2F Engine Oil Weight

[desertdude]

Wouldn't the temps of your state make a big diff in the viscosity of the oil you use... like the heat in the desert?

Sedona gets snow once or twice in the spring just enough to have fun then it melts the same day

 

[Pskhaat]

[quote author=desertdude link=board=1;threadid=14279;start=msg135047#msg135047 date=1081434381]
like the heat in the desert?
[/quote]

``Ah, Phoenix, where the 5-30 flows like water...''

As in a paraphrased ``Aspen, where the beer flows like wine...''

 

[72cruiser]

good call 3f,

swinny, swanny, sammy, samsonite, i was way off


yeah, thanks for the info here guys. i use 10w30, but just because that's what i've always used in other cars



malphrus

 

[lowtideride]

yeah its 80 here today with out a cloud in the sky and i be runnin 10w40

 

[Cruiserdrew]

Didn't Mark Whatley comment on this in Toyota Trails? His take was the heavier the better for the 2F, except in extreme cold. I run 20w-50 all summer and 15w-40 Delo 400 in the winter in my two 2F engines. These are "old school" motors and running "old school" viscosity makes sense to me. I have the owners manual from my '76 that reccomends 20w-50 down to 20F. It never gets close to that cold here so I could use 20w-50 year round. Honestly, though, it probably doesn't matter that much.

 

[Pskhaat]

[quote author=Cruiserdrew link=board=1;threadid=14279;start=msg135170#msg135170 date=1081441324]
it probably doesn't matter that much.
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I don't think so either. As far as I'm concerned, run 5-30 WalMart year-round. Just change the oil and filter often (and with WalMart oil/filter, it couldn't be that expensive every 1k miles)

 

[Lucy_FJ55]

I have the orig F engine in my pig and I run 15W-40 all year round as advised by a local 'cruiser guru'. According to the manual it certainly matters what temperature climate you live in-if that matters to anyone. Seems to work great.

 

[Landpimp]

10-30 or 20-50......depending on my mood

 

[CruisinGA]

20-50 Gumbo here.
I get low oil pressure at operating temp with anything else.
Also cut waaay down on the amount of black gunk the exhaust spits out.

 

[IDave]

[quote author=CruisinGA link=board=1;threadid=14279;start=msg136263#msg136263 date=1081567969]
Also cut waaay down on the amount of black gunk the exhaust spits out.
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Why would the oil viscosity affect your exhaust? You have a head gasket leak?

 

[Poser]

Getting past valve guides at operating temp?


Who knows man....that guy is from GA....


I run 15-40 in everything...any oil is better than no oil....


Good luck!

-Steve

 

[IDave]

Why the 15? Don't you live in cold country, too?