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why do shops use 20w50 as the oil weight of choice? 200

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posted by  kaperz81 on  Tue Dec 7 03:21 CST 2004
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I tried it once and it was too thick. The oil never fully warmed up, which you can tell beacuse under the oil cap is a milky color. I'd stick with 10w 30 in the winter and 10w 40 in the summer, unless its warm al year then just 10w40.

20w50 needs worked pretty hard to get into its operating temp, thats why a lot of the times it say "racing" or something like that on the bottle.
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Zack Silver 83' 242Ti (221k)






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