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Which oil in older car?
I have a 1988 Ford 5.0 V8. Owners manual calls for 5w30 oil. The oil
change places want to use 10w 30. A Ford dealership says they use 5W 20 on every car and that it makes no difference. So far I have insisted on using the 5w30. (The engine ticks when first started when using 10W30 in winter.) Who is right? |
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Which oil in older car?
The owner's manual.
"J J" > wrote in message ... >I have a 1988 Ford 5.0 V8. Owners manual calls for 5w30 oil. The oil > change places want to use 10w 30. A Ford dealership says they use 5W > 20 on every car and that it makes no difference. > So far I have insisted on using the 5w30. (The engine ticks when first > started when using 10W30 in winter.) Who is right? > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Which oil in older car?
J J wrote:
> I have a 1988 Ford 5.0 V8. Owners manual calls for 5w30 oil. The oil > change places want to use 10w 30. A Ford dealership says they use 5W > 20 on every car and that it makes no difference. > So far I have insisted on using the 5w30. (The engine ticks when first > started when using 10W30 in winter.) Who is right? > first of all an '88 is not an "older" car. Secondly if the manual recommends 5w30 there's no reason to use anything else, unless you have an oil pressure problem. The ticking you hear with the 10W30 is telling me that the 10W30 is too thick when cold to really make your engine happy. just MHO nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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J J wrote: > I have a 1988 Ford 5.0 V8. Owners manual calls for 5w30 oil. The oil > change places want to use 10w 30. A Ford dealership says they use 5W > 20 on every car and that it makes no difference. > So far I have insisted on using the 5w30. (The engine ticks when first > started when using 10W30 in winter.) Who is right? Ford Motor Company and therefore the owners manual. |
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Which oil in older car?
How can i tell if they put in the right oil or not? Most places wont
let you go in shop area. http://community.webtv.net/katelyn_c/doc |
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Which oil in older car?
J J wrote:
> So far I have insisted on using the 5w30. (The engine ticks when first > started when using 10W30 in winter.) Why would you switch to a thicker-pouring oil in the winter? |
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Which oil in older car?
I can see a couple of ways you could convince them to show you whats
happening on the rack. Trade rack for rack? http://community.webtv.net/katelyn_c/doc |
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Which oil in older car?
Nate Nagel wrote:
> > The ticking you hear with the 10W30 is telling me that the 10W30 is too > thick when cold to really make your engine happy. OR its just a Ford 302 saying "good morning!" like they all do. :-) I sure wouldn't use 5w20 EPA-pleasing monkey **** in any engine I cared about, but 5w30 vs 10w30 is a toss-up. No reason for 5w much south of Kansas, though. |
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K B wrote:
> How can i tell if they put in the right oil or not? Most places wont > let you go in shop area. > > http://community.webtv.net/katelyn_c/doc > Change it yourself. It takes a half hour once you know how and have bought a pair of ramps, and you KNOW you're getting a good filter and oil. |
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Which oil in older car?
Steve > wrote:
>K B wrote: > >> How can i tell if they put in the right oil or not? Most places wont >> let you go in shop area. >> >> http://community.webtv.net/katelyn_c/doc > >Change it yourself. It takes a half hour once you know how and have >bought a pair of ramps, and you KNOW you're getting a good filter and oil. Agreed. I have seen quick oil change places screw it up so often that I wouldn't trust any of them, and my dealer wants $75 to do a fifteen minute job. If there's no chassis lube and you have a screw-on filter and not a canister there is no reason you can't do it in fifteen minutes flat in the driveway with ramps. My wife can. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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