"Caroline" <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Caroline" <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote
> > "Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote
> > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:42:42 -0700, "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have a 98 Accord that has 80K on it. Last week
> > > >I went an independent deader to get my oil changed.
> > > >The technician told me that I should be filling 10-30
> > > >or 10-40 oil since my car has a lot of mileage on it.
> > > >He said these oil protects older engine better.
> > > >The car manual specified to use 5-30 and nothing
> > > >else. Is the technician right?
>
> snip
>
> > I don't buy the technician's cousel at all, based on reading over the
years.
>
> Hmm. I googled: {oil viscosity engine older car} Some sites do say that,
at some
> point in an "older" car's life, switching to a higher viscosity oil,
> particularly in the summer, might be prudent. Criteria are as one would
expect:
> Higher oil consumption than early in life, for example.

Yeah, maybe.

But the tech said 10-30 instead of 5-30.....so he's claiming the car needs
thicker oil when *cold*, and the same viscosity when hot.

And that's a little....odd.