5w-50 Mobil 1 or 10w-60 Castrol ?
05-15-2011, 08:04 PM
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5w-50 Mobil 1 or 10w-60 Castrol ?
Hi guys, NOW MY CAR USE 5w40 castrol
I live in Canary Islands, so here is so hot all year..
I want to improve oil pressure at hot, We use the car on weekends for cornering and that..
10w60 will improve more my oil pressure than 5w50 at hot no? but some people say that at hot mobil 1 5w50 is ticker than Castrol, because I don't know why..
I mean.. that I don't know what to do.. and I don't want to put mobil to have to change to castrol in some weeks..
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I live in Canary Islands, so here is so hot all year..
I want to improve oil pressure at hot, We use the car on weekends for cornering and that..
10w60 will improve more my oil pressure than 5w50 at hot no? but some people say that at hot mobil 1 5w50 is ticker than Castrol, because I don't know why..
I mean.. that I don't know what to do.. and I don't want to put mobil to have to change to castrol in some weeks..
Regards
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05-16-2011, 07:16 AM
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10W60 has a higher viscosity both warm and cold compared to a 5W50.
Therefore a 10W60 fresh out of the bottle will give a higher oil pressure when warm compared to a 5W50 - 10W50 or even 20W50 oil. Basic laws of physics, these can not be argued.
The reason I state fresh out of the bottle is that different type of oils have a different live span, all oils degrade over use/time. The extent to which they lose viscosity is called shear stability.
Castrol Edge (non-Sport) 10W60 is a very high quality fully synthetic oil with high ZDDP levels and an additive package providing enough shear stability for BMW to prescribe it as THE oil to use in their highly tuned M-type engines whilst being able to maintain BMW worthy service intervals.
*edited to read Castrol Edge (non-Sport) 10W60. Stupid marketeers! ;-)
Therefore a 10W60 fresh out of the bottle will give a higher oil pressure when warm compared to a 5W50 - 10W50 or even 20W50 oil. Basic laws of physics, these can not be argued.
The reason I state fresh out of the bottle is that different type of oils have a different live span, all oils degrade over use/time. The extent to which they lose viscosity is called shear stability.
Castrol Edge (non-Sport) 10W60 is a very high quality fully synthetic oil with high ZDDP levels and an additive package providing enough shear stability for BMW to prescribe it as THE oil to use in their highly tuned M-type engines whilst being able to maintain BMW worthy service intervals.
*edited to read Castrol Edge (non-Sport) 10W60. Stupid marketeers! ;-)
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05-16-2011, 08:29 AM
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in a hot climate I would use 10W60 but as I live in Holland, 10W40 works perfectly as long as you don't do track days.
I once visited Kuwait (by plane not by 911 hehe) and temperature was over 50 degrees centigrade, and wondered what an air/oil cooled engine would do at such high temperatures.
I once visited Kuwait (by plane not by 911 hehe) and temperature was over 50 degrees centigrade, and wondered what an air/oil cooled engine would do at such high temperatures.
05-16-2011, 09:15 AM
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05-16-2011, 04:20 PM
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No, i dont. The best thing for me is no oil smoke when start the engine. Unfortunetly on Castrol it happens very often - hot, cold doesnt value. When i used Shell Helix 10w40 oil smoke it was standard! And consumption was terrible. I still have the same oil pressure, when hot (verty hot, summer, 35C) a little bit lower than 1 when i dont touch accel., but when i have 4 or 5 rpm, is between 4-5 on gauge.
05-16-2011, 04:29 PM
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Your oil pressure light switch on? because lower than 1 bar at hot.. Like mine.. I'm triying to fix that. I Now use Castrol 5w40, I don't know what to do, if change to M1 5w50 M1 15w50 or C 10w60..
Help please, I need an answer.
Help please, I need an answer.
05-16-2011, 04:31 PM
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10W60 has a higher viscosity both warm and cold compared to a 5W50.
Therefore a 10W60 fresh out of the bottle will give a higher oil pressure when warm compared to a 5W50 - 10W50 or even 20W50 oil. Basic laws of physics, these can not be argued.
The reason I state fresh out of the bottle is that different type of oils have a different live span, all oils degrade over use/time. The extent to which they lose viscosity is called shear stability.
Castrol Edge Sport 10W60 is a very high quality fully synthetic oil with high ZDDP levels and an additive package providing enough shear stability for BMW to prescribe it as THE oil to use in their highly tuned M-type engines whilst being able to maintain BMW worthy service intervals.
Therefore a 10W60 fresh out of the bottle will give a higher oil pressure when warm compared to a 5W50 - 10W50 or even 20W50 oil. Basic laws of physics, these can not be argued.
The reason I state fresh out of the bottle is that different type of oils have a different live span, all oils degrade over use/time. The extent to which they lose viscosity is called shear stability.
Castrol Edge Sport 10W60 is a very high quality fully synthetic oil with high ZDDP levels and an additive package providing enough shear stability for BMW to prescribe it as THE oil to use in their highly tuned M-type engines whilst being able to maintain BMW worthy service intervals.
05-16-2011, 05:13 PM
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As I said, I want to improve oil pressure at hot temperature, Could be the posibility that my oil can't pump this thick oil at hot? or is not so high difference to a 15w50 for example?
Do you know any problem that castrol 10w60 could have?
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Do you know any problem that castrol 10w60 could have?
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