Motor Oil for Truck

[Pete_G]

I love the way my truck behaves on those really cold mornings in the winter, but other then that it's tough to quantify what else the synthetics I always use do for me. You can literally feel the difference the synthetic makes in some vehicles due to the fact its viscosity doesn't increase much at all even when it's extremely cold.

My first car was a 86 Toyota Camry that went over 200,000 tough miles on regular dino juice of no particular brand with zero engine work other then a timing belt and a water pump, so needless to say synthetics aren't necessary for a trouble free high mileage engine, but for sure they don't hurt.

Mobil 1 full synthetic is what I always use in my truck these days though.

[partsjay]

Mobile 1....Valvoline...Rotella....just make sure you stay with a good brand...I don't like to use anything but what the factory recommends....unless you're having a problem and want to switch to a synthetic, I wouldn't...that's my .02 cents....but I'm a Ford guy.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

I love the way my truck behaves on those really cold mornings in the winter, but other then that it's tough to quantify what else the synthetics I always use do for me. You can literally feel the difference the synthetic makes in some vehicles due to the fact its viscosity doesn't increase much at all even when it's extremely cold.

Mobil 1 full synthetic is what I always use in my truck these days though.

I'm sold on Mobil 1 for the same reason with the addition of it's lack of break down from heat. They use it in the 767 jet engines as a lubricant and according to one of the major airline's employees change it every 100,000 hours.

More expensive than standard oil , but you can change it every 5-6000 miles instead of 3000, comes out about the same.