Garemz Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgieguy Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-z Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) 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. The strange thing around these parts is how relatively hard it is to find any 5-W20 oils. Ford has specified this weight of oil for quite a few years now but few retailers stock it. Yes, I know you can buy the synthetic blend stuff from Ford. I always use full synthetic however. Edited November 12, 2010 by Ctrl-z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depiry Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 I Buy 5W-20 Penzoil Platinum,full synthetic at Wal -Mart for $23 for 5 quarts,Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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