Right on Dick--Cannot do better than what FSM says---Mike Popp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:09 PM Subject: IML: D^2 continues The old oil argument. DB responds with some grayhaired stubbornness. > > > >>>Dick, I am not certain if the SAE 30 was recommended for these > >>>temperatures or simply considered a possible/allowable alternative. I > >>>think its the second. > > Well, perhaps you need to take another look in your FSM. I did quote the > manual verbatim, and I see no other way to interpret what they say. > > And, I quote again: SAE 30 AND SAE 40 ARE RECOMMENDED [then it goes on to > discuss multigrade oils, which are also permitted, if 20W40 or 20W50 is > used, with a special "high performance" additive (STP?). > > The capitalization for emphasis is theirs. > > I do agree modern multiweights have been improved, but I believe the > improvements have been primarily in anti-foaming, contaminant suspension and > anti-char properties. These same improvements have also been made in the > single weight oils, as long as you are careful to stick to SH - SJ spec > oils. > > I think we should cut this off here - I'm not going to change my mind, and I > doubt I'll change yours either. > > I'll stick with my single grade oils in my old cars, and use 10W30 in my > modern car, instead of the specified 5W30, which is thin as water at > operating temperatures - I just don't trust it to give me 340,000 miles, > which is what I got out of my last new vehicle. (1985 Chevy PU - - it was > totaled [while parked] at that point, with still no sign of deterioration in > the engine - I never ran anything but SAE30W in that one either!) > > I do use 15W40 in my new truck, a diesel, and as you note, it is > specifically required - and has further restrictions on characteristics > also. > > Dick Benjamin > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm