What oil do you use?
#31
09-18-2004, 12:39 AM
Post Fiend
"Up here in NH Ive never had a start-up bearing rattle with Castrol, even at -35F. flathead, Y block, BBC or modern drivers."
Well I'll be buying a quart as soon as winter sets in. We'll see if I can stand a fork up in it at -20. Be worth two bucks just to have a good argument with you Carl. Where you been old man? I know you busted your leg, you post messages with your toes? We missed ya.
Well I'll be buying a quart as soon as winter sets in. We'll see if I can stand a fork up in it at -20. Be worth two bucks just to have a good argument with you Carl. Where you been old man? I know you busted your leg, you post messages with your toes? We missed ya.
#34
09-20-2004, 10:40 AM
Originally Posted by fatfenders
I've read the link and am good with what Dodge says for the most part. I understand a looser clearanced engine would appreciate a thicker oil to provide some cushion. Until that -20 morning in Iowa when the straight 30W is laying in the oil pan because it is thick as molasses and the engine is knocking like hell for 10 seconds. A perfectly good engine will do this here, and it can't be good. A multiviscocity will pump faster. Way faster if it is synthetic.
Be patient with us Dodge. I'm a novice at oil specs and willing to listen to reason. But I am pretty sure my engine banging on startup in extreme cold can't be a good thing. Straight 30W is literally like tar in the winter.
And my wife's Escape takes 5W-20. Talk about water. But I am told her cam won't get any oil if I go heavier. So I listen to Ford and run it anyhow, though it seems like a coporate gas mileage trick fleet rating trick. Only mention that because I usually trust the engineers even when I question it.
Be patient with us Dodge. I'm a novice at oil specs and willing to listen to reason. But I am pretty sure my engine banging on startup in extreme cold can't be a good thing. Straight 30W is literally like tar in the winter.
And my wife's Escape takes 5W-20. Talk about water. But I am told her cam won't get any oil if I go heavier. So I listen to Ford and run it anyhow, though it seems like a coporate gas mileage trick fleet rating trick. Only mention that because I usually trust the engineers even when I question it.
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09-20-2004, 03:42 PM
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I used to own a '52 F3 with a MH 4X4 conversion. It had an instruction plate screwed to the inside of the driver's door instructing the user to mix kerosene with the engine oil when operating the vehicle in below zero conditions. I guess that was what passed for multi-viscosity oil in 1952.
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