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Old 08-31-2004, 05:15 PM
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hey guys,
well, my turbo car has been smoking for a bit, and its definitely oil. i do live in Miami with 100degree temps, and i have an open wastegate dumping into my engine, so it is my belief that synthetic 10w-30 will burn up.

im thinking of running something along the weight of 20w-50, but is their any negatives, seeing as honda says to use 10w-30. it is a vtec engine (sohc).

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Old 08-31-2004, 05:40 PM
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well, i live in miami too. no way i would run 10w-30w. i have before and it gets older faster than 20w-50w, which is what i run now, in both of my cars. they say if your engine has 100k miles to use regular oil and not synthetic.
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Sarasota here. I run Max Life 10w-30, no problems.
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Old 09-03-2004, 12:45 AM
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my turbo car smokes when i am engine braking down a hill.. i currently have 10w30 but have been considering a heavy weight.. does it actually help?
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Old 09-03-2004, 02:20 AM
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i run 20/50 exclusivly mostly because i get it free from work. but nick lopez ran 20/50 in his 700+hp drasg integra

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Old 09-03-2004, 09:16 AM
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just think about it with the most common sense you can build up. oil get thinner when it's hot, and you have a car with a turbo, meaning extra heat. which oil is more likely to remain consistent, 10w-30w or 20w-50w?
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Old 09-03-2004, 05:59 PM
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im in miami also :P, 10/40 or 20/50 non synetic in my sled
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Old 09-03-2004, 07:18 PM
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in the summer i always run 20w30 then 10w30 the rest of the year, But in the rx7 i would run 20w30 all year cause it slowed the oil consumption
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10 dubya 30 year round
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I always run Mobil 1. I use 15w-50 in the summer, and usually 10w-30 in the winter. I never really burn the 15w50 but the 10w30 usually goes through a half quart or so every oil change. This is all on my boosted 110k D16z6.

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