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<blockquote data-quote="B E N" data-source="post: 1437569" data-attributes="member: 33355"><p>Terrible advise. This is Relic "knowledge" from the 70's, and needs to die.</p><p></p><p>Factory recommendation is 5w20, the 5 is winter viscosity and 20 is warm temp. These oils lose viscosity the colder they get so going to a 0 is exactly the wrong decision. You do not need to play with this, going to a 0 cold viscosity is going to put unnecessary wear on bearings, especially when your talking about someone who is starting their truck "10-20 times per day". Its also a good way to lower oil pressure in a system that's already heavily taxed. Going to a 30 hot viscosity will do nothing but put extra strain on the oil pump and reduce fuel economy.</p><p></p><p>You <strong>do not</strong> know better than the ford engineers who set the engine clearances and specified the bearings and oil weight, and whom actually have an understanding of the chemistry of modern oils.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B E N, post: 1437569, member: 33355"] Terrible advise. This is Relic "knowledge" from the 70's, and needs to die. Factory recommendation is 5w20, the 5 is winter viscosity and 20 is warm temp. These oils lose viscosity the colder they get so going to a 0 is exactly the wrong decision. You do not need to play with this, going to a 0 cold viscosity is going to put unnecessary wear on bearings, especially when your talking about someone who is starting their truck "10-20 times per day". Its also a good way to lower oil pressure in a system that's already heavily taxed. Going to a 30 hot viscosity will do nothing but put extra strain on the oil pump and reduce fuel economy. You [B]do not[/B] know better than the ford engineers who set the engine clearances and specified the bearings and oil weight, and whom actually have an understanding of the chemistry of modern oils. [/QUOTE]
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