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Originally Posted by Got_The_Benz
Ok, so lemme get this straight. if I ran a synthetic oil in the summer of 5 or 0W40, it'd make enough pressure in the engine, and won't bleed from my gaskets? My 617 has over 400,000k on it and 10W40 in the summer I get a 1 bar decrease in oil pressure warm at idle.
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Personally, I wouldn't run 0W40 in a 617/616, but I do fine with 5W40 in mine year around. You should expect you hot idle to be between about 1 and 2 bars regardless of oil type. If you have oil leaks, you have oil leaks regardless of the oil used, just fix them.