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The # with the 'W' (for 'winter') is the weight when the oil's cold. The other # is when it's hot. So 5W is a little thinner than 10W until the engine warms up. Then they both act like 30-weight oil once they're hot. So the only difference should be for a couple minutes when the engine's cold.
What year car? Where do you live? If you live in Anchorage & you only ever drive 2 miles at a time, then you can worry about it. Otherwise, like Dean says, you'll be fine.
JiffyLube & places like that are famous for over-tightening your oil drain plug. We hope they didn't do that to you...
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Posts in this Thread:
- oil weight question, wb, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:39:21
- Jeez guys ..., Eiron, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:06:01
- cold & hot weights..., JimBlake , Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:15:18 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: oil weight question, JohnInAtl, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:10:47
- Mobil 1 5W-30 vs 10W-30...., REM in Seattle, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:07:30
- Oh boy, oil questions..., Jeff in ATL, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:56:27
- Re: oil weight question, Dean, Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:52:55
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