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Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Short answer is that any engine can be run on a 0W-XX as long as the top "XX" complies with that required with a 5W-XX.
A 0W may be made with a higher quality basestock blend relative to the 5W, as appears to be the case with M1.
It may not be, though, as appears to be the case with TGMO.
Both Amsoil and XOM market their 0W-XX oils as plug and play drop in replacements for applications for which a 5W-XX is recommended, and both warrant their products not to cause engien damage if used as directed, so I doubt that a 0W-XX would do any harm.
The question remains as to whether it would do any good at the temperatures most of us living quite a few degrees below the Arctic Circle see.
You also can't really rely upon an extrapolation of two data points to predict viscosity at temeratures much below the lower of those two data points with any precision at all.
The large error range makes such a comparison meaningless.
In sum, if you want to use a 0W-XX in a 5W-XX application, then go for it.
It should do no harm and might do some good.
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Short answer is that any engine can be run on a 0W-XX as long as the top "XX" complies with that required with a 5W-XX.
A 0W may be made with a higher quality basestock blend relative to the 5W, as appears to be the case with M1.
It may not be, though, as appears to be the case with TGMO.
Both Amsoil and XOM market their 0W-XX oils as plug and play drop in replacements for applications for which a 5W-XX is recommended, and both warrant their products not to cause engien damage if used as directed, so I doubt that a 0W-XX would do any harm.
The question remains as to whether it would do any good at the temperatures most of us living quite a few degrees below the Arctic Circle see.
You also can't really rely upon an extrapolation of two data points to predict viscosity at temeratures much below the lower of those two data points with any precision at all.
The large error range makes such a comparison meaningless.
In sum, if you want to use a 0W-XX in a 5W-XX application, then go for it.
It should do no harm and might do some good.
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