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Re: Really confused about engine oil!(long but please h
Posted by Wawa [Email] (more from Wawa) on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:03:11
In Reply to: Re: Really confused about engine oil!(long but please h, Kurt, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:16:21
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As a follow-up to my confusion, there are actually 3 different Mobil-1 5w-30 oils for me to choose from:
5w-30 SuperSyn (SM rated, 11.3 cst100)
5w-30 EP Extended Performance (SL rated, 10.25 cst100)
5w-30 Truck + SUV (no information yet - other than its on my Walmart shelf)
Compare this to:
0w-30 SuperSyn (SL, 10.3 cst100)
5w-40 T + SUV (SL, 14.8 cst100)
0w-40 SuperSyn (SM, 14.3 cst100)
10w-30 SuperSyn (SM, 10.0 cst100)
10w-30 EP (SL, 10.5 cst100)
With my basic knowledge of oils, this means that 5w-30 SS is actually a bit thicker than the both of the 10w-30s! How strange.
Maybe I'll try the 5w-30 SS as it seems to be the thickest of the 30 weights. But 0w-30 also looks tempting.
One other thing is that most of the EP oils are not SM rated - they seem to be a bit "old tech" compared to the regular SuperSyn formula.
Sorry for my babbling...maybe this will help somebody down the road when they are using the "search" function..hehehe
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Posts in this Thread:
- Really confused about engine oil!(long but please help), Wawa, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:26:07
- A biased reply, Dick in Falls Church, Thu, 2 Mar 2006 11:30:41
- Re: Really confused about engine oil!(long but please help), TML
, Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:03:26 - Dont't worry-just drive, John Rose, Wed, 1 Mar 2006 05:39:52
- Undo worries about motor oil., R. Frist, Wed, 1 Mar 2006 04:33:46
- I use M 1 truck and suv, aka Delvac 5w40, EricG, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:21:11
- Re: Really confused about engine oil!(long but please help), dboone, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:06:26
- Re: Really confused about engine oil!(long but please h, MattB, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:36:25
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