How does the oil Life monitor work? I am skeptical

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04-09-2010, 12:52 PM

JimBlake

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I don't really know the answer to that. I suspect it's the additive packages like you said, or maybe simply there were very few 0w-xx oils available until recently. I think I've only ever seen that rating in synthetic oils.

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04-09-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crvone

I am wondering for instance why in a Honda engine calling for 5WXX we shouldn't use 0WXX instead, better flow at cold, quicker lubrication. the only thing is that I assume 0WXX woudl have different additive packages thn 5WXX, which may or may not be actually better overall.

That is exactly what I was thinking. Both 5W-20 and 5W-30 have the same cold viscosity of a 5W so the start up lubrication should be the same. The hot viscosity of the oil is all that will change, 20 to 30 when the engine is at full operating temperature.

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04-09-2010, 05:57 PM

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Thinking about it, ALL oil gets thicker when it's cold. Even a 0w-xx oil at 30deg.F has much higher viscosity than a 5w-30 oil at 190deg.F. So I can't think of a good reason NOT to use 0w-xx oil.