Sythentic or Regular oil?

[Garemz]

Hi,

 

I live in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, those who know of the place, know that the Winters here are bone chilling Cold it get's past -30C at times.

 

What would be the better choice to use for Oil, Synthetic? or Regular Oil?

 

Cheers

Edited November 12, 2010 by Garemz

[Edgieguy]

All oils have come a long way with the use of additives but i was informed a few years back. By a chemist that the properties inherent in synthetic oils make them far superior to standard oils in the way they handle temperature extremes. I made the choice years ago to use full synthetic oils in all my vehicles. Search Google, do some reading and see what you think.

[akirby]

Hi,

 

I live in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, those who know of the place, know that the Winters here are bone chilling Cold it get's past -30C at times.

 

What would be the better choice to use for Oil, Synthetic? or Regular Oil?

 

Cheers

 

Definitely synthetic - it will flow better at those extremes. Ford synthetic 5W-20 should work fine. If you can find a 0-W20 that meets the Ford spec in the owner's manual that would probably work even better.

 

FYI - the Ford factory oil is a synthetic blend which is better than regular dino oil.

Edited November 12, 2010 by akirby

[Depiry]

I Buy 5W-20 Penzoil Platinum,full synthetic at Wal -Mart for $23 for 5 quarts,Marty

[richy]

Without a doubt, AMSOIL 0w20. Best oil you can buy, period.

 

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/asm.aspx

 

That's what I'm going to run. The 0 weight will be a bonus in the very cold temps..read the product description.

[akirby]

Without a doubt, AMSOIL 0w20. Best oil you can buy, period.

 

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/asm.aspx

 

That's what I'm going to run. The 0 weight will be a bonus in the very cold temps..read the product description.

 

That does meet the Ford spec (according to Amsoil) so it should be ok.