New oil for Hybrid engines

[john1701a]

would you use 0-20 in your Prius in MN in the winter time??

I don't see a need. Synthetic 5W-30 works really well already.

There may be a minor MPG improvement. But I wouldn't switch without an endorsement from above. That oil may be a little too thin for proper pertection.

[Frank Hudon]

that's what stopped me from buying it. Until Toyota lists it as acceptable 5-30 Mobil 1 will do just fine. If I was back in the north I'd probably use it but not down here. The first time I had to really boot it and have the RPM go from 0 to 4500 in a half second it'd be in the back of my mind. And I wouldn't like it.

[priusham]

I think the coldest I've seen where I live was 31 degrees F. And that was cold.

31 degrees!!! Here in Michigan we drive with the windows down at 31F !!!

LOL! At -5F the schools stop letting kids out for recess.

-58F for motor oil sounds good to me.

-200F Hell freezes over

-300F Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl

-459F Absolute Zero, all molecular motion ceases

-500F People in Michigan ask each other, "Cold enough for you?" :mrgreen:

[DaveinOlyWA]

when i was in Michigan the only time the school schedule was changed because of the weather was either busted or frozen pipes as most schools had hot water radiators for heat or on the rare occasion that we should lose electricity.

we almost never missed a full day of school due to the weather.

[bruceha_2000]

and how about heating oil becoming so thick it won't pour. Not here on Vancouver Island but used to in Aklavik, NWT a few years ago -54*F

People who have their fuel oil tanks outside have to have an oil/kerosene blend here in VT. Even in tropical Burlington where is rarely gets to -30F.

Did you know the rivers freeze over? I'm constantly amazed by how many people think I'm BSing them when I mention this.

And snow squeaks. Really.

[DaveinOlyWA]

squeaks??

LOL!! that is true but when i lived in alaska, the air was sooo dry, that the snow crackled there.

[Totalshock]

-459F Absolute Zero, all molecular motion ceases

-461 -- Winnipegers debate putting on a long-sleeve shirt.

[DaveinOlyWA]

-500º Lawyers put their hands IN THEIR pockets

[wb9tyj]

Well here in the midwest ive seen -32F in January, been a few yrs ago, however, -20 to -25F isnt out of the question at all...a good cold clear calm night with a foot of snow on the ground does a soul good...btw perfect astronomy night if you can keep the scope from freezing up....

ps ...dad had seen -84F in the interior of alaska post WW2 when he was stationed there...when you spoke words, they came out ur mouth and froze in mid-air... :mrgreen: