Look what I found from Wal-Mart....
03-30-08, 03:21 AM
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i just saw that this afternoon, i was thinking about that for my next oil change. Wal Mart for the ease on the wallet! since i just did mine 2 days ago with mobile one fully synth 5-30w
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03-30-08, 03:59 AM
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Wow, I didn't know they made 0weight oil in the 5quart jugs..if my wal-mart has it I'm definitely going to start using that..I'm pretty faithful to the 5W-30..all my cars have had that fill but now that 0w-30 is available that's going to be the future of all my oil changes.
03-30-08, 11:02 AM
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The one other bad thing about VI modifiers is they do break down over time and as they break down your oil loses viscosity. This is particularly troublesome for motorcycles because most of them use engine oil in the transmission, and the shearing action of the gears breaks down VI modifiers more quickly than they would in a car engine.
I'll be happy to stick with 5w-20, especially since it never gets too terribly cold in Atlanta. If I lived in the Northeast, upper Midwest, or any place where temperatures drop below zero F, I'd run the 0w-20.
03-30-08, 03:35 PM
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Quicker pump up to full pressure when the oil is cold. 0w means when it is cold it flows about the same as water. There isn't a significant difference between 0w-20 and 5w-20 except the 0w requires more VI modifiers to achieve the low number. Since the majority of your operating time will be at temperature (unless you make only short trips all the time), either will be operating at the 20 number most of the time.
The one other bad thing about VI modifiers is they do break down over time and as they break down your oil loses viscosity. This is particularly troublesome for motorcycles because most of them use engine oil in the transmission, and the shearing action of the gears breaks down VI modifiers more quickly than they would in a car engine.
I'll be happy to stick with 5w-20, especially since it never gets too terribly cold in Atlanta. If I lived in the Northeast, upper Midwest, or any place where temperatures drop below zero F, I'd run the 0w-20.
The one other bad thing about VI modifiers is they do break down over time and as they break down your oil loses viscosity. This is particularly troublesome for motorcycles because most of them use engine oil in the transmission, and the shearing action of the gears breaks down VI modifiers more quickly than they would in a car engine.
I'll be happy to stick with 5w-20, especially since it never gets too terribly cold in Atlanta. If I lived in the Northeast, upper Midwest, or any place where temperatures drop below zero F, I'd run the 0w-20.