Warm up vehicle in the winter?
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Re: Warm up vehicle in the winter?
Gene is correct with his answer. Crank it and drive the car easy until warm. As long as you use 0w-20 or 5w-20 oil as specified, you will be fine.
Gene, one question for you.... Where did you purchase/find a group II+ oil in 0w-20? I use to use Havoline in 10w-40 a long time ago (use mobil 1 now) but I am not familar with the one that you are using.
Gene, one question for you.... Where did you purchase/find a group II+ oil in 0w-20? I use to use Havoline in 10w-40 a long time ago (use mobil 1 now) but I am not familar with the one that you are using.
Unfortunately (from a cost perspective), there are no Group II or II+ oils in the 0w-20 grade, at least not that I've found. If I was unclear in a previous posting, my apologies. At the moment, I'm using Havoline (Texaco) DepositShield 5w-20, which appears to be a II+ "dino". Unconvinced that my engine had settled in (I bought mine "used" but with only 5000 miles), I decided to run a couple fills of the DS, for two reasons. First, it's very low vis, at only 8.0 cSt hot; and second, it has consistently shown very good results in our UOA collection over at BITOG.
I did just order four cases of the Pennzoil Platinum 0w-20 from an online store. This stuff is virtually never seen on store shelves, but seems to have very good virgin stats. We have a retired SOPUS engineer who believes that unlike the rest of the PP line, this stuff is probably mostly PAO (Group IV), with some G-III, in contrast to the remainder of the PP line. Not that it matters much; PP is another oil that has routinely stellar UOA results, and doesn't show the iron spikes that have become so common with the M1 UOAs.
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Re: Warm up vehicle in the winter?
Gene,
Thanks for letting me know. Must have misread the post (is 52 too young to start going senile?). I do appreciate the work that you put in as a moderator at BITOG. There is always something interesting over there…
I have been using Mobil 1 for some time now in 3 Honda's and the TCH and so far have not had any issues with the iron spikes that others have had. All of the UOA's that I have received back from Blackstone seem normal but a lot of this could be due to the short 5000 mile OCI. With 3 girls driving that are NOT into cars, I change the Honda's at 5000 miles also as it's easier for them to remember that number instead of 7500 even though I put a sticker in the windshield.
I still use 5w-20 oil as it will work with all 4 cars (2001 and up) and it is easier stocking one grade. Once the current stock drops down (120 qts +/-) I have been thinking of giving PP a try. There are a bunch of folks at BITOG recommending it that I have a lot of respect for (including yourself).
Thanks for letting me know. Must have misread the post (is 52 too young to start going senile?). I do appreciate the work that you put in as a moderator at BITOG. There is always something interesting over there…
I have been using Mobil 1 for some time now in 3 Honda's and the TCH and so far have not had any issues with the iron spikes that others have had. All of the UOA's that I have received back from Blackstone seem normal but a lot of this could be due to the short 5000 mile OCI. With 3 girls driving that are NOT into cars, I change the Honda's at 5000 miles also as it's easier for them to remember that number instead of 7500 even though I put a sticker in the windshield.
I still use 5w-20 oil as it will work with all 4 cars (2001 and up) and it is easier stocking one grade. Once the current stock drops down (120 qts +/-) I have been thinking of giving PP a try. There are a bunch of folks at BITOG recommending it that I have a lot of respect for (including yourself).
Last edited by GeorgiaHybrid; 10-19-2008 at 07:47 PM.
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