I would put my 2.0 DOHC up against my 318 or my 4.7 for durability. The
beatings I put that engine through racing and it keeps coming back for more.
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From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:59 PM
Subject: RE: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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> It's a Neon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Byrne [mailto:kerib@ptd.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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> Put 5w30 in my DOHC Neon and it ticked like crazy. Put 10-30 and wit got
> real quiet.
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> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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>> "Jay & Dana" <jay&dana@telus.net> wrote:
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>>> So in my 97, 318, which recommends 10w30, that I've used since day one,
>>> (
>>> Mobil 1), you guys say that using 5w30 in the colder temps won't hurt
>>> the
>>> engine what-so-ever ? (gets to -20 degrees C here alot during the
>>> winter,
>>> Canada you know!)
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>> I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. The 5w30 will actually flow
>> better than the 10w30 when cold, which is an advantage for startups in
>> those cold temps, and will flow the same as the 10w30 at running
>> temperature. The only thing you potentially give up is a little
>> longevity since the viscosity modifiers have to work harder to take a
>> 5w to 30w than they do to take a 10w to 30w, but for a difference that
>> small and normal oil change intervals, I'm sure this is completely
>> negligible. A lower viscocity oil will supposedly not cool the
>> valvesprings as well as a higher viscocity would, and lower viscocity
>> will tend to drop oil pressure, but neither should not be a problem in
>> this case since both oils will have the same viscocity at operating
>> temp.
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>> --
>> -Jon-
>>
>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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