Oil 10w30
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Oil 10w30
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I am sure many of you remember asking a lot of questions trying to figure out the oil I will be using on my next oil change...has anyone used the 10w-30? What are the pros and cons of it?
I am sure many of you remember asking a lot of questions trying to figure out the oil I will be using on my next oil change...has anyone used the 10w-30? What are the pros and cons of it?
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I am not exactly sure what that means, but the one I have seen is Rotella and its for Diesel trucks!
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In my last post, I asked about oils, since I have had the truck just always ran what the dealer puts in which I guess is 15-40 Motorcraft. Though about trying out some 5w 40 or the 10w 30.
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As far as what it means...I'm going to assume it has to do with the additives, detergents and specs that allow the oil to stand up to the needs of these engines while not attacking bearings.There are allot of folks on here that like 5W40 Rotella full synthetic. I like my truck, but enough to spend $25-$30 a gallon for it. Thus I run 15W40 synthetic-blend (JT8) produced by Mysthic. To each their own as long as the oil meets/exceeds the CJ-4 spec.
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I also run Mystic synthetic-blend JT8 ($25 for 2 gallon jugs @ a local farm store)
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Some said on here "the injectors" like the 5w40 or 10w30 better...any opinons on that?
Does synthetic allow for longer oil change intervals? If so it could balance out the price. I am not a rich man, but I will do "what it takes" to get a good product for the truck.
Does synthetic allow for longer oil change intervals? If so it could balance out the price. I am not a rich man, but I will do "what it takes" to get a good product for the truck.
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You're looking for this symbol on the bottle. You need CI-4plus minimum, but most products now are CJ and are backward compatible. Same with CJ-4plus. Gene, you are in GA. Not very cold. I would skip the 10W-30 and either go with the 15W-40 or 5W-40. You want the high temp protection of the 40. The 5W or 15W is optional. The "W" means Winter.
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Timely question. I've been running Rotella T6 5W/40 for a couple-three years. The truck loves it. But late last year I had some injectors replaced and the shop refilled me with 15W/40. I ran it through the winter and the cold starts have been mostly clean, although not quite as good as with the 5W. So when I changed the oil a couple of weeks ago I used Rotella 15W/40, and will be adding some Archoil AR9100. My experiment is to see if I can get the cold starting benefits of 5W by using 15W with the Archoil. We'll see how that goes.
I will happily go back to the 5W/40 if the Archoil doesn't show value. And my recommendation to everyone would be the 5W/40, especially during the cold months.
I will happily go back to the 5W/40 if the Archoil doesn't show value. And my recommendation to everyone would be the 5W/40, especially during the cold months.