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VIEW    READ ONLY    PRINT   SAVE   A    A  20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? 200 1989 posted by  R2 on  Fri Mar 20 03:50 CST 2009 Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] last visit: Sat Mar 20 23:37 CST 2010 [RELATED] My company makes and sells engines. Recently had 1 OEM call with 2 completely self destructed turbo chargers. Cause? 15w-40 oil in the engines with temps at -24 Celsius and someone jumping in the cab starting the engine and revving the engine up without allowing time for oil circulation. Turbo shafts seized and twisted in pieces. I know yours doesn't have a turbo, but I say that just to piggyback on Volvodad's caution about bearings needing lubrication before increasing RPM's - you can protect yourself while running this heavy oil just by letting the engine idle a few more moments than you normally do then take off. Cold weather recommendations now go all the way down to 0W-30 with 5W-30 most recommended. An additional downside to 20W-50 would be reduced fuel economy dragging that heavy oil around inside. Won't kill you but isn't helping unless you are experiencing blowby or blowing blue smoke. Mark this post as an answer to my question<- Use this feature to mark quality replies to your post. Select, copy to buffer, and paste anywhere: <a href="http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1338895/220/240/260/280/20w50_weight_oilwhats_deal.html">20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal?</a>

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• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  RCA  on Tue Mar 24 08:51 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  selym  on Mon Mar 23 17:57 CST 2009 > V
  • 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
    posted by  hardknocks!  on Mon Mar 23 19:01 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  ibs740  on Sun Mar 22 17:47 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  Stormie  on Sun Mar 22 15:50 CST 2009 > V
  • 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
    posted by  hardknocks!  on Mon Mar 23 17:26 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  jfh0jfh  on Sun Mar 22 06:50 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  Photoman327  on Sat Mar 21 21:21 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  yama  on Fri Mar 20 05:47 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  R2  on Fri Mar 20 03:50 CST 2009 > V

• 20W-50 weight oil--what's the deal? [200][1989]
  posted by  Volvodad  on Thu Mar 19 22:08 CST 2009 > V

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