Re: [DML] Oil Pressure Weirdness

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Scott McMullan" <mcmullas@xxxx>
wrote:
<SNIP>
> You are joking here, right?
> The owner's manual and the tech manual disagree, and specify a wide
range of
> possible oils to use.
> Every time the topic of oil weight comes up here, it sparks the
closest
> thing to a flame war I ever see in this community.

Nope, I'm dead serious. A while back, this debate did occur here on
the list, and we pretty much reached an over all agreement on what was
appropriate, and what was not. The 1982 version of the Owner's
Handbook really cuts thru things on what is needed, and what isn't.
Pretty much, it's laid out like a spectrum. Left is coldest, right is
warmest. Just follow over to see where you think you fit in, and put
that in.

Following what the engine reccomends in important. The 5w30 that is
reccomended by Ford for my Explorer, is said to be only used when
constantly below 0°F in my DeLorean. And the 10w30 that every
person behind the counter keeps telling me to use in my vehicles (no
matter which one it's for) is not right for my DeLorean in this hot
climate, and KILLS the gas milage in my Ford no mater what climate
it's in!

Remember, your manuals will always know best.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"

p.s. The oil topic has come up more than once, but has NEVER been a
flame war. If you want to call it a "me too!" thread, that'd be
dead-on. But it was pretty courteous. Only 2 true flamewars have ever
errupted on the DML.




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