Best Dino 5 or 10w - 30

[Brons2]

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Originally posted by ringmaster:
This topic is suddenly of interest to me since you guys talked me out of trying synthetic in my 175k mile Previa.

I am in Canada so I may not be able to get all the oils that are avail in the US. I was going to get good 'ol Pennzoil 5w30 unless there is a better option? The Maxlife and Quaker Higher Mileage look good too but their pour points aren't as low as the old Pennzoil 5w30 and I need an oil for -35C mornings!

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If someone on this board talked you out of using synthetic for -35 starts, they're out of their mind. I'd use the Esso XD-3 0w30 that many have spoken well of. It's widely available in Canada, according to our other Canadian posters. I have seen some posts that it is under $4 CDN. You're talking under $3 USD. Great deal IHMO for a true PAO synthetic.

 

[ringmaster]

[/qb][/QUOTE]I don't think the board fully understood all the aspects of your Winter driving conditions and certainly the -35C/-31F aspect. The Pennzoil 5w30 (look for GF-4 in any conventional) is about as good as it gets in this extreme, for a conventional oil.

This opens a whole other subject if you need unaided starts at this temp. [/QB][/QUOTE]

Sorry to get OT in this thread. I do want to run the XD-3 0W30 but I am worried about creating oil leaks on my 175k mile, 13 y/o Toyota engine, which brought me to the search for the best 5w30 conventional.

 

[haley10]

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Originally posted by ringmaster:
This topic is suddenly of interest to me since you guys talked me out of trying synthetic in my 175k mile Previa.

I am in Canada so I may not be able to get all the oils that are avail in the US. I was going to get good 'ol Pennzoil 5w30 unless there is a better option? The Maxlife and Quaker Higher Mileage look good too but their pour points aren't as low as the old Pennzoil 5w30 and I need an oil for -35C mornings!

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I don't think the board fully understood all the aspects of your Winter driving conditions and certainly the -35C/-31F aspect. The Pennzoil 5w30 (look for GF-4 in any conventional) is about as good as it gets in this extreme, for a conventional oil.

This opens a whole other subject if you need unaided starts at this temp.

 

[Mystic]

After I discovered this web site I switched from Valvoline oil to Chevron. My previous car ran great with the Chevron oil. But in my new car it does not seem to make such a difference.

Best conventional motor oils I have tried that actually seemed to make a difference in how smooth the engine ran (just subjective opinion, I know) were the Chevron in my previous car, Schaeffer's oil (a blend), Mystik. and although I stopped using Valvoline the Valvoline MaxLife seemed to run great in my previous car. I tried the MaxLife to stop a small seal leak. It did not stop the seal leak but the engine (subjective opinion) seemed to run silky smooth. Auto-RX seemed to stop the seal leak. I think Valvoline does have a winner in the MaxLife, regardless what their other oils may be like. Pennzoil and Castrol conventional oils are good too. I think the new Motorcraft oils (made by Conoco) are really good and the new Mobil Drive Clean blends were developed fairly recently.

Just my guess, but the Schaeffer's blend is hard to beat. It does cost about $3.00 a quart, but it is cheaper then Mobil 1 unless you can get Mobil 1 on sale. You probably will not be able to find Schaeffer's locally and you would have to order it.

 

[Mystic]

There was some talk at this post about cold weather performance. Pennzoil conventional oil flows pretty darn good in cold temperatures according to what I have been able to find out (for a convnetional oil). In really cold temperatures in the wintertime it probably would be hard to beat Mobil 1. I have heard that Schaeffer's blend will actually give Mobil 1 a run for the money in cold temperatures.