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Old 02-19-2006, 09:43 AM
STORMINORMAN STORMINORMAN is offline
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Question "Winter", but WHERE?

It is a little different if you are dealing with "winter" in Tucson vs. Minneapolis: a synthetic 15W-40 might be a good year-round oil for almost all the lower 48. On the other hand, an HDEO in 10W-30 (say Chevron Delo 400 in this grade) would most probably do the same for colder climates.

My personal belief is that MOST 5W-30 oils are a little stressed in '91 era gas motors, the obvious exception being Amsoil's excellent HD 5W-30 oil which, though pretty expensive, could be used, IMHO, year-round and with reasonable extended drain intervals almost anywhere.

Cheers!

p.s. I use Amsoil AME 15W-40 year-round in my '91 420SEL.
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