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Re: 5W20 VS. 5W30 engine oil
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 8/29/2013

Poor quality 5W/30 in low ambient temps will cause camshaft issues on certain OHC engines. We noticed it in PA a few years back. Never had the issue with high quality particularly semi-syn or full synthetic oils. Login to read more.