 Oil weight, Does it makes that much of a difference? |
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| 914itis |
 Jul 2 2015, 07:35 PM
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On my six, I was using joe Gibbs 10x40, I recently switched to Kendall titanium 20x50, with added zinc
For the first time I drive the car after the oil change and my temp surged 20 degrees higher. It was not even that hot today. Is it the oil weight or the type? Correction : Kendall titanium high performance 20-50 |
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| DRPHIL914 |
Jul 4 2015, 07:35 PM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,811 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States 
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Interesting thoughts ... growing up my dad only used straight weight old in the cars and tractors.minnesota. well , he drove more Tha one cat over a half of a million miles.
Still has several of those tractors btw! And they were old wen I was young. I had not considered that the old I was using might be causing my heat issue that seemed to get worse since I went to 20-50 synthetic. Think I'll go back to the 10/30 or 15/40 and see what happens. I've been tracking my Temps close and had almost decided to add an external cooler. |
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914itis Oil weight Jul 2 2015, 07:35 PM
markb Kendall green 20w50 was what I ran in my /4 for ye... Jul 2 2015, 11:16 PM damesandhotrods The 50 weight oil is harder for the engine to circ... Jul 2 2015, 11:26 PM Olympic 1.7 20/50 is only 20wt cold, and when hot it is the vi... Jul 3 2015, 06:20 AM 914itis What is everybody using on their stock six with st... Jul 3 2015, 06:34 AM somd914 in my 3.2 911 I run 20-50 as per the owners manual... Jul 3 2015, 07:15 AM 914itis The other change I can think of was connecting the... Jul 3 2015, 08:31 AM michael7810 I switched from Brad Penn 20-50 to Joe Gibbs DT-50... Jul 3 2015, 10:18 AM GeorgeRud I spoke with both the Brad Penn folks and the folk... Jul 3 2015, 04:24 PM 914itis Correction : it was Kendall titanium high performa... Jul 3 2015, 06:46 PM
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Correction : it was Kendall titanium high perform... Jul 3 2015, 11:28 PM brant i thought that Jake has been saying that brad penn... Jul 3 2015, 11:50 PM Mark Henry Maybe it's too cold up here but I've never... Jul 4 2015, 06:24 AM 914itis Well I went back to 10-40 vr1 and my temps are bac... Jul 4 2015, 07:52 PM |
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