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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: ///m42 sport on November 25, 2008, 10:40:10 PM

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: ///m42 sport on November 25, 2008, 10:40:10 PM

I currently have 15w-50 which is a little thick but I lived in tx before.  The winters are a bit colder in Ohio.  So what do ya'll run?  5w-40?

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: 16v of E30 on November 26, 2008, 01:36:26 AM

i run 5w-20 for the cold winters here...mind you there is snow on the ground for 4 months...

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: xwill112x on November 26, 2008, 11:42:33 AM

ive ran 20-50 always. never anything else

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: roundel318 on December 18, 2008, 07:27:37 AM

10-30 here in Idaho.
It's 18 degrees here this morning, btw.

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: Spec 2 on December 18, 2008, 06:32:24 PM

I run 10-40 in Oregon. I'd drop to 10w or maybe 5w during the cold winters of Ohio.

Title: Ok winter oil weight
Post by: P. Kennedy on December 18, 2008, 10:07:26 PM

Shell Rotella T 5W-40 year round here in SE Wisconsin.