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Jul 23, 2006 | 02:04 AM

badazz68stang

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What oil weight?

Im not sure what the PO ran in my car so i was trying to figure out what grade of oil to start running in my 289 and to stick with it, Straight 30, 10W30, ? I want to run conventional oil, not synthetic.

Jul 23, 2006 | 02:08 AM

Brandontyler65

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RE: What oil weight?

well in az i run 10W40 in the summer and 10W30 in the winter

Jul 23, 2006 | 02:15 AM

badazz68stang

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well i live in west virginia, so we have pretty moderate temp. year round here.

Jul 23, 2006 | 03:03 AM

rmodel65

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RE: What oil weight?

20-50 since its summer during the winter drop it down for the colder climate

Jul 23, 2006 | 04:02 AM

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RE: What oil weight?

Did you know that the W does not stand for weight. It stands for Winter.

Jul 23, 2006 | 05:00 AM

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ya but that makes me want to ask what should i be using here in AZ cause its hot yr round then in winter it gets righ roung freezing in the morning i live in PHX BTW