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Going to get chilly in western Ohio where my son is attending trade school. I changed oil right before we left with 10W30 PYB and 1515 napa filter. Battery is a year old. Truck-99 dodge 1500 v6 with 5 speed manual. 152,000 miles.

do i need to have him hit a shop and have thinner oil put in or wait and see? I'm near Sacramento and it's been a long time since my trade school days in Laramie Wyo.
 
No, PYB has excellent base oils and will be fine for the typical weather patterns here. I've done just fine using 10W-30's as of ten years ago in the middle of one of the harsher winters here.

Next time I'd use 5w30 though in winter...
 
I use PYB 10W-30 all year long in my 97 Dodge Ram 1500 and it can get mighty cold here in Colorado. If its hurting anything, I have yet to notice in 213,000 miles. He should be fine.
 
My 1989 F-150 straight 6 called for 10W-30 year round. I never had serious problems with the oil flow in even sub zero temps. What was more important was getting an oil filter with a real good anti drain back valve. I was using an "orange" oil filter and the winter start up noise was painful and long. Went back to the Motorcraft FL1A and all was quiet at cold start ups. If you want to continue using 10W-30 year round look at using a synthetic one, it'll flow better in the cold temps.

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he's attending Hobart welding school in Troy Ohio. Structural and pipe course. Also got to see a lot of this country on the drive.

Thanks all for the replies.

cheers,
Mike
 
Originally Posted By: Darren270
I use PYB 10W-30 all year long in my 97 Dodge Ram 1500 and it can get mighty cold here in Colorado. If its hurting anything, I have yet to notice in 213,000 miles. He should be fine.
Minus 51F at Maybell,CO in I believe January of 1983 or 1984. Colorado Ute Electric Association lost both Units at Craig GeneratingStation to instrument air lines freezing up inspite of heat tracing. That cold arctic air stayed in the Yampa River valley for several days. I was using Mobil I in my 1984 Honda Accord and it still cranked very slow after sitting in the parking lot all day. Had the radiator completely covered and the temp gauge hardly got off the peg in ten miles of driving. I believe this happened when CUEA was feeding hay to elk on the plant site due to the extreme conditions and snow cover. Yes Darren, it can get "mighty" cold in Colorado. Regards to you sir
 
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I ran 10w30 PYB all last winter. For the most part I was fine, but we also had quite a few -10*F and colder days. My starter could tell. That being said, 5w30 PYB for me around Christmas and into mid-late March.
 
Originally Posted By: Darren270
I use PYB 10W-30 all year long in my 97 Dodge Ram 1500 and it can get mighty cold here in Colorado. If its hurting anything, I have yet to notice in 213,000 miles. He should be fine.
Minus 51F at Maybell,CO in February of 1985. Wikipedia says -61 F but I believe that is a misprint. Colorado Ute Electric Association(now Tri-State G&T) lost Unit 1 and 2 at Craig Generating Station due to frozen instrument air lines to the fan rooms in spite of heat tracing. I believe that is the year CUEA employees also fed hay to elk on the plant site due to the extreme cold and snow cover. I was using Mobil I in my 1984 Honda Accord and it would crank very slow but it did start. I believe we already had 240 volt in the parking lot to plug in block heaters. I had the radiator completely covered and the temp gauge would barely move in ten miles of driving. Yes Darren, it can get "mighty cold" in Colorado. Regards to you sir.
 
Put a quart of 0w-20 synthetic next time it needs oil. They are predicting another polar blast and if it's like last winter while the truck will be ok with 10w-30 it might help a bit to add that thinner oil.
 
10W30 is fine, if you're going to keep the vehicle more than 500,000 miles maybe go to 5W30 for winters. I don't think of Ohio as being very cold
 
Thank you all. Friend of mine is from Craig Co. I was part of a support team for an off road race at Dinosauer park in the northwest corner. Lots of fun.

looking forward to my son showing me a thing or two with the welder.....
 
Last winter I foolishly left a mix of: SM-spec Castrol GTX 10W-30, MM HM 10W-30, and a bottle of STP in my truck.

X-Mas morning it was a true -29C, and we were supposed to go visiting...truck would not start, would barely crank over. 20 minutes of cranking ad jumping it finally got it going, but boy did it knock and idle badly.

Week later, changed the oil to Syntec and PP 5w30 mix; had no more problems rest of winter. Won't run 10W-30 in a winter again here, no sir!
 
Probably ok but 5w next year IMO. Started using 0wXX in all vehicles when we lived in VA.
 
This thread made me remember a few years ago when my neighbor called during a snow storm.

he slid off the road about a half mile away and asked if i could get out of our house, that is to say are we snowed in.

long story short, i went out and started the old chevy 83 K20. the sump was freshly filled with 10w30 and i had just checked the antifreeze a few days earlier (just brought it home earlier that year).

anyway, that truck hadn't been started in months, and i hit the key and after 10 seconds of cranking (carb drains down if let set a few days) that silly thing fired right off ... completely unaided.

now it stumbled and stalled a few times, but it fired right off as soon as the gas got to it. and then went about the business of pulling out my neighbor.

the temp was a solid -20F at the time ....

i wouldn't worry about it.

in fact, this is the first year i've used 5w30 in the old beast, thanks mostly to this forum.
 
Dino 10-30 will work, but a quality synthetic will flow faster in cold temps. Better for the starter, battery, and engine in general.
 
LOL! My first car I had was spec'ed for 10W30 conventional (1976 Plymouth Arrow, a Mitsu MCA variety) and I managed to start it during winter months in ND, which is known to be cold.

nowadays, I laughed when someone come along and ask if they will be doing ok with 5W20, do they need to go full syn or 0W20, yadda... in weather much milder than ND.


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Originally Posted By: dieselbass
.LT4
he's attending Hobart welding school in Troy Ohio. Structural and pipe course. Also got to see a lot of this country on the drive.

Thanks all for the replies.

cheers,
Mike
I see places looking for welders. It seems to be a needed skill.
 
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