put 5w-30 in 10w-30

[kind153]

1998 gt.

got an oil change today...as i was leaving i notice they put 5w 30 instead of 10w 30. I drove 3 miles..should I be worried?

 

[brandonl2000]

Nope. Read your manual. Either will work, depending on temperatures where you live...one can be better or the other.

 

[kind153]

checked my manual..am i misled by the chart to think i'd be better with 10w-30?
I'm in KS and the weather in summer here has been like 45~94F.

 

[Odi]

ur fine. i drove on 5w-30 last summer without issues.

 

[bps02gtp]

gotta be a jiffy lube/lube pros. would never go there again if i were you

 

[kind153]

so if doesn't matter, should i go 10w30 next time?

 

[bps02gtp]

yes you should. its kind of like if you're always synthetic and someone puts in coventional. you're ok for a little while but make sure u put in synthetic next time lol

 

[brandonl2000]

The important thing is you have oil. I always run 10w-30.

And actually you can read some more if you're curious about oil types and such. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-101/

 

[Odi]

you're ok for a little while but make sure u put in synthetic next time lol

dont put synthetic if you got a high milage car.

 

[txslow6]

When I was supercharged I ran 10w-30 in the summer and 5w-30 in winter. You will be fine

 

[matt5112]

yes you should. its kind of like if you're always synthetic and someone puts in coventional. you're ok for a little while but make sure u put in synthetic next time lol

Again why?

 

[matt5112]

dont put synthetic if you got a high milage car.

If its been well taken care of then it wont matter.

Take filler off and look at rockers.

 

[TeeWX]

You can't change your own oil?

 

[DreamerGT]

yes you should. its kind of like if you're always synthetic and someone puts in coventional. you're ok for a little while but make sure u put in synthetic next time lol

Thats not true you can switch and your motor will never know the differance. Like running a syn. blend which is a mixture of both oils. To the OP the only differance between 5w-30 and 10w-30 is that 5w-30 will flow better in below 0 temps. during a cold start up. After both oils are up to temp they are the same.

 

[kind153]

ok..didn't mean to start any debate..but thanks for all inputs.

and no, not having a garage and summer temp doesn't make it look so fun to me;

 

[matt5112]

Thats not true you can switch and your motor will never know the differance. Like running a syn. blend which is a mixture of both oils. To the OP the only differance between 5w-30 and 10w-30 is that 5w-30 will flow better in below 0 temps. during a cold start up. After both oils are up to temp they are the same.

You sir win.