what weight of oil should be used in my power ram.
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what weight of oil should be used in my power ram.
89' w100 318 engine has 70,500 orginal miles on her. Oil pan has a slight leak. What weight of oil should I use?? sythetic? conventional?? This truck only gets used once a month for a 2 hr ride up to the farm and back. Other than that it sits.
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RE: what weight of oil should be used in my power ram.
10w30 (thicker)in heat 5w30(thinner)in cold.
opininion seems divided over those anti-leak additives. they do "work" in as much as they stop the leak. But in the long run lots of people seem to think they ruin the seals with swelling.
opininion seems divided over those anti-leak additives. they do "work" in as much as they stop the leak. But in the long run lots of people seem to think they ruin the seals with swelling.
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RE: what weight of oil should be used in my power ram.
moe in wichita ks
the most important thing about oil is to have lots of zinc in the oil. i have done some searching on the internet on oil, filters, additives. i like to have oil as thick as i can and it still start in cold. so here is what i use, 2001 dak v6. Valvoline premium blue 15w-40 oil it has lots of zinc in it. Purolator PL 14670 PURE ONE filter, short ver same length as a fram ph43, use only a PURE ONE filter that is shown by the P in the part no, the long version is PL 30001 the long ver is the same length as a fram ph8a, may not fit all frames. under NO conditions use a fram filter. then you need to go to zddplus.com site and get some zinc from them. my truck starts ok in the winter, but we normally dont get below 0 f.
i did have trouble with 20-50 not wanting to turn over in the winter.
the most important thing about oil is to have lots of zinc in the oil. i have done some searching on the internet on oil, filters, additives. i like to have oil as thick as i can and it still start in cold. so here is what i use, 2001 dak v6. Valvoline premium blue 15w-40 oil it has lots of zinc in it. Purolator PL 14670 PURE ONE filter, short ver same length as a fram ph43, use only a PURE ONE filter that is shown by the P in the part no, the long version is PL 30001 the long ver is the same length as a fram ph8a, may not fit all frames. under NO conditions use a fram filter. then you need to go to zddplus.com site and get some zinc from them. my truck starts ok in the winter, but we normally dont get below 0 f.
i did have trouble with 20-50 not wanting to turn over in the winter.