Subject	Living in south florida, you're likely fine running a 15w
Posted by	Polish on May 04, 2016 at 3:57 PM
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In Reply To	oil grade posted by lbw46 on May 04, 2016 at 07:40 AM
Message	cold weight oil. Going to a 5w oil would only benefit your engine if you were doing cold starts in much cooler/approaching freezing temperatures. However, you would likely benefit (in terms of engine wear) from going to a slightly heavier warm weight oil with the hotter temperatures you run in. As others suggested, a 15w50 weight oil is good. I personally would recommend Mobil 1 15w50, but there many brands out there. I used that year 'round when I lived in SoCal. I switched to Mobil1 5w50 after moving back to Northern California, as I was getting a lot of lifter noise starting the Z in the cooler temperatures up here.
Follow Ups	oil grade - lbw46 07:40:07 05/04/16 I think you are too light for the deep south - shaggee 08:35:13 05/04/16 15W50. I run it here in the summertime - vorpalZ 11:11:02 05/04/16 Yep Ive been running 15w50 M1 forever - Drk93TT 11:32:57 05/04/16 Re: Yep Ive been running 15w50 M1 forever - lbw46 12:28:49 05/04/16 With engine temps at 190 degrees does it matter where u live - LivinTheDream 14:44:57 05/04/16 Much warmer ambient temps will still affect coolant and oil - Polish 16:52:09 05/04/16 it doesn't get nearly as hot in south Florida as it does in - LJZTT 14:55:40 05/04/16 what "issue" are you trying to solve/prevent? - LJZTT 15:01:03 05/04/16 Living in south florida, you're likely fine running a 15w - Polish 15:57:42 05/04/16 This would disagree with you: - not4resaleZ 12:28:09 05/05/16 Actual oil analysis in a Z32TT would be way more accurate. - MixManMash 12:31:19 05/05/16 ... and just one won't be sufficient - vorpalZ 14:09:29 05/05/16 Have you tried 5W50? I used that from about 1995 - not4resaleZ 14:20:12 05/05/16 That's what I'm using these days... (n/m) - Barry (NJ) 16:03:32 05/05/16 no, I haven't - vorpalZ 16:10:30 05/06/16 You're probably best to use the 15w50. The 5w50 may - not4resaleZ 17:36:31 05/06/16 M1 0w40 is at the low end of the 40 range. Looks like - not4resaleZ 13:38:07 05/06/16 true, and I use 0W40 on my other two Zeds - vorpalZ 16:13:53 05/06/16 When you end up with a solution that defies logic, - not4resaleZ 14:17:08 05/05/16 I'd use M1 0W40 for reasons I've previously stated. - not4resaleZ 10:11:46 05/05/16 Don't go down to 5W30 - aquariuscsm 20:38:53 05/05/16 Translation? - FrozTTy 08:47:30 05/06/16 Re: Translation? - aquariuscsm 18:37:53 05/06/16 The 30 is not too thin, as they still recommended - not4resaleZ 09:47:23 05/06/16 Re: The 30 is not too thin, as they still recommended - aquariuscsm 18:43:36 05/06/16 Re: The 30 is not too thin, as they still recommended - aquariuscsm 18:46:58 05/06/16 yes, I remember when M1 came out. (n/m) - not4resaleZ 09:25:55 05/07/16
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