just moved to a freezing climate. what weight oil to use?
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just moved to a freezing climate. what weight oil to use?
so I just moved to the Boise area, love it here.
it gets below freezing pretty much every night down into the twenties, teens, even around 0 on rare occasions over night.
I've been using 20w40, but back in CA it basically never got to freezing where I lived.
So what is a good oil weight to use for freezing cold startups and such?
vehicle info in dig line.
it gets below freezing pretty much every night down into the twenties, teens, even around 0 on rare occasions over night.
I've been using 20w40, but back in CA it basically never got to freezing where I lived.
So what is a good oil weight to use for freezing cold startups and such?
vehicle info in dig line.
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Hello Mile Racer 69,
I use 5w30 Full Synthetic myself and live in New England. Recently it has been getting extremely cold for this area, sometimes in the single digits. I also take trips up north and have cold started with no problems. Sure other people will have varying opinions but 5w-30 seems to work fine for me. This is with a 2006 Silverado 5.3L V8.
Here is some more info on motor oil weights in colder weather:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/gener...tentId=7041639
I use 5w30 Full Synthetic myself and live in New England. Recently it has been getting extremely cold for this area, sometimes in the single digits. I also take trips up north and have cold started with no problems. Sure other people will have varying opinions but 5w-30 seems to work fine for me. This is with a 2006 Silverado 5.3L V8.
Here is some more info on motor oil weights in colder weather:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/gener...tentId=7041639
Last edited by petrellajr; January 17th, 2014 at 10:46 AM.
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