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| emerygt350 |
 Mar 18 2026, 02:43 PM
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QUOTE(infraredcalvin @ Mar 18 2026, 12:44 PM)  QUOTE(emerygt350 @ Mar 18 2026, 10:22 AM) I wouldn't be afraid of trying 40 weight or less if you have plenty of oil pressure (they did come with 30 weight). Not going to impact this much but I think the reasons for using high quality thinner oils when possible are pretty good, particularly from a cooling standpoint. Pushing thick oil through an engine is not going to move as much heat. At the most simple level you are looking at the volume of oil passing across a hot surface. You don' t know what the builder used for tolerances, so you may be running a thick as paste oil on an engine that has very tight bearing tolerances. ugh now I'm getting sucked into this, sorry... Oil isn't his issue, let's not blow this up into an oil thread, there are so many out there and so many opinions, it's ridiculous... Not to get sucked in but I don't think the numbers represent what you think they represent if you believe 20w50 isn't thick at operating temps... https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/understa...ng-oil-weights/ |
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