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Oil suggestions

Post by Jfmarkham » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:27 pm

I have a five quart container of 10-30 conventional oil not blended is this safe to put in the T
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Mindless Automaton » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:28 pm

Almost certainly.
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by John Codman » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:55 pm

If you have clean oil in the 20 to 30 weight range that's less then 50 years old, it is almost certainly better then the oil Ford put in the T.
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Steve Jelf » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:05 pm

What John said. Yes, it's fine.

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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by George N Lake Ozark » Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:42 pm

10/30 oil is the go to oil for most T's.
What kind of condition is your engine in ?? Recent rebuild ??
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Jfmarkham » Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:47 pm

The engine had a total rebuild about 3000 miles ago
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Scott_Conger » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:36 pm

So, hopefully, this is the 4th or 5th oil change, right?
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by George N Lake Ozark » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:33 am

10/30 is fine for running around town and short tours. Some drivers who do longer trips like 15/40. Some of the long dist. marathoners like 20/50.
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by SurfCityGene » Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:02 am

George, I put in some 20w50 one time at oil change and then drove the car and I couldn't figure why I couldn't get up to my normal speed. Went back home drained oil again and went back to 5 or 10W30 and the car cruised back at my normal speed. I do believe it was a perfect test.
Can't be sure but I would say and Bet that no Montana 500 guy would use a 20w50 oil in his T.
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by George N Lake Ozark » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:17 am

Well Gene, I use 20/50 synthetic. Either Amzoil Z-Rod or Walmart 4 stroke motorcycle full synthetic oil. A T Engine builder of some reputation in SoCal recommended for all his engines and another long distance cross country T driver uses 20/50 in his cars. My car zips right along. And like I said nothing wrong with 10/30 at all.
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Tom Hicks » Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:15 am

I tried various oils a few years back. I found that a "wet clutch" motorcycle oil caused my clutch to slip. I think it was Valvoline 5W30. Fairly expensive for motor oil. And it might work great if your clutch is tight.

I finally decided that they all ran well on Shell Rotella 30 W and that was fairly inexpensive at WalMart. Then I found Advance had Rotella on sale AND if I ordered on the internet with in-store pickup I could get another 20% off. I stocked up. Hope oil doesn't go bad!
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Re: Oil suggestions

Post by Aarongriffey » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:54 am

Most folks I know use 5-30 or 10-40.
Seems like 5-30 does a better job of running down the Oiler tube and splashing around.
I use 5-30.
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