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I have a 2003 chevy silverado ss lq9 6.0 with 203k miles. 4l80e awd. Has kooks long tube headers/full exhaust. Truck runs great. No oil loss between services. Oil pan is very lightly wet but not dripping. Oil pressure is 35psi at warm idle with current mobil 1 5w30 high mileage . I live in alaska where it gets -40f give or take in winter and 80f give or take in summer. Truck is daily driver and idles a bit in winter and summer occasionally does some short wot pulls. I've looked and looked and get tons of conflicting info on what oil I should use. Should i use the mobil 1 5w30 high mileage full synthetic or change to something like Mobil 1 FS 0W-40 for cold factor and summer pulls? Gets oil changed late fall and early spring. Im sure im over thinking it lol.
Thanks
I have a 2003 chevy silverado ss lq9 6.0 with 203k miles. 4l80e awd. Has kooks long tube headers/full exhaust. Truck runs great. No oil loss between services. Oil pan is very lightly wet but not dripping. Oil pressure is 35psi at warm idle with current mobil 1 5w30 high mileage . I live in alaska where it gets -40f give or take in winter and 80f give or take in summer. Truck is daily driver and idles a bit in winter and summer occasionally does some short wot pulls. I've looked and looked and get tons of conflicting info on what oil I should use. Should i use the mobil 1 5w30 high mileage full synthetic or change to something like Mobil 1 FS 0W-40 for cold factor and summer pulls? Gets oil changed late fall and early spring. Im sure im over thinking it lol.
Thanks
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