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Bay Area...5W-30, 10W-30, 15W-30...which one for normal day to day, some highway?

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Old 05-17-2001, 04:31 PM
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Bay Area...5W-30, 10W-30, 15W-30...which one for normal day to day, some highway?
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Synthetic? 5 or 0
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synthetic. no-chip.
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I am using 5W30 in Vancouver, relatively same climate. 0 is fine as well if you can find it.
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you think 5w30 for the cool summer months here is ok? or 10w?
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what about 5w50? anything bad about it?
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For the synthetic I though the consensus was to stick to 0W or 5W all year.
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