Thats what I like about this forum....not too many **** mods who beat you to death for not using the (mostly ineffective) search function. Unlike another forum I belong to where the mods jump your **** for thread hijacking or not searching before asking.

 

Thanks man, just don't want to end up being "that guy" where everytime you see a thread from me, y'all are like "oh boy, here we go again" lol

 

Yeah, Jkeaton I hear ya...but I'm curious... The other night I was up late searching other forums and I came across a couple that looked like they had the exact same set up on the page for logging in as ours, never been to the site before, but when I went to log in, it accepted my handle and password. So I'm guessing that this site is linked with others. If so, is there a list of all the other forum sites that we are automatically registered for?

 

Thats what I tell my wife too when she asks why I spend all night on the computer....

Seriously, beats me.....I know all the "log in" pages look pretty much the same for a bunch I belong to (but rarely use).

 

okay! I called out of curiosity to see what they would say.

I spoke with one of the service guys - they said that it doesn't matter about 5w30 or 5w20. . .the temperature doesn't get hot enough or cold enough here to make a difference. ...I kept on him and said well my owners manual says 5w20 and that's what I said I wanted when I dropped the truck off.
he said the only vehicle that he knows makes a difference is a chevy Colorado that runs like **** if you don't use it..

he ended up saying " well what are you trying to say" ( as in do I want to bring my truck in to get it changed) I said - well no if you are saying it doesn't make a difference then that's all I wanted to hear..
Just that next time I want 5W20.

I then asked about the 6 qtz not 5qtz , he said that's just what the receipt says but they put the right amount of oil in . 5 litres is only 5.2 qtz so - im pretty sure they go by qtz for oil here in Canada regardless.

well thanks all - oh ya , they said they use 5w30 because they get it in bulk in a big oil drum - GO FIGURE and if I want 5w20 it might cost a bit more cause they'd need a bottle...
SO ALL IN ALL I WILL BE DOING MY OWN OIL CHANGE NEXT TIME- I was just in a rush to get it done because i'd been worrying about it and I'd just gotten off an overnight shift and wouldn't have had the time to do it for a another couple weeks as i'd be busy
thanks everyone. very informative posts and helpful! keep on keepin on \

 

Good to hear. Just check the dipstick every now and then between your changes and make sure it stays full.

 

I just did my oil change, I used 10-30w, should I be worried??

 

No. Do not worry. Drive it 3000 miles and change the oil out with the proper viscosity next time.