Texasmark
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- Apr 24, 2012
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- N. Texas
- Tractor
- Ford: '88 3910 Series II, '65 3000; '07 6530C Branson with FEL, 2020 LS MT225S. All Diesels
My BS replacement engine is coming in today and with nothing to do I thought I'd browse their www. One question I had was break in for new engines and wanted to see how it compared to older BI periods......same up and down throttle and lay off the heavy loads for 5-10 hrs if you are interested. They said that new technologies in materials and mfgr. techniques allowed the rings to set faster.
I am a synthetic oil believer. I use it in everything but my old tractors. What caught my eye was the oil consumption comments between 10w dino oil and 5w syn....see below.
Interesting as I don't usually add oil between changes, never thought the oil had anything to do with it, per se, on my 4.8L Silverado which runs on 5w-30 Mobil 1, nor on my 4.7L '07 Dodge with 5w-30, nor my 5.7L Hemi which ran 5w-20 of all things but it had the 4+4 system for idle economy and the owner's manual said it wouldn't work properly on thicker oil, nor in my Cummins 3.3L with Rot. T 5w-40, or any of my air cooled engines which also run Mobil 1. What it does do for me in the air cooled is get me through the season, and on little used machines, 2 seasons on one change of oil.
Ha! Must be something to it after all.
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From BS:
Oil Recommendation
SAE 30 40ーF and higher (5ーC and higher) is good for all purpose use above 40ーF, use below 40ーF will cause hard starting.
10W-30 0 to 100 ーF (-18 to 38 ーC) is better for varying temperature conditions. This grade of oil improves cold weather starting, but may increase oil consumption at 80ーF(27ーC) or higher.
Synthetic 5W-30 -20 to 120 ーF (-30 to 40 ーC) provides the best protection at all temperatures as well as improved starting with less oil consumption.
5W-30 40 ーF and below (5 ーC and below) is recommended for winter use, and works best in cold conditions.
I am a synthetic oil believer. I use it in everything but my old tractors. What caught my eye was the oil consumption comments between 10w dino oil and 5w syn....see below.
Interesting as I don't usually add oil between changes, never thought the oil had anything to do with it, per se, on my 4.8L Silverado which runs on 5w-30 Mobil 1, nor on my 4.7L '07 Dodge with 5w-30, nor my 5.7L Hemi which ran 5w-20 of all things but it had the 4+4 system for idle economy and the owner's manual said it wouldn't work properly on thicker oil, nor in my Cummins 3.3L with Rot. T 5w-40, or any of my air cooled engines which also run Mobil 1. What it does do for me in the air cooled is get me through the season, and on little used machines, 2 seasons on one change of oil.
Ha! Must be something to it after all.
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From BS:
Oil Recommendation
SAE 30 40ーF and higher (5ーC and higher) is good for all purpose use above 40ーF, use below 40ーF will cause hard starting.
10W-30 0 to 100 ーF (-18 to 38 ーC) is better for varying temperature conditions. This grade of oil improves cold weather starting, but may increase oil consumption at 80ーF(27ーC) or higher.
Synthetic 5W-30 -20 to 120 ーF (-30 to 40 ーC) provides the best protection at all temperatures as well as improved starting with less oil consumption.
5W-30 40 ーF and below (5 ーC and below) is recommended for winter use, and works best in cold conditions.