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Old May 18, 2011 | 07:34 AM
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In my old dakota I would always run 5w30 in the winter and 10w30 in the summer. I now have an 08 and it calls for 5w20, so my question is what are other people running?
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 07:53 AM
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5w-20. Mobile 1 synthetic.
 

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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
5w-20. That's what it specifies.


I'm running synthetic blend!!!
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 01:25 PM
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I run mobil 1 full synthetic 5w20
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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Mine states 5w30 on the cap, and thats what I always dump in.
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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I'm running Valvoline 5w20 synthetic. I don't have any place to do my own oil changes any more, and Valvoline is one of the few places that doesn't whine when I select something other than plain old 10w30.
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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Pennzoil Platinum 5w-20. Thinner oils will help get better gas mileage but wont perform as well for racing or towing and hauling.
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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5w-30 Amsoil XL.

Mine actually calls for 5w-30 in the manual and on the cap. You can also run 10w-30 in the summer according to my manual but 5w-30 is good to go year round. I'm curious, you guys that have 5w-20 specified what area of the country are you in? I'm in the Northeast, maybe it has to do with expected climate in the area.
 
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rengnath
Mine states 5w30 on the cap, and thats what I always dump in.
same here bro
 
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Old May 19, 2011 | 06:21 AM
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Mine says 5w-30 but I use 5w-20 for summer and 5w-30 for winter
 
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