My oil "plan"... opinions?

[ryan roopnarine]

0w-20 is good for what? Oiling electrical motors?

ford has retroactively approved 5w20 for pretty much all of their gas motors since 94. this includes 4.6, vulcan, as well as others. new ford cars all say 5w20 on the oil cap. 0w20 M1 is the oil for this application, that's why they made it. it would seem all of the new hondas take it as well. haven't gotten up the nerve to use it on my mother's vulcan, it uses 5w30 M1 already. i was thinking about trying to use the 0w30 german castrol to see if consumption goes down.

[632 Regal]

just seems real weak to me 20 wt wow

[DanDombrowski]

6/15.95? What coupon? Share, share!

[DanDombrowski]

I apologize, I didn't read the rest of the thread. I gotta say, my apartment complex is the same way, we used to have the biggest a**hole "courtesy officer" that would get on our case for everything, including doing stuff to our cars, while he was out there working on his himself.
Anyway, when I replaced my radiator a week or two ago I did it right out in the open and he never said anything. So much for that.

[ryan roopnarine]

6/15.95? What coupon? Share, share!

in the MADD calendar available at pepboys. its 1$/no tax. the coupon in it is for any quart of mobil 1 they sell (they carry 0w20, 5 and 10w30, and 15w50). the coupon says "buy three quarts, get three quarts for free". its 15.xx after tax for a box of 6 quarts. the coupon expires 31 dec 2005. i guess it might be handy for you, with the gf's car using the mobil 1 for consumption purposes and all. too bad they don't have 0w40, otherwise i'd buy several boxes right away. the car doesn't hate the 15w50, but then again, its been using much "fancier" oils than that for most of its life with me. no decrease in loudness, which i hoped would happen.

[ryan roopnarine]

just seems real weak to me 20 wt wow

daimler chrystler don't think its too weak for their hetero-sexual-american hemmiey-spherical engine. i remember on bobistheoilguy a discussion about whether or not the weight should actually be used in the hemi (cars). i don't know if the hemi in the trucks is spec'd for the same oil, but it does say 5w20 on the caps for the cars with the 5.7l hemi.

[Beez540]

The 0w40 is niiiiice.

[granit_silber]

daimler chrystler don't think its too weak for their hetero-sexual-american hemmiey-spherical engine. i remember on bobistheoilguy a discussion about whether or not the weight should actually be used in the hemi (cars). i don't know if the hemi in the trucks is spec'd for the same oil, but it does say 5w20 on the caps for the cars with the 5.7l hemi.

Ryan, I've been meaning to ask you...

what's a "Dinan S4 Heatercore Bypass"? And what does it do?
-ashley

[cary]

The heater core bypass is a very special mod done by Dinian that is not even in their catalog. It changes the thermodynamics of the engine.

[Bob in San Jose]

Yea, right.