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Is it?Using one oil viscosity is an American thing
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I remember the days of use a 5W-30 in the winter and 10W-40 in the summer.
Is it?Using one oil viscosity is an American thing
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I remember 10W30 in the Winter and SAE 30 or 40 in the Summer.Is it?
I remember the days of use a 5W-30 in the winter and 10W-40 in the summer.
Great. It will get peppier and quieter as it wear in over a few thousand miles.I love the car, its been great, admittingly I've not been driving it a ton thanks to work. Its nice to drive though, its not got a ton of power by any means but its enough. I've had bad back problems now for a few years (after caring for my father with Parkinsons) and with this car it doesn't aggravate it at all, very comfortable. Only gripe I have is the stop/start system though thats easily enough disabled by just unplugging the microswitch on the hood latch if you don't want to hit the disable button every time you go for a drive.
No . I am talking about the past 2 to 3 decadesIs it?
I remember the days of use a 5W-30 in the winter and 10W-40 in the summer.
No . I am talking about the past 2 to 3 decades
No. what i meant is OEM recommending one oil viscosity unlike the rest of the world .Yeah, wasn't Ford the first to raise eyebrows with their 5W-20 ? That takes us back to somewhere around 2001, I think. That's two decades right there, maybe 21 years.
Not sure 10W-40 lost favorability until the early 90s but as @ARCOgraphite noted, was your post about maybe monograde oils being an American thing?
It's also becoming German also, since many of the newer specs are limiting itself to 1 grade also.Using one oil viscosity is an American thing
Yeah, wasn't Ford the first to raise eyebrows with their 5W-20 ? That takes us back to somewhere around 2001, I think. That's two decades right there, maybe 21 years.
Not sure 10W-40 lost favorability until the early 90s but as @ARCOgraphite noted, was your post about maybe monograde oils being an American thing?
That either NZ or U.S. depending on the letter next to it.It begins with a 7.
didn't know Toyota even had a factory in new Zealand....It begins with a 7.
Yeah I've always found it interesting the same engines in other parts of the world can essentially run any grade they want LOL. I think that has changed lately with some makes though.Using one oil viscosity is an American thing
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