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Originally Posted by Zebster
Raising the cold viscosity from 0w to 5w isn't going to help reduce oil burning and will result in less protection during cold starts. But I'd be more worried about the extra loading that a 40 viscosity oil will cause to the oil pump and oil pump drive. Why not stick with the 0w-30?
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Since it burns it as well and I can not find 0w-40 easily.
0w-20 and 0w-30 differences are so minimal so thought its good to try slightly thicker oil, though 5w-40 is still pretty similar when I compared them a year ago.
So far I've not found a reason why I could not use 5W-40 in the engine.