Oil for NY Winter

[iCurious]

What 30 grade?
0W or 5W or 10W
any 0W will no matter if it’s a 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 grade the W or winter rating dictates that.

The OP's selection was either 0W20 or 5W30.

 

[Brian123]

I am merely stating 30 grade oil can handle temperature down to -30 F. So use with confidence.

But no.. I have not seen anything below 0 F.

I want to thank you for responding back, we do have a member that has posted about starting a car in temps well below 0, it might have been -18F, I do believe the oil was Mobil 1 5W-30

I could be wrong, and I will not test this, but at -30F, some might be ok with a 5W-30, and let's stick with the last number being 30, maybe I am more Barney as opposed to Andy, but at -30 I would want the 1st number to be 0 LOL

 

[147Grain]

0W-30 in the winter and 5W-30 for the rest of the year.

 

[Wireman1987]

Thinking of getting a project car to teach myself and my son how to do simple maintenance items.

Chances are it will be a Honda with a K engine (likely a K24z3) or a Toyota with a 2GR. Will be high mileage.

I've read 5W-30 is a good way to go, but also 0W-20 is great for NY winters. I'm not upstate where it gets bitter cold, but it can get pretty cold in in the boroughs.

would it make sense to run 5W-30 for 3/4 of the year and the 0W-20 for the cold months? Totally new to this, any recommendations and feedback are greatly appreciated.

thanks.

5W30 will be fine

 

[Glenda W.]

We had a mild winter but I still use 0W-30 all year.

 

[Astro14]

Thinking of getting a project car to teach myself and my son how to do simple maintenance items.

Chances are it will be a Honda with a K engine (likely a K24z3) or a Toyota with a 2GR. Will be high mileage.

I've read 5W-30 is a good way to go, but also 0W-20 is great for NY winters. I'm not upstate where it gets bitter cold, but it can get pretty cold in in the boroughs.

would it make sense to run 5W-30 for 3/4 of the year and the 0W-20 for the cold months? Totally new to this, any recommendations and feedback are greatly appreciated.

thanks.

I would pick one oil and be done.

A 5W-30 would be fine. When I lived in Northern Vermont, I ran Mobil 1 5W30 in the truck I used to leave outside. We saw absolute temperatures between -25 and -30 on occasion.

That said, if it makes you feel better, find a good 0W30 and use that. It’ll be fine in the summertime too.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

But wait this is BITOG we all have 400 dollars to drop on our car battery every other year.

Nah, I just use a battery maintainer and good float charger. I got nearly 9 years out of my last Super Start battery due to my Pro-Logix charger reviving it a handful of times.

 

[tojo7089]

Montana has entered the chat. HA HA
We normally get a few days here in the -30's each winter. I run M1 EPHM 5w-30 all year. Unheated garage at home, but out in the elements at work. Last year we had a 4-5 day stretch in the -30's to -40's, reaching a low of -44 one morning. 2019 F150 started every time. Battery in the truck is the original Motorcraft with 800 CCA.

 

[#18FAN]

Montana has entered the chat. HA HA
We normally get a few days here in the -30's each winter. I run M1 EPHM 5w-30 all year. Unheated garage at home, but out in the elements at work. Last year we had a 4-5 day stretch in the -30's to -40's, reaching a low of -44 one morning. 2019 F150 started every time. Battery in the truck is the original Motorcraft with 800 CCA.

Antifreeze is a concern at -40Fmost are only good to -34F

 

[Patman]

I definitely would not want to be running a 10w anything in -30 degree weather. I actually would not even want a 5w in there. If there is any chance of the temperature getting that low, a 0w oil is the way to go, especially keeping in mind that after a few thousand miles that 0w oil will actually be a 5w oil

 

[tojo7089]

Antifreeze is a concern at -40Fmost are only good to -34F

Ya. Well you definitely want to do a 60/40 or even 70/30 mix instead of the standard 50/50.

 

[facility1]

0w-20 PUP in winter and perhaps 5w-30 in summer .

 

[ka9mnx]

0w-20 PUP in winter and perhaps 5w-30 in summer .

Why 0w-20 in the Winter? Why not 0w-30 year round?

 

[facility1]

Why 0w-20 in the Winter? Why not 0w-30 year round?

that would work too, AMSOIL ss 0w-30 is a good oil to use. Year round.

 

[KlooksKleek]

Why 0w-20 in the Winter? Why not 0w-30 year round?

At least in terms of PUP, there is no 0W-30 option.