BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
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BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
hey guys its coming up to 5000 miles and i want to change over to synthetic oil...i dont know if this matters but the weather here in the months to come will be from about 20 degrees to about 35....... what oil would be the best for me? do you all think i should change to synthetic or what? im a NEWBEE.
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p.s. should i also change my transmission fluid over to synthetic???? or what should i do?????
also would it be just pointless to change my fuel filter this early or would it be a good idea
thanks! :-[
thanks
p.s. should i also change my transmission fluid over to synthetic???? or what should i do?????
also would it be just pointless to change my fuel filter this early or would it be a good idea
thanks! :-[
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
Opinions on all of your questions are like noses, everyone has one.
Mine is this. Unless you know for a fact that your going to keep this truck more than 200,000 miles. Synthetic in the engine is a waste of money. As far as your tranny goes. Be sure your warranty will be in tact if you change to a fluiid not specifically cited as acceptable in you owners manual. Haven't looked, so I don't know if Synthetic is. Based on your posts about towing, 0 to 60 times and getting sideways, your very likely to need your tranny warranty.
Fuel filter. Won't hurt to change it now before it's cold out. Easier now than in the dead of winter. I change mine on a new motor at around 10K and then every 20K or so after that.
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Mine is this. Unless you know for a fact that your going to keep this truck more than 200,000 miles. Synthetic in the engine is a waste of money. As far as your tranny goes. Be sure your warranty will be in tact if you change to a fluiid not specifically cited as acceptable in you owners manual. Haven't looked, so I don't know if Synthetic is. Based on your posts about towing, 0 to 60 times and getting sideways, your very likely to need your tranny warranty.
Fuel filter. Won't hurt to change it now before it's cold out. Easier now than in the dead of winter. I change mine on a new motor at around 10K and then every 20K or so after that.
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
If you read some of the past posts about synthetic oil most don't recomend switching until you have at least 10,000 miles on the engine to assure proper seating of the rings.
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
My thought is to let the engine break in well before putting in synthetic, which prevents wear (also called 'break-in'...)
Since everyone says it takes 15 - 20,000 miles for these diesels to break in, I'd wait till then.
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Since everyone says it takes 15 - 20,000 miles for these diesels to break in, I'd wait till then.
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I use Esso 0-40 semi synthetic year round..I'm on my third cummins and as soon as this one is broken in I will be switching over agian...this oil pours at minus 30 and i dont see any useage in the summer months..I used 0-30 and saw some useage in the summer until the 0-40 came out..now its my oil of choice..available at any Esso bulk dealer for a good price
I use Esso 0-40 semi synthetic year round..I'm on my third cummins and as soon as this one is broken in I will be switching over agian...this oil pours at minus 30 and i dont see any useage in the summer months..I used 0-30 and saw some useage in the summer until the 0-40 came out..now its my oil of choice..available at any Esso bulk dealer for a good price
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Vernl makes a good point. If it's REAL cold where you live in winter, such as Alberta, then Syn is the way to go. Remains pourable in the super cold weather.
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I swiched over to synthetic at 4200 miles, now have 6000. Did I screw up? Can I still switch back to dino? I think I was a baaad boy Abbot. :-
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
[quote author=BLUE04 link=board=17;threadid=20878;start=0#msg195895 date=1065974152]
If you read some of the past posts about synthetic oil most don't recomend switching until you have at least 10,000 miles on the engine to assure proper seating of the rings.
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But what harm would you do switching over before that?? The only thing that I can think of is that you would have higher oil consumption with the synthetic, which would probably be offset for the winter use, then in the spring/summer go back to a dino for the warmer weather.
If it were me, I'd do something like that. I'd probably use Amsoil 10w40 for the first winter see how it does, if it has significant consumption change back to dino for the summer, if no, either stick with the 10w40 or go up to the 15w40 AME for summer and then back to the 10w40 for winter.
If you read some of the past posts about synthetic oil most don't recomend switching until you have at least 10,000 miles on the engine to assure proper seating of the rings.
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But what harm would you do switching over before that?? The only thing that I can think of is that you would have higher oil consumption with the synthetic, which would probably be offset for the winter use, then in the spring/summer go back to a dino for the warmer weather.
If it were me, I'd do something like that. I'd probably use Amsoil 10w40 for the first winter see how it does, if it has significant consumption change back to dino for the summer, if no, either stick with the 10w40 or go up to the 15w40 AME for summer and then back to the 10w40 for winter.
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
Been using AMSOIL since 3500 miles and have NILL, ZERO, NADA, ZIP, 0, not even a little bit of oil consumption. Of course it's 10 months old now and has 19K miles on it and I treat it like Sh!!. Which is actually good for it ;D
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Re:BEST SYNTHETIC OIL FOR WINTER
I think the idea behind not using synthetic before break-in is that the synthetic greatly limits the amount of wear; break-in is the action of wearing-in mating parts so that they fit better & perform better.
If synthetic is put in, the break-in process essentially stops.
That's what I want, eventually - to stop wear.
But not before it's broken-in.
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If synthetic is put in, the break-in process essentially stops.
That's what I want, eventually - to stop wear.
But not before it's broken-in.
another .02..
Rene
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I live in Rhode Island and our avereage winter temps vary between 0 F and 32 F. I used regular Delo 15w40 all winter last year and with the block heater I had no trouble. If your temps regularly drop below 0 f then synthetic is a good idea otherwise wait until you have the 15,000-20,000 miles on the clock.
I belive the factory fill Mopar ATF+4 is a synthetic fluid.
I do my fuel filter at 10,000 mile intervals. That would be superceded if I felt the truck was low on power due to a clogged filter.
I belive the factory fill Mopar ATF+4 is a synthetic fluid.
I do my fuel filter at 10,000 mile intervals. That would be superceded if I felt the truck was low on power due to a clogged filter.
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