Mobile (sic) 1 20-50 synthetic
John Larson
westcoast at mypowerpipe.com
Tue Jun 27 12:15:49 EDT 2006
That would be "Mobil" 1, NOT "Mobile" 1. 10w30 is too thin for the T44
and T89 I5 engines, especially in temperate and hot climates. 20w50 is
specified and works best. the earlier V6 engines need 5w30, 10w30, or
10w40, depending on ambient temps and driving conditions. Later cars
like thinner oil (the use of thinner oils originated in a search for
improved fuel mileage and the engines were redesigned to use them). The
owners manual for my 95A6 warns that 5w30 is inappropriate for sustained
high speed driving. Earlier engines such as ours were not designed for
thinner oils, and 30w is just too thin for warm/hot weather driving. John
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