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Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast is
lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get my
oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30 do
fine?

FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.

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Chris Garcia wrote:
>
> Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
> staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast is
> lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get my
> oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30 do
> fine?
>
> FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.
>
> --
> -Chris
>
> http://www.ChrisGarcia.com <- My Homepage
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/cars/ <- *NEW* My cars
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/dogs/ <- *Sort-of NEW* My dogs
> http://starwars.chrisgarcia.com/ <- Centerpoint Station, the "ghost-town"
> of the Star Wars Universe!
i am in NO and have been for a long time.. i have seen the temp. go down
to 12 degrees and 15 degrees, and such... not often, but it has
happened.. all this time i was using 10-30 or 10-40 in my car.. i nor
anyone i know would have removed the oil from their car for the couple
of days that it gets this cold here.... so youi just being in Ken. for
two days should not be a problem....

In article <Xns942113ED2FA05NcOhSrPiAsMchrisgarc@68.1.17.6> ,
Chris Garcia <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote:
>Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
>staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast is
>lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get my
>oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30 do
>fine?

Read your owner's manual for the oil recommendation for the car and
the temperature conditions.

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jim <jim@noname.com> decided to join the conversation on 27 Oct 2003
with message news:3F9D1EB0.506D@noname.com:

> i am in NO and have been for a long time.. i have seen the temp. go
> down to 12 degrees and 15 degrees, and such... not often, but it has
> happened.. all this time i was using 10-30 or 10-40 in my car.. i nor
> anyone i know would have removed the oil from their car for the couple
> of days that it gets this cold here.... so youi just being in Ken. for
> two days should not be a problem....

I just looked at the little oil weight vs temp chart... 10w30 is what it
recommends for cold temperatures anyways.. at least i think that's what
it's trying to say ... the line looks like this:

<=======10w30====10w40=======>

where the other ones clearly cut off at a certain temp and go up.

Just going a little off topic a little here, are you really from New
Orleans? or just say that cause no one knows where Metairie/Kenner/etc
is? I'm technically from Metairie. I got tired of people asking me
where that was, so i just "rounded off" to New Orleans.

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-Chris

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"ghost-town" of the Star Wars Universe!

"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote in message
news:Xns942113ED2FA05NcOhSrPiAsMchrisgarc@68.1.17. 6...
> Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
> staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast
is
> lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get
my
> oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30
do
> fine?

In 1 or 2 days, you're not going to cause enough damange to your engine to
make it worth changing it to something thinner, unless you were planning on
changing to something thinner anyway. Good 10w-30 oil should not have
problems flowing in those temperatures though. Overall, go with what your
owner's manual recommends.


> FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.

A 7-year-old car only has 18K miles on it? Damn!

Cheers,

Pete

In the 10's this time of year? It may drop to the 30's or 40'sF but no where
near the 10's....


"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote in message
news:Xns942113ED2FA05NcOhSrPiAsMchrisgarc@68.1.17. 6...
> Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
> staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast
is
> lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get
my
> oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30
do
> fine?
>
> FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.
>
> --
> -Chris
>
> http://www.ChrisGarcia.com <- My Homepage
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/cars/ <- *NEW* My cars
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/dogs/ <- *Sort-of NEW* My dogs
> http://starwars.chrisgarcia.com/ <- Centerpoint Station, the "ghost-town"
> of the Star Wars Universe!

"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote:
> Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
> staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast
is
> lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get
my
> oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30
do
> fine?
>
> FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.
>

one or two days? Don't worry about it.

"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com>
news:Xns942113ED2FA05NcOhSrPiAsMchrisgarc@68.1.17. 6...
> Going to be driving to Kentucky (from New Orleans, LA) next month.. Only
> staying for 1 or 2 days.. BUT .. In those two days, the weather forecast
is
> lows in the 10's .. Chances are we'll leave early morning.. Should I get
my
> oil changed to something better suited for cold weather? Or should 10w30
do
> fine?
>
> FWIW, it's a '96 Civic, about 18,000 miles on it.
>
> --
> -Chris
>
> http://www.ChrisGarcia.com <- My Homepage
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/cars/ <- *NEW* My cars
> http://www.chrisgarcia.com/dogs/ <- *Sort-of NEW* My dogs
> http://starwars.chrisgarcia.com/ <- Centerpoint Station, the "ghost-town"
> of the Star Wars Universe!

I always use Mobil1 15W50 on my 95 civic since day 1 and go snowboarding
every weekend. Every Sunday morning the engine starts at temperatures
around 10-20F. Cranking speed is not slow and runs fine cold. There is
piston slap though, absent during summer.

Take the trip, no problem for a couple really cold starts, even with dino
(?) 10W30. But make sure your battery is in good shape, check fluids and
tires.

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Leon

"BillW" <TheDuck@pond.net> decided to join the conversation on 27 Oct
2003 with message
news:yJcnb.4937$P%1.4284453@newssvr28.news.prodigy .com:

> In the 10's this time of year? It may drop to the 30's or 40'sF but no
> where near the 10's....

Not this time of year, no... I'm going there for Thanksgiving though...
Last year I went, the morning we left it was somewhere near 16 w/ a wind
chill factor of 12.

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-Chris

http://www.ChrisGarcia.com <- My Homepage
http://www.chrisgarcia.com/cars/ <- *NEW* My cars
http://www.chrisgarcia.com/dogs/ <- *Sort-of NEW* My dogs
http://starwars.chrisgarcia.com/ <- Centerpoint Station, the "ghost-town"
of the Star Wars Universe!

"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote in message >
> Not this time of year, no... I'm going there for Thanksgiving though...
> Last year I went, the morning we left it was somewhere near 16 w/ a wind
> chill factor of 12.

FYI... your engine does not know what a wind chill factor is. ;-)