For the winter huh?

[650NutKase]

Originally Posted By: michaelluscher
Why didn't you just put 5w-20 in?
Don't tell him...
Your only hiding behind factory sanctioned engineering decisions

That's what I would have done...or refused service to him.

When I used to work as a mechanic, we were only allowed to use what the manual stated. If they wanted different, they had to sign a liability waiver. If they refused to sign, we would tell them to go somewhere else. Losing a 40 dollar oil change is better than losing 4000 dollars to pay for a new engine after a lawsuit.

 

[Michael_P]

I'd throw in two bottles of STP for safe measure.

 

[Flareside302]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I hope you didnt put the 20w50 in. That oil does NOT meet spec for that engine. I would refuse.
At least you're in TN and not ND.


tell that to the 6* temp right now and -10* windchill.. while windchill doesnt effect oil.. the 6* certainly does!!!

 

[CHARLIEBRONSON21]

Originally Posted By: Michael_P
I'd throw in two bottles of STP for safe measure.


Should have just put in some 80W90 and told him that's the best I can do...

 

[Clevy]

Originally Posted By: Quest
lol!

My honda fit runs off of a golfcart battery (1/2 of the CCA of that typical to Honda 51/51R series), and currently running PYB 5W20. Starts right off @ -15C a wk ago w/o block heater, anything.

Me scrambling for full-syn (for the sake of better cold flow properties), gosh! the sky is falling....

Q.


Bahahaha.

Awesome

 

[Kuato]

So CHARLIEBRONSON21, what is the end of the story?

 

[CHARLIEBRONSON21]

Originally Posted By: Kuato
So CHARLIEBRONSON21, what is the end of the story?


Extremely detailed clause on the invoice declining any and all responsibility for the customer using other than a recommended viscocity. All responsibility fell on the customer for any issues arising, had an extra signature line beside the statement. As he signed it, he said "well your oil shouldn't do any damage to my car or it's not as good as you claim it to be, or I wouldn't have to sign this." Thought some thoughts to myself and got him on his way.

 

[bubbatime]

Sir, that 20W50 is good stuff. A little thin for my tastes though. Here, try this Lucas SAE70 oil for good measure.

 

[Zaedock]

Originally Posted By: CHARLIEBRONSON21
Should have just put in some 80W90 and told him that's the best I can do...


20W50 motor oil is about the same viscosity as 80W90 gear oil!

 

[Coprolite]

Very long lasting = Will outlast your engine.
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Sir, that 20W50 is good stuff. A little thin for my tastes though. Here, try this Lucas SAE70 oil for good measure.

 

[Kuato]

Originally Posted By: Coprolite
Very long lasting = Will outlast your engine.
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Sir, that 20W50 is good stuff. A little thin for my tastes though. Here, try this Lucas SAE70 oil for good measure.

Bwa ha ha

Because the engine isn't going to make it too long in subzero temps with no oil flowing!

 

[dlundblad]

20w 50. Dang.. I believe my dads Datsun 240z took that stuff back in the 70s. lol

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: Zaedock
Originally Posted By: CHARLIEBRONSON21
Should have just put in some 80W90 and told him that's the best I can do...


20W50 motor oil is about the same viscosity as 80W90 gear oil!


There's still 85w-140!

I used that last winter in the dieing front differential in my cherokee. That stuff was so thick in the cold, I could park on a hill in neutral with no parking brake and it wouldn't roll!

 

[dparm]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
It's been discussed a lot on here; most mechanics don't have a good understanding of oil.



*air quotes* around mechanic. That word is used far too often.

 

[Zaedock]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
There's still 85w-140!

I used that last winter in the dieing front differential in my cherokee. That stuff was so thick in the cold, I could park on a hill in neutral with no parking brake and it wouldn't roll!

I had to fish out a piece of axle shaft in a diff running 85W140 during a snow run and I doo dee you not, when we pulled the cover, the fluid didn't move. Seriously, it was like jello. Funny as all heck. I wish we had pictures. If memory serves, it was 2*f that day(and we call that "fun"!)

Originally Posted By: dparm
*air quotes* around mechanic. That word is used far too often.


Unfortunately, it gives us a bad rep.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: Zaedock

Originally Posted By: Miller88
There's still 85w-140!

I used that last winter in the dieing front differential in my cherokee. That stuff was so thick in the cold, I could park on a hill in neutral with no parking brake and it wouldn't roll!

I had to fish out a piece of axle shaft in a diff running 85W140 during a snow run and I doo dee you not, when we pulled the cover, the fluid didn't move. Seriously, it was like jello. Funny as all heck. I wish we had pictures. If memory serves, it was 2*f that day(and we call that "fun"!)

Originally Posted By: dparm
*air quotes* around mechanic. That word is used far too often.


Unfortunately, it gives us a bad rep.



I believe you! I don't know how I managed to get it in the differential to begin with. When we put the new axle in the cherokee on a 70 degree day, we could not get it to pour through the funnel!

Ended up having to go buy 80-90 haha.

 

[Shannow]

RP 75W-140 flowed through 5 feet of 1/2" hose at 25F quite adequately a few years ago...better than the LS90 that I was flushing with for sure.

 

[901Memphis]

Gear oil does not follow the same viscosity rating as motor oil, so Comparing them isn't just numbers to numbers. The SAE 70+ is about as thick as anything imaginable that calls itself motor oil.

 

[Shannow]

If you search, you'll see where I used 25W-70 in winter in my J Car...didn't blow anything up, wasted some power, and started a little sluggish at -7C...

 

[Garak]

Shannow, you should summer up here. Did you know that Imperial Oil doesn't market a 20w-50 Mobil product in Canada? I believe they're the first major to abandon the grade here.