10w30 certified oil

[Luisraul924]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Well, I can't think of any engine with clearances too tight for a 10w-30. It might have pumping issues at the coldest temperatures imaginable (i.e. that's one major reason I avoid it). But, 0w-20 at -10 is going to be a lot thicker than 10w-30 at operating temperatures, and I don't see that causing engines to seize because of clearances issues.

Hmm. Good point.

 

[SR5]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: chainblu
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
This whole thread is screaming: Thin oil people, STAY OUT!

LMAO
As far as I'm concerned, 10w30 IS thin oil !


Haha 10W40 is my "thin" oil

Just got me some 15W40 today.......they were practically giving it away.

 

[Mrsandman]

Originally Posted By: bbhero
Hmmm... I guess in comparison to 10w60 or 5w50

It is in the middle of the road compared to 0w16 all the way too 10w60.

Lol middle of the road sounds good.
I saw that they themselves consider it still resource conserving. They, being the ones bottling and selling it.

 

[Shannow]

10W30 ILSAC type oils still are Energy Conserving, although they have a much lower economy target than the 0W, 5W 30s and obviously the 20s.

The economy is measured against a 15W30 reference, so the gains in the warmup temperature ranges aren't that much.

 

[Mrsandman]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
10W30 ILSAC type oils still are Energy Conserving, although they have a much lower economy target than the 0W, 5W 30s and obviously the 20s.

The economy is measured against a 15W30 reference, so the gains in the warmup temperature ranges aren't that much.

So do you agree that in my climate, where iT seldom gets to freezing, that I don't really need to worry about warm up with 10w30?

 

[Shannow]

10W and Texas are fine.

 

[Mrsandman]

Cool

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Welcome to the smooth world of 10W-30.

This morning I tried to recruit some guy at WM to the 10W-30 club. He was a tough nut to crack and held onto his 10W-40 for an 8 yo Camry. Said it had too many miles(160k) for that thin oil. I guess he was running M1 10W-40 HM but WM was out so he was looking for any other syn 10W-40.

 

[MikeHigg]

Nothing like a 10W-30 lovefest. Just thinking about it, right now I have Mag1 syn, Chevron, Castrol, Mobil1 syn, Peak, Ace Hardware, all in this weight.

 

[donnyj08]

Im running 10w30 SN PU in my truck right now. It seems to like the 10w30.

MPG is identical to the 5w30 I was using before, despite the 5w30 having a HTHS of 3.1 and the PU 10w30 having a HTHS of 3.3

I think the LS engine likes the higher HTHS. It seems to run a little quieter up the rev range. Probably my imagination lol.

I do like 10w30 for a Summer grade. I like the fact the NOACK is so low on 10w30 syns.

 

[shiny]

FWIW, the "Certified 10W30 Motor Oil - 1 Quart Bottles - 12 pack" at Sam's Club is API SM,SL.

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: shiny
FWIW, the "Certified 10W30 Motor Oil - 1 Quart Bottles - 12 pack" at Sam's Club is API SM,SL.
Are you sure or are you just looking at Sams's site? I walked by yesterday and could have swore it said SN on the box. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention since I wasn't planning on buying any.

They did have the six qt cases of M1 for $26ish.

 

[FutureDoc]

I have seen Certified SN oil as well, they make it in other flavors but the distribution is a lot more hit and mmiss with 5w20, 5w30, and 10w40.

 

[dlundblad]

Originally Posted By: Mrsandman
So I researched the certifed motor oil brand at Sam's club. I found that the 5w20 is made by Warren petroleum and the 10w30 and 5w30s are sopus. I compared the pqia voa of the 5w30 to the other soups brands and concluded that I believe certified 30 weight oils are probably resbottled formula shell. I also confirmed by the barcode # on the quart bottles i bought, that it is a sopus product. The case of 12 quarts just cost $24.
Anyway my initial intent with this post was that they only had 10w30 in stock so I bought it and am using it in my 08 Ford 2.3 motor and I think I'm loving it. My car specs 5w20. But the 10w30 makes it just purr like s kitten and run smooth. I never believed that a different grade of oil would ever make a noticeable difference but the 10w30 has proved different. I wasn't even expecting or even monitoring for any kinda difference. It's just so obvious I can't help but notice. So now I'm sold on 10w30. Almost never gets near freezing where I live so I can use it year round.

It never gets near freezing where you live so you can use a 10w30 year round?

 

[shiny]

Originally Posted By: hatt
Originally Posted By: shiny
FWIW, the "Certified 10W30 Motor Oil - 1 Quart Bottles - 12 pack" at Sam's Club is API SM,SL.
Are you sure or are you just looking at Sams's site? I walked by yesterday and could have swore it said SN on the box. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention since I wasn't planning on buying any.

They did have the six qt cases of M1 for $26ish.


Good point. I was just going by the picture on the website. Maybe it's different on the shelf.

 

[hatt]

I can confirm this oil is SN.