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Turbo, 10W30 or 0W40? 900

I have been using Mobil1 10W30 from Costco at an honest price for my n/a.
Kinda thinking about Mobil1 0W40W I saw at Auto Zone, for not as honest a price, for the '95 244T. Any thoughts?

Work done so far to a fairly new, no history purchase:
>New T-Belt. The old one looked ok.
>New seals. Aux and cam seal were old and hard. The crank seal may have been replaced. Gray, soft and flexible.
>New acc belts, two looked good, one with cracks.
>Rebuilt distributor with John Sargent's help, well, from his post. This is not for the weak or faint of heart. It was leaking oil. The inner fiber washer was worn to sub paper thin and fell apart. J.S said that the fiber washers are not available.
>New valve hushers. This quieted the engine by 75%. (Use cam grease during reassembly.) The old hushers were very hard and flattened or worse. I would think that this is a feature used promote a new, quiet car. I can't see them lasting very long considering the heat and the numbers of cycles it goes through. BTW, the head and cam looked very clean.
>Check valve clearance. #1 .003" and .004" on the high side, intake and exhaust. All others on the upper limit at .016.
>New plugs and rotor.
>Rad looked very good. It had to have been replaced recently along with the hoses.
>Replacing vac hoses with fuel line hose and quick clamps. 3/16 ID fuel line hose seems to fit very well for all the smaller vac hoses.

Mobil1 AFT flush is next.

Upcoming, rear seal leak fix. This has to be easier than replacing the distributor seal!
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Tom F






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New Turbo, 10W30 or 0W40? [900]
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