0W-20 or 5W-30 alternate per Manual

[Zentec]

Originally Posted by stevesnj

I use 0w-20 in the winter and 5w-30 in the summer here in New Jersey in the USA

Good man. But with all those toll booths in Jersey the 30 is better protection for ya lol. Gets costly too.

[Zentec]

Originally Posted by Tokay444

I split the difference and 0w-40 year round.

It actually starts or do you have a oil warmer it gets cold up there. If your Molsen xxx beer freezes you need to turn the oil warmer on.

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by Zentec

It actually starts or do you have a oil warmer it gets cold up there. If your Molsen xxx beer freezes you need to turn the oil warmer on.

0 is zero is 0...

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, now, that's old school fer sure ...... 20 weight in the winter ..... 30 weight in the summer ......


humfrz

I take the car to the track during the summer so it covers all bases.

[TorontoNat]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

no need for anything more than a good 0W20, unless you are tracking, autox, etc. maintain level and intervals and you are good to go.

Say you are planning on doing several autoX and a few trackdays in the summer.. What should I use instead of 0W-20?

[Lunatic]

I use PUROL 10-40 year round. I live in southern CA so it's warm all year. After 50,000 miles, supercharged on e-85 with several dozen track days I pulled the engine for a blown head gasket. Of course I checked the bearings and they looked good as new. I'm very pleased with PUROL.

[DandoX]

I run 0w30 year round here in Ca for about 4 years and 50k. Next oil change I'm going to get a used oil analysis to check and post it on the forum. I would love to see the used oil analysis for other oil weights in different climates/conditions.

[Clipdat]

If you're going to switch to a heavier warm weight, why keep the 0 cold weight?

Originally Posted by DandoX

I run 0w30 year round here in Ca for about 4 years and 50k. Next oil change I'm going to get a used oil analysis to check and post it on the forum. I would love to see the used oil analysis for other oil weights in different climates/conditions.

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

If you're going to switch to a heavier warm weight, why keep the 0 cold weight?

I'm waiting to see the results of the use oil analysis. I switched from 0w20 to 0w30 because I wanted more protection in hotter months. Also I was following Mobil 1s recommended oils for the FA20. I think it may have less wear on start up when it's like 2degrees Celsius out which it gets to sometimes in the foothills where I live. Depending on the use oil analysis I may switch to 5w30. I'll post the results on the next oil change.

Here is a related thread about a 0w30 used oil analysis: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122925

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

If you're going to switch to a heavier warm weight, why keep the 0 cold weight?

For cold starts.

[Clipdat]

Location: Ca, Bay Area

Originally Posted by Tokay444

For cold starts.

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Location: Ca, Bay Area

" I think it may have less wear on start up when it's like 2degrees Celsius out which it gets to sometimes in the foothills where I live."

[Clipdat]

Right, which isn't even freezing.

Originally Posted by Tokay444

" I think it may have less wear on start up when it's like 2degrees Celsius out which it gets to sometimes in the foothills where I live."

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Right, which isn't even freezing.

Which is 2 degrees above freezing.