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Originally Posted by jdlmodelt
Well now that is interesting. Too low of a viscosity lubricant. I've been wondering about running a heavier oil in my engine. Like the 10W40 that my original owner's manual indicates as opposed to the 0W40 that everyone talks about now. Is the tolerance on the Porsche engines from the 2.5l engines as tight as the new Hondas that indicate 5W20? I compare to a Honda engine because they run for multi 100k without coming apart. ???
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No, and the engines lose a ton of internal clearance during expansion. With %/20 oil you'll be opening a can of worms that you won't like. The oil pump in these engines suffers greatly from internal losses due to clearances changing with thermal expansion, which makes it all worse.
I have developed another product to help with these losses and its going through the patent processes now.
5/20 oil might work fine in the M96 engine if operated in the Arctic, otherwise you'll have issues with valve lash, hydraulic tensioners and many other issues. This has been proven through direct experience and development on the street, track, dyno and otherwise with the M96 engines as our only focus. What the IMSB likes, isn't necessarily what the engine likes as a whole, that is unless you finally just suck it up and install the IMS Solution and allow your engine's oil to support the loads of your IMSB by taking that damn ball bearing out of the equation altogether.
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