Hello All,

I know, I know, the oil stuff has been beat to death, but I have a slightly different issue to discuss (I think.) I went over to www.bobistheoilguy.com . (Unbelievable--- I thought we were fanatics over here on this board ;-) . Anyway, I've been looking for an alternative to Mobil 1 10w-30 for the winter in central Indiana. I use Mobil 1 15w-50 in the summer, but I think that might be a little thick for safe cold starts that could occasionally be slightly sub zero. The problem with the 10w-30 is that the oil pressure runs slightly low and I hear more valvetrain noise than I do with the higher viscosity stuff.

Now, after some research, it seems that 10w-40, or 5w-40 would be ideal. Quaker state full synthetic and Castrol Syntec come in these ranges, but Castrol is getting knocked pretty hard over in the oil guy forum.

Anybody know where to get Quaker State Full Synthetic European Formulation 5w-40 in the midwest? If I can't find this, I'll probably try Quaker State Full Synthetic 5w-50.

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Bob Johnston
03 E55
Comand/Nav/Bluetooth/Ipod added
Black/black
(Oh man, this car is sooooo fast.)