What weight oil
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What weight oil
Hi all
I am wondering what weight oil everyone is using and why?
I have a basically stock 95 Gen V 454 (volvo).
I purchased the boat 2 yrs ago with less than 100 hrs on the clock. When I purchased it the yard changed the oil and put straight 30 in. My pressure was 40 @ cold idle, 30 warm idle and warm 65 at 4500rpm.
Last year I chaged to 20-50 Mobil 1 and I get 60 cold idle and 75+ at 4500. Right after a hard run the pressure drops to 45 @ idle but goes back up to 60 after a couple of minutes when the oil cools down. I am thinking I am running too thick a oil
What do you guys think?
I want to keep synthetic in the pan but I don't know if a 10w30 or 10w40 is a good choice. You are limited in the available weights with synthetic.
I am wondering what weight oil everyone is using and why?
I have a basically stock 95 Gen V 454 (volvo).
I purchased the boat 2 yrs ago with less than 100 hrs on the clock. When I purchased it the yard changed the oil and put straight 30 in. My pressure was 40 @ cold idle, 30 warm idle and warm 65 at 4500rpm.
Last year I chaged to 20-50 Mobil 1 and I get 60 cold idle and 75+ at 4500. Right after a hard run the pressure drops to 45 @ idle but goes back up to 60 after a couple of minutes when the oil cools down. I am thinking I am running too thick a oil
What do you guys think?
I want to keep synthetic in the pan but I don't know if a 10w30 or 10w40 is a good choice. You are limited in the available weights with synthetic.
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Re: What weight oil
Originally Posted by prosnd
Hi all
I am wondering what weight oil everyone is using and why?
I have a basically stock 95 Gen V 454 (volvo).
I purchased the boat 2 yrs ago with less than 100 hrs on the clock. When I purchased it the yard changed the oil and put straight 30 in. My pressure was 40 @ cold idle, 30 warm idle and warm 65 at 4500rpm.
Last year I chaged to 20-50 Mobil 1 and I get 60 cold idle and 75+ at 4500. Right after a hard run the pressure drops to 45 @ idle but goes back up to 60 after a couple of minutes when the oil cools down. I am thinking I am running too thick a oil
What do you guys think?
I want to keep synthetic in the pan but I don't know if a 10w30 or 10w40 is a good choice. You are limited in the available weights with synthetic.
I am wondering what weight oil everyone is using and why?
I have a basically stock 95 Gen V 454 (volvo).
I purchased the boat 2 yrs ago with less than 100 hrs on the clock. When I purchased it the yard changed the oil and put straight 30 in. My pressure was 40 @ cold idle, 30 warm idle and warm 65 at 4500rpm.
Last year I chaged to 20-50 Mobil 1 and I get 60 cold idle and 75+ at 4500. Right after a hard run the pressure drops to 45 @ idle but goes back up to 60 after a couple of minutes when the oil cools down. I am thinking I am running too thick a oil
What do you guys think?
I want to keep synthetic in the pan but I don't know if a 10w30 or 10w40 is a good choice. You are limited in the available weights with synthetic.