My new favorite oil, for anyone in Canada who has access to it. The Co-operators make a number of oils that look pretty decent on paper, including an oil marketed for passenger cars called Sonic Gold SL 0W-30. It and this HDEO 0W-40 touts as having a PAO base-stock right on the container, so at least they've done everyone the favor of eliminating exactly what their thoughts on 'synthetic' means with it.
Around here, Sonic Gold 0W-30 runs about $8 a quart, this oil was $7, and German Castrol starts around $10 a quart. Mobil 1 0W-40 about $12 from most regular retailers. Arguably, its not the best deal on the block for some with volume discounts or when sales come around, but I've enjoyed hunting around for cheaper oils in the dark that aren't quite marketed as hard as some others, so its just advice to anyone who doesn't know about it.
I'm planning on running this stuff in my fathers older Jeep Cherokee, to make the 4.0L 6-cylinder happy. I know, it doesn't need thick oil, or HDEO, or even a synthetic, really, but my only true consideration is getting an oil that can survive winter...which averages between bad and brutal, so the pour point is an attractive factor. Plus its something I've never run before so I wanted a chance to just check it out.
Other oils I can suggest for anyone crossing this looking for oils suited good for cold climates are, around here at least, Petro Canada Duron XL, a synthetic blend 0W-30 that I've found at $24 for 4 quarts, or some smaller retailers, notably Peavy Mart, which often carries 0W-30 Rotella T5, which is 5 quarts for about $27.
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SAE Grade 0W40
Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C cSt 57.8
Kinematic Viscosity @ 100°C cSt 15.4
Viscosity Index 154
Pour Point (°C) -57
Ash 1.43
Zinc (PPM) 1421
TBN 11.2
API Performance
CI-4,CH-4,
CI-4 PLUS,
CG-4, CF-4
CF/SL,SJ,SH
Around here, Sonic Gold 0W-30 runs about $8 a quart, this oil was $7, and German Castrol starts around $10 a quart. Mobil 1 0W-40 about $12 from most regular retailers. Arguably, its not the best deal on the block for some with volume discounts or when sales come around, but I've enjoyed hunting around for cheaper oils in the dark that aren't quite marketed as hard as some others, so its just advice to anyone who doesn't know about it.
I'm planning on running this stuff in my fathers older Jeep Cherokee, to make the 4.0L 6-cylinder happy. I know, it doesn't need thick oil, or HDEO, or even a synthetic, really, but my only true consideration is getting an oil that can survive winter...which averages between bad and brutal, so the pour point is an attractive factor. Plus its something I've never run before so I wanted a chance to just check it out.
Other oils I can suggest for anyone crossing this looking for oils suited good for cold climates are, around here at least, Petro Canada Duron XL, a synthetic blend 0W-30 that I've found at $24 for 4 quarts, or some smaller retailers, notably Peavy Mart, which often carries 0W-30 Rotella T5, which is 5 quarts for about $27.
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SAE Grade 0W40
Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C cSt 57.8
Kinematic Viscosity @ 100°C cSt 15.4
Viscosity Index 154
Pour Point (°C) -57
Ash 1.43
Zinc (PPM) 1421
TBN 11.2
API Performance
CI-4,CH-4,
CI-4 PLUS,
CG-4, CF-4
CF/SL,SJ,SH