What Oil Weight Are You Using?

[aLmk]

Hmm. Turbos use engine oil s their cooling and lubrication so being about to tough out the environment it creates is a must. But what about say me where I'm supercharged and my blower has its own oiling system? What weight would you recommend for.me

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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I'm unsure of the whole weight of oil situation. Zinc additives are what I heard are good and ive put a zinc additive in the oil as a part of the oil change routine. I've mainly used 5w30. what oil weight should I use it I had for the rotella? I live in md it's a range on cold winters being sometimes 20's-50's ferinheight and 80-100F in summer.

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
Cage plus radio member #1

I'm not an expert and would never claim to be. But in my opinion, 5w40 is a great weight for boosted k series motors, especially for us that live in areas that can get quite cold in the winter. The heavier 40 weight will help with the added stresses of boost, and ideally we want to maintain that 5w so the oil, when cold, gets through the engine as quickly as it needs to. Bobistheoilguy.com has a TON of info on all kinds of oils, if you really want to do some research that is a great place to do it. I like the rotella because it comes in the 5w40 weight, which is something that is not very common, it is readily available, affordable, has good additives, and the people on bobistheoilguy really like it

[PetefromtheStreets]

I'm not an expert and would never claim to be. But in my opinion, 5w40 is a great weight for boosted k series motors, especially for us that live in areas that can get quite cold in the winter. The heavier 40 weight will help with the added stresses of boost, and ideally we want to maintain that 5w so the oil, when cold, gets through the engine as quickly as it needs to. Bobistheoilguy.com has a TON of info on all kinds of oils, if you really want to do some research that is a great place to do it. I like the rotella because it comes in the 5w40 weight, which is something that is not very common, it is readily available, affordable, has good additives, and the people on bobistheoilguy really like it

Great thank you very much . I'll be sure to look at the site you posted and read up to get my knowledge up.

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
Cage plus radio member #1