Should heavier weight oil be used to increase oil pressure?
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Should heavier weight oil be used to increase oil pressure?
Personally I consider this is a no brainer but I figured I'd ask to get a consenus here in the forum.
A used car salesman with devious intent would try and trick the oil pressure gauge like this. However thicker oil takes more pressure to circulate, which means it is not getting through the passages any quicker. In fact quite the opposite. Especially when the upper end starves on cold starts! This could lead to further damage beyond that which originally caused the low oil pressure in the first place.
A used car salesman with devious intent would try and trick the oil pressure gauge like this. However thicker oil takes more pressure to circulate, which means it is not getting through the passages any quicker. In fact quite the opposite. Especially when the upper end starves on cold starts! This could lead to further damage beyond that which originally caused the low oil pressure in the first place.
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i have a 97 z i used 10 w 30 and at cold i run bout 45 on warm i run upper 20's is this normal or low first v8 ive owned just makin sure i dont blow it up
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Re: Should heavier weight oil be used to increase oil pressure?
No,
Thicker oil is for larger clearences.
You will ruin your motor by running the wrong oil.
Pressure is not what protects bearings, bearings are protected by centrifical force.
Too thick of oil = oil starvation= rebuild.
Thicker oil is for larger clearences.
You will ruin your motor by running the wrong oil.
Pressure is not what protects bearings, bearings are protected by centrifical force.
Too thick of oil = oil starvation= rebuild.
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