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Does 0W-30 oil provide any benefits in hot weather climates?

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Old 09-21-2001, 09:44 AM
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Default Does 0W-30 oil provide any benefits in hot weather climates?

I've read a lot about 0W-30 being good for cold weather but I live in a place that's basically 80 deg year round and the humidity is always between 65% and 90%. It seems that the cold weather benefits don't mean much here but are there any other benefits to 0W-30 vs. 5W-30 or 5W-40?
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You could probably do 0w or 5w, but in either case I would use synthetic
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the benefit is on cold starts, turbos need the instant lubrication, again always use syn
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so is 10 - 30 no good then?
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not good for those cold starts!
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