Mixing oil's or no?
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Staging Lane
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From: Heidelberg Germany (1.4 miles from famous Hockenheim Ring)
Mixing oil's or no? i'm looking to do a seafoam shortly, and i'll do an oil change as well, the guy we got the car from had Royal Purple SAE 5W-30 in the car and a few extra quarts. I told my dad to get some of it on the way home from work and he picked up Royal Purple SAE 30. would there be any problem with this if i just mixed the two oils together when i change or should i just bite the bullet and spend the money on some more 5w-30, tossing the other stuff or what?
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From: Heidelberg Germany (1.4 miles from famous Hockenheim Ring)
so is that a no? i would like to know before i spend more money, as that SAE 30 would go no where as all of our garden tools are electric over here in germany -.-
well worst comes to worst, i donate it to the auto shop for our school ^^
well worst comes to worst, i donate it to the auto shop for our school ^^
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Staging Lane
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It's ok, i wont be using the car that much in the winter if at all, the roads ice up easier than anything here and the amount of salt they use is astonishing, i was driving my mom's 3 series on the autobahn and passed a salt truck, it was spitting out salt at a pretty high speed, there was a lot of salt to be cleared out under the hood.
... ANYWAYS, i would really like to know, is it ok if i would? or is it a no no? are there any consequences? an answer would be nice in the next 12 hours, have to run down the shop tomorrow.
and BTW, oil isnt that cheap to a 17 year old with no job :/
... ANYWAYS, i would really like to know, is it ok if i would? or is it a no no? are there any consequences? an answer would be nice in the next 12 hours, have to run down the shop tomorrow.
and BTW, oil isnt that cheap to a 17 year old with no job :/
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Alright then... You're right, oil is far too expensive to to take the chance that you may be wasting money. You may be perfectly fine and have no trouble whatsoever but why take the chance?. Again, I'm pretty sure that although it is not winter cold right now, 30 weight oil is still too thick at startup. Again... why go cheap, just buy the right multigrade oil.
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It's ok, i wont be using the car that much in the winter if at all, the roads ice up easier than anything here and the amount of salt they use is astonishing, i was driving my mom's 3 series on the autobahn and passed a salt truck, it was spitting out salt at a pretty high speed, there was a lot of salt to be cleared out under the hood.
... ANYWAYS, i would really like to know, is it ok if i would? or is it a no no? are there any consequences? an answer would be nice in the next 12 hours, have to run down the shop tomorrow.
and BTW, oil isnt that cheap to a 17 year old with no job :/
... ANYWAYS, i would really like to know, is it ok if i would? or is it a no no? are there any consequences? an answer would be nice in the next 12 hours, have to run down the shop tomorrow.
and BTW, oil isnt that cheap to a 17 year old with no job :/
Last edited by needadvice; Aug 20, 2008 at 05:04 PM.
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Just fine to mix different weight oil.
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From: greenbrier tn
I know, there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing that. I mixed 40-50 for the first 30,000 miles or so, now I just use 20W50. If there was a problem my 50,000+ mile 427ci LPE stroker motor would be less than perfect by now. Its perfect. On start-up I have 50psi (on the guage) and after warm-up it never drops below 38psi. If I run the A/C hard in hot weather it'll get down to about 30psi at idle.
Just fine to mix different weight oil.
Just fine to mix different weight oil.
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Staging Lane
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From: Heidelberg Germany (1.4 miles from famous Hockenheim Ring)
i do need a job, it's just hard to get one over here in germany as i only speak english.
I still have to pay for the car yet, and for now my dad pays 53gallons of gas per month, my insurance, and car repairs in the garage.
If i want anything else done to it, that's on my dime, like the oil, it's not due for an oil change yet, so that's on my dime.
I still have to pay for the car yet, and for now my dad pays 53gallons of gas per month, my insurance, and car repairs in the garage.
If i want anything else done to it, that's on my dime, like the oil, it's not due for an oil change yet, so that's on my dime.
It will be ok, just not great.
I used all kinds of crap for oil in my old clunkers(I used the break in oil out of my friend's truck in 84 Honda CRX) . But, it sucks doing it to a nice car.
Do what you must, if your broke your broke.
I used all kinds of crap for oil in my old clunkers(I used the break in oil out of my friend's truck in 84 Honda CRX) . But, it sucks doing it to a nice car.
Do what you must, if your broke your broke.
