Synthetic Oil for Towing?
I have a 2007 Chev 2500HD 6.0L gas with 36K Are there any benifits of using say Mobil 1 5w30 synthetic for the towing season? Or is regular 5w30 just as good?
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Certainly the technology of engine manufacturing today is better than ever before. Also, the quality of all oils is superior to oil of past decades. Even conventional oils have a lot of synthetic components, which makes them so superior.
That being said, my new Ram is supposed to use 5w20 oil, which I will certainly use. Chrysler engineers surely know more about the technology than I do.
While synthetic oil is not required. I intend to use it as I have in the past. As noted it flows better in cold weather and dissipates heat better in extreme conditions.
I used to use Redline or Royal Purple oils, but $8 a quart or more seems to be over kill as I have done more research. So for my last two trucks I've opted to use Wal-Mart's specials.....quaker state ultimate synthetic oils runs $21 for five quarts, which is only $5 more than conventional Pennzoil. I feel that the Pennzoil conventional would certainly do the job, but I tow pretty heavy, at 8000 pounds, so the extra $5 makes me feel like I'm doing more than I need to do, and I sleep better.....haha
That being said, my new Ram is supposed to use 5w20 oil, which I will certainly use. Chrysler engineers surely know more about the technology than I do.
While synthetic oil is not required. I intend to use it as I have in the past. As noted it flows better in cold weather and dissipates heat better in extreme conditions.
I used to use Redline or Royal Purple oils, but $8 a quart or more seems to be over kill as I have done more research. So for my last two trucks I've opted to use Wal-Mart's specials.....quaker state ultimate synthetic oils runs $21 for five quarts, which is only $5 more than conventional Pennzoil. I feel that the Pennzoil conventional would certainly do the job, but I tow pretty heavy, at 8000 pounds, so the extra $5 makes me feel like I'm doing more than I need to do, and I sleep better.....haha
