Originally Posted by ChrisD46
*Good points ! ... Yes , 5W20 synthetic will work but MAY be the better play for drives / commutes of less than an hour or two ... Factor in driving at 75MPH in 90 degree heat THEN get hit with interstate construction / or an accident where everything gets funneled down to one lane with stop and go at 5 ~ 10MPH ? This always seems to happen around large cities during summer trips !... In these types of scenarios do you want 5W20 or 5W30 ?
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Originally Posted by ChrisD46
The '10 Elantra in my signature is going up I-95 to PA. and back end of June ... Oil cap says 5W20 but was considering a 5W30 synthetic for the summer long distance drive .
*I forget if a constant interstate drive is easier or harder on a vehicle in the summer - what would you use ?
You car is fine with 5w20 and your car is even better with 5w30 and .. long drives and interstate or not, your always better with the 5/30.
Your choice!
(btw oil temperatures are at their highest on the interstate, most people do not know that (one just needs to measure it), yes highway mileage is good for a car, but many also forget that the engine is pushing a 2 ton lump of metal at 75MPH with wind resistance eating up alot of that power along with pressures on the drive train and bearings which create heat, also, remember many engines also spray the bottom of the pistons with oil at high speeds in order to cool the pistons, further heating the oil)
It seems as though you knew the answer already
Imagine driving 70 miles in stop and go on a freeway using 0w20. Cars should be blowing engines right and left. It's not happening though.
*Good points ! ... Yes , 5W20 synthetic will work but MAY be the better play for drives / commutes of less than an hour or two ... Factor in driving at 75MPH in 90 degree heat THEN get hit with interstate construction / or an accident where everything gets funneled down to one lane with stop and go at 5 ~ 10MPH ? This always seems to happen around large cities during summer trips !... In these types of scenarios do you want 5W20 or 5W30 ?
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Originally Posted by ChrisD46
The '10 Elantra in my signature is going up I-95 to PA. and back end of June ... Oil cap says 5W20 but was considering a 5W30 synthetic for the summer long distance drive .
*I forget if a constant interstate drive is easier or harder on a vehicle in the summer - what would you use ?
You car is fine with 5w20 and your car is even better with 5w30 and .. long drives and interstate or not, your always better with the 5/30.
Your choice!
(btw oil temperatures are at their highest on the interstate, most people do not know that (one just needs to measure it), yes highway mileage is good for a car, but many also forget that the engine is pushing a 2 ton lump of metal at 75MPH with wind resistance eating up alot of that power along with pressures on the drive train and bearings which create heat, also, remember many engines also spray the bottom of the pistons with oil at high speeds in order to cool the pistons, further heating the oil)
It seems as though you knew the answer already
Imagine driving 70 miles in stop and go on a freeway using 0w20. Cars should be blowing engines right and left. It's not happening though.
