Originally Posted By: gregnash
The FJ series up to the FZJ80 (1996) was all based on the straight six chevy block. From there Mr. T added the V8 engine.
As for the HDEO DELO from Costco, it does not often get below 20* during the winter here but it does occasionally. Which is why I am thinking that a 10W30 may be a better bet. It is the end of October and this morning while riding to work it was 36*, so I have a feeling we are in for a cold winter.
yeah if you're going to go with the 10W-30, or 10W-40 HDEO, you can't go wrong with T5.... it's a great oil for many different applications (both PCMO and HDEO) and a really good value per quart, and there seem to be a lot of UOA's in various uses, supporting it's reputation.
I've been on this board on and off for about 7 years now, and seems like every few years, there's a fad motor oil which 95%+ of the BITOG'ers agree as being a great oil.
when I first joined it was obviously the old green/gummy bear smelling GC, then for a short while PP, then it seemed like for the longest while it was Maxlife (syn blen, full syn, any all grades, etc...etc...), and now it seems like that mantle has been handed to T5 (with M1 Ow-40 runing a close 2nd). Can't wait to see what's next
The FJ series up to the FZJ80 (1996) was all based on the straight six chevy block. From there Mr. T added the V8 engine.
As for the HDEO DELO from Costco, it does not often get below 20* during the winter here but it does occasionally. Which is why I am thinking that a 10W30 may be a better bet. It is the end of October and this morning while riding to work it was 36*, so I have a feeling we are in for a cold winter.
yeah if you're going to go with the 10W-30, or 10W-40 HDEO, you can't go wrong with T5.... it's a great oil for many different applications (both PCMO and HDEO) and a really good value per quart, and there seem to be a lot of UOA's in various uses, supporting it's reputation.
I've been on this board on and off for about 7 years now, and seems like every few years, there's a fad motor oil which 95%+ of the BITOG'ers agree as being a great oil.
when I first joined it was obviously the old green/gummy bear smelling GC, then for a short while PP, then it seemed like for the longest while it was Maxlife (syn blen, full syn, any all grades, etc...etc...), and now it seems like that mantle has been handed to T5 (with M1 Ow-40 runing a close 2nd). Can't wait to see what's next
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