning between ¼ and ½ liter by 5000km please note that I've beaten the shit out of this car almost everytime that I was in it. By beating, I mean orange glowing header almost all the time i opened the hood... and it regained lost compression ( a little more torque, and even funnyer to beat) I saw it last year too and the guy that bought it from me told me he was at 465000km lol still running strong on 5w50 (not more that ½ pint) |
Daym! That's interesting... I think I'll drop some 5w-40 in and see what happens. And maybe try the 0w-30 or 40 for winter at some point. I appreciate the help everyone.
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I was under the impression you should not change the oil grade!
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I would recommend staying within the following boundaries: 5W-30 0 to 15 ................... 30 to 50 |
when your car uses more oil then normal switch to valvoline maxlife 5w30 I had a oil burning issue and switched to maxlife ( used it in the aurora also ) and no more burning of oil and 0 loss of oil between changes now
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Alright. Im noticing on the dip stick it's looking a little extra dark and still burning some (haven't got to changing it yet).
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