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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 10:12 AM
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What oil to use in winter?

I have an 83Z28 with an early 70s 350 SBC with a TH350. Its carbed and mildly modded. What oil should I use for the colder temps? What about hotter temps?

10w-30?
5w-30?
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 10:16 AM
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I normally use 10w-30 in the winter. And 15w-50 for summer time.

Mobil 1
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 10:22 AM
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mobil 1 10w-30 or amsoil in same weight
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 01:03 PM
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a while back.. there was a comparison of M1

All weights of Mobil 1

It basically had 0-30 (yes, ZERO), outperforming all others. It had better pourpoint and the viscosity index was slightler higher than 5-30w. Flash point and all high temp measures were almost identical to 15-50w.

If your north of kansas, I saw zero or 5-30 at the most.
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