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But my car never got above the 176F, when it was cold out, even if I drove it very spiritedly.
Absolutely right - we could not get many of our customer's cars hot enough to top up the oil when it was less than 50 degrees F outside, hence the blanket method.
I switched from m1 to bp today. It went well. I used up the leftover 2 quarts of m1 i had from last year and the rest with bp. Now iv just got to figure out what keeps killing my new optima
But my car never got above the 176F, when it was cold out, even if I drove it very spiritedly.
Same here. In the fall, I drove it for 30 minutes - mixed highway & high revving street & it still wouldn't open the thermostat. I finally gave up & just changed it.
The blanket method sounds like the thing to do. Thanks Pete. I'll switch to Brad Penn this weekend.