Re: Farmall A cold weather operation

Posted by captiank on January 26, 2005 at 08:55:28 from (66.115.214.56):

In Reply to: Farmall A cold weather operation posted by Andrew Z on January 26, 2005 at 08:43:34:

If you only notice the milky color in the oil now that the weather is cold and your radiator is staying full, the water is coming from condensation. What happens is that in the winter the engine probably is not thoroughly warming up and the area around the cylinders and head warm up, but the sides of the engine block stay cold. The air in the engine has water vaporized in it, and as this air cools, the water condenses on the colder parts of the crankcase, and then run down into the oil pan.

Changing your oil more often and going to lighter oil when the weather is cold are good things to do. If your engine has good oil pressure I would suggest 10W-30, straight 10 W or even 5W 20 when it is below 40 F. As long as you have good oil pressure (which an engine in good shape will have) light oils will not hurt your engine in cool or cold temps.

My 2 cents…

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