Hello fellow members
I am coming up on my oil change real quick and I still havent decided on what I should I should use. I am aiming for a year round oil if possible. I have owend the truck since 43,000 Km and now its approaching 48,000 Km I dont know what maintenace oil/ change schedule it had before my possession but i lifted the oil filler cap and had a peak inside, not overly dirty but not as clean as I had thought either. I am debating using synthetic or sticking with dino. We saw some real cold temps here this winter as we always do -40C and with no block heater I know that the regular 5w-30 penz would have been thick like honey. I can get many of the favorite oils talked about on this forum. I would prefer to stick with one brand if I could. So here is what i have been thinking, please let me know what you guys think. I was thinking of running a HDEO diesel weight oil in my next weeks oil change a 15W40, like delvac 1300S, Castrol Super Rx. or Esso XD-3 (for us Canadians here) Think this is a good idea? From what i have gathered here is that these oils contain superior additive packages and it may "clean up" the internal workings of the engine some. With temps now on the rise as winter is leaving the coldest night may dip - 20C but then its all the way up to 30 C + for the hotter summer months. So this leads me to my other questions. The highly regarded german castrol is available here as well, and at $5.12 Canadian per litre I dont mind spending that amount at all, maybe I could just run that year round? and comments on that? Only thing is that I recently talked with 2 buddies who had run synthetic one gas, one in a diesel, they said all the evidence i needed was on the gargage floor, both leaked! and both were low km engines. Synth blends are only pennies cheaper although I saw a Quaker State 4x4 SUV 5 litre jug for only $15 Canadian
(Yes thats right I said the Q word)
I am just so confused as what to do, Can I run HDEO in the summer in a heavy weight and then switch to a syth blend or full syth in winter? Im scared sh*tless its going to leak. The truck (5.2L 4x4) burns very little oil, about 500ml makeup oil in 5000 Km's. I do lots of short trip, cold ideling in winter and some towing trailering in the summer, generally however the truck is not driven hard. Please help me out with this dilema, I may be reading to much into it but I want to hear all sides / comments / concerns and real life eperiences. Heyjay if you read this I have been following most of your postings and I believe that your truly know what type of environment we subject our automobiles to, as I am not that far from you, You have any recomendation. Ok thats all and sorry for the long winded post
looking forward to some usefull responses, thanks in advance
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I am coming up on my oil change real quick and I still havent decided on what I should I should use. I am aiming for a year round oil if possible. I have owend the truck since 43,000 Km and now its approaching 48,000 Km I dont know what maintenace oil/ change schedule it had before my possession but i lifted the oil filler cap and had a peak inside, not overly dirty but not as clean as I had thought either. I am debating using synthetic or sticking with dino. We saw some real cold temps here this winter as we always do -40C and with no block heater I know that the regular 5w-30 penz would have been thick like honey. I can get many of the favorite oils talked about on this forum. I would prefer to stick with one brand if I could. So here is what i have been thinking, please let me know what you guys think. I was thinking of running a HDEO diesel weight oil in my next weeks oil change a 15W40, like delvac 1300S, Castrol Super Rx. or Esso XD-3 (for us Canadians here) Think this is a good idea? From what i have gathered here is that these oils contain superior additive packages and it may "clean up" the internal workings of the engine some. With temps now on the rise as winter is leaving the coldest night may dip - 20C but then its all the way up to 30 C + for the hotter summer months. So this leads me to my other questions. The highly regarded german castrol is available here as well, and at $5.12 Canadian per litre I dont mind spending that amount at all, maybe I could just run that year round? and comments on that? Only thing is that I recently talked with 2 buddies who had run synthetic one gas, one in a diesel, they said all the evidence i needed was on the gargage floor, both leaked! and both were low km engines. Synth blends are only pennies cheaper although I saw a Quaker State 4x4 SUV 5 litre jug for only $15 Canadian



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