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Old 27 November 2002, 10:27 PM
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running motul 15w -50 at the moment ,but does it offer good protection for winter use or drop down a weight,, any veiws on this please.
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Old 27 November 2002, 11:18 PM
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Mark,
normally a 15w50 rated is good for running down to around the minus 20ish mark so should be ok, what it will do though is put a little more strain on the starter motor in the morning so using a little more battery power (its an excuse to go for a long drive )

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Old 28 November 2002, 02:40 PM
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thanx tony for info.
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Old 28 November 2002, 03:05 PM
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Tony, funny you should mention that - my battery has been sounding tired since I changed to Motul!

About time we had this stuff in scoobyshop...
Old 28 November 2002, 03:56 PM
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Even funnier...... i replaced with Motul two weeks ago and had to replace my battery yesterday!

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I think I'll have to - the other morning the starter stalled...
Old 28 November 2002, 06:17 PM
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Mine got so bad the starter didn't even get chance to try to start the car.... you could just hear the relay/solenoid clicking it's little *** off!

What's weird is that my lambdalink had been playing up giving some very weird readings..... new battery and it's now sorted .

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