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Date:         Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:15:14 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mobil 1:  15W50 NLA?  Is 5W50 as good when warm?
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I haven't compared gauge readings (I'm just now hooking up my oil
pressure gauge) but I used 5w50 all last winter and put in a fresh batch
this spring prior to driving to BusFusion (600 miles each way) and never
had a flicker at the oil light.


The 5w50 is MUCH better for cold starts during the coldest of northern
Maine winters.


Mike
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy
Houlton, Maine






Tabe Johnson wrote:
> I've been having trouble getting 15W50 mobil 1 oil here in the
> Great White North.  Has anyone with an oil pressure gauge used
> 5W50 and compared it to 15W50?  Was there any difference in hot
> pressure?  (In principle there shouldn't be... but real life is
> a different story!)
>
> I'd do the experiment but at C$30-$40 for the oil it gets
> expensive!
>
>
> tabe johnson/87 westy
>
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