Originally Posted By: Popsy
The car stayed for a few days without oil, and this morning I put some Castrol Syntec 5W40 ; you won't believe it (and I wouldn't either) but temperature is actually lower with this oil, now the temperature does not reach the threshold to trigger the fan, so I'd say at least 5°C less in water temperature.
Weird, but still good to know
Nice that temperature drops .
Would like to hear from you later whether it still eats 5L/10000
km with Syntec ?
Btw, does it now run noisy against 10W60 , and the smokes ??
The car stayed for a few days without oil, and this morning I put some Castrol Syntec 5W40 ; you won't believe it (and I wouldn't either) but temperature is actually lower with this oil, now the temperature does not reach the threshold to trigger the fan, so I'd say at least 5°C less in water temperature.
Weird, but still good to know
Nice that temperature drops .
Would like to hear from you later whether it still eats 5L/10000
km with Syntec ?
Btw, does it now run noisy against 10W60 , and the smokes ??