[Healeys] oil weight

[Oudesluys]

The 50 is the important number as that indicates the viscosity when the 
engine is hot. 5/10/20 does not matter as that is the viscosity for 
extremecold/very cold and just cold. Not conditions you would normally 
drive the car.
Kees Oudesluijs




warthodson at aol.com schreef op 10-6-2015 om 15:03:
> At our local club meeting last nite we had a discussion on motor oil. 
> I had been using Castrol Syntec 20W-50 but I learned that they no 
> longer offer that. They now offer Edge (formally Syntec) in 
> 5W-50, 10W-40 & several other weights, but no 20W-50. Several of our 
> club members are using the 5W-50.  Keeping in mind that we seldom 
> drive in weather below 40 degrees F. What are your thoughts on using 
> 5W-50? What weight oil do you recommend?
> All of the above oils contain the zinc additive for classic cars. 
> Also, Valvoline offers their VR-1 in a 20W-50 with the zinc additive.
> Gary
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/coudesluijs@chello.nl
>
>
>
> Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht.
> Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com>
> Versie: 2015.0.5961 / Virusdatabase: 4355/9985 - datum van uitgifte: 
> 06/09/15
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20150610/f05b1112/attachment.html>