oil?

[Larry C Leung]

I generally run Mobil 1 10W-30 in the winter, which used to be a 30
degree F affair around here. With the current weather, I don't know,
beginning to wonder about the need for snow tires.....

LL - NY (slip-sliding away in the rain and dry 'cuz snow tires aren't the
same as summer meats)

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:27:22 -0800 (PST) pasquale pilato
<pasqualep99 at yahoo.com> writes:
>Do you switch oil viscosity in the winter?  I use
>15-50 as well and was wondering if I need to switch.
>I get 5 bar at idle on a cold day at startup.
>
>
>--- Mark Smith <audi90cq at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I switched to Mobil 1 15-50w and no longer have the
>> lifter noise, except in very cold weather for only a
>> few seconds.  I now have 128,000+ miles on my car
>> and
>> the pressure runs about 1.1 to 1.5 bar at idle and
>> quickly jumps to almost 3 bar as low as 1200 rpm
>> when
>> hot.
>> Mark Smith
>> 90 CQ
>>
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