Is it ok to use 10w30 instead of 5w30

[esse10]

it's just a little thicker oil during startup, that's all. The 10 verses the 5 value. once your warm up and going it's the same. I think it only matters in places where it's freezing weather for long consecutive days. in california you should be fine. My vw beetles call for 5w30 also but I use 10w30 during the summer, been doing that for years and now have 189k miles on the little bug.

[NorrisB]

Originally Posted by esse10

it's just a little thicker oil during startup, that's all. The 10 verses the 5 value. once your warm up and going it's the same. I think it only matters in places where it's freezing weather for long consecutive days. in california you should be fine. My vw beetles call for 5w30 also but I use 10w30 during the summer, been doing that for years and now have 189k miles on the little bug.

thanks for this post that's what I was thinking