Dodge Dakota cold weather oil

[BriantheBrain]

What oil would one recommend for a 2001 Dodge Dakota with a 4.7 liter V8? Also, let it be known that this will be for the winter months in the Adirondack Mtns of New York. For starters, last I remember, the entire month of January was below 0 degrees f, with nighttime lows to the -30s.

Brian

 

[Camu Mahubah]

Your talk of January just made my coffee ice over!

If it were my truck I would run a brand name synthetic 5w30 that meets specs. I would buy the brand name synthetic that was on sale. Valvoline SynPower and Pennzoil Platinum would be my first two choices. Amsoil would be a great choice if I wanted to do a longer oci.

 

[hate2work]

You're definitely going to want to run one of the 0W synthetics.

One of your best choices would be the 0W- 30 SSO from Amsoil

 

[pbm]

0W30 Mobil 1 (green cap) is usually available at Walmart in 5 qt. jugs. 5w30 M1 would also work.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: BriantheBrain
What oil would one recommend for a 2001 Dodge Dakota with a 4.7 liter V8? Also, let it be known that this will be for the winter months in the Adirondack Mtns of New York. For starters, last I remember, the entire month of January was below 0 degrees f, with nighttime lows to the -30s.

Brian


5W-30 full synthetic. Royal Purple, Quaker State Horsepower, or Penzoil Platinum would be 3 good choices.

 

[scoobie]

MotorCraft 5w20 Dodge calls for a 5w20 oil in ur engine, and MC 5w20 has fantastic cold pour point of -48. it has the same cold properties as a 0w30, but at half the price.

 

[Steve S]

Not much more of an oil needed for your cold than a 5w-20.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: scoobie
MotorCraft 5w20 Dodge calls for a 5w20 oil in ur engine, and MC 5w20 has fantastic cold pour point of -48. it has the same cold properties as a 0w30, but at half the price.


A 2001 4.7L would call for 5W-30 not 5W-20. Chrysler didn't start spec'ing 5W-20 in their V8 truck engines until the 5.7L HEMI w/MDS in 06. Not sure if Chrysler has ever spec'd 5W-20 for the 4.7L? If so it would have to be very recent( 07/08 ).

 

[JonnyHotcakes]

Haha, you live in my neck of the woods.

I like to use a synthetic blend in the winter. Motorcraft 5w30 would be fantastic, and cheap.

I'm going to be using Citgo synth blend this winter in my Ranger, we'll see how it goes.

 

[scoobie]

5w20 is called for in the '03 Dakota 4.7 If it's good for an '03, then it would be very good, especially in the winter for an '01. I don't think they changed the engine, just the oil spec.

 

[FZ1]

Oem spec synthetic.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: scoobie
5w20 is called for in the '03 Dakota 4.7 If it's good for an '03, then it would be very good, especially in the winter for an '01. I don't think they changed the engine, just the oil spec.


Where did you come up with Dodge spec'ing 5W-20 for a 2003 4.7L? I owned a 03 4.7L( Ram )and it was 5W-30.

 

[thunderchild]

As a Dodge 4.7 liter owner for the past 8 years, I would say stick with the 5w-30. Any good synthetic will do. I have used Walmart's Super Tech Synthetic in my first Durango 4.7. No problems and purred like a kitten when I traded her in for my present one. Now my second has 140,000+- on her and she is using Castrol Syntec 5w-30.

 

[addyguy]

I'd use M1 0W-30 if you can get it. Great cold specs on that oil.

 

[Drew99GT]

Cripes, if it's really that cold, M1 0w-30 and move on to the next problem. If I was living in an area with those extreme temps, I'd have a Wolverine oil pan heater on that bad boy. Might want to start having some concerns about your charging system/battery as well.