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Oil causing slugish start? by TaurusThug

Started on	: 11-06-2003 08:59 PM
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Last post by	: OHNIKO on 11-07-2003 12:22 PM

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i have noticed that when it gets around 50* F that my car is harder to start and the colder it get the harder it is. could this be because of the oil? i hav 10W-40 in it right now. should i put in 5w-30? this engine has 96,600 miles on it and right now it has a can of restore in it. btw its about 82 right now so i want to change my oil this weekend so that i dont have to change it in the middle of january when its around 20-30.

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I'm running 5w-30 in both of mine. 72,000 miles & 114,000 miles. No oil consumption & they start just fine a 10 below. If you go to a lower weight oil for the first time, just watch your pressure gauge for a while.

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I used to run 20W50 in all of my little sports cars. I put it in my girlfriend's Celica. One cold winter morning the car wouldn't even turn over! That's when I switched back to 10W30.

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At that temp the oil should not cause slow cranking.

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