Do you guys think 0W-30 should be okay through cold PA winters and very mild temperature springs? Or should I just stick with Mobil 1 5W-30?

 

All it would do is help, possibly give you better start-up performance.

 

I'm in new jersey. I run Castrol Syntec "European Formula" (aka German Castrol Syntec) 0w30 all year round no problems.

keep in mind though Mobil 1's 0w30 is not the same as Castrol's 0w30. a lot of people on here run mobil's 0w40 instead. if you can find the German Castrol around you though, I would highly recommend it. a guy on here "patman" i believe did oil analysis tests on a bunch of different oils and that came back the best. some autozones and some strauss's carry it.

 

Either is just fine.

 

You would probably be fine just sticking with the 5W-30. I live in northern indiana, and I don't run any 0 weight. 5w in the winter 10w in the summer.

 

i run penzoil platinum full Synthetic 5-30 all year round 126K miles
friends SS has 105K on the bottom end. heads,cam car he runs german
castrol 0-30 all year round he like it. what ever you want.
dont get a fram filter.

 

^ what filter do you use?

 

Anything but Fram.

 

AC/Delco PF46 here......You can run the longer truck filter too but it hangs too low on my car....

 

i just use what the car manual says.." SAE 5w-30 is the preferred oil." even for subzero temps.

 

Can you let us know problems with Fram? I just put one on over the weekend - figures I picked out the wrong one!

 

Ya going to get mine tomorrow so I wanna know the best to use cause I do nto wanna skimp on my "baby" only had her for 2 months lol.

 

Hi i live in reading pa not far from westchester and i use the castrol 0w30 all year use to daily drive the car to with that oil its good stuff. I use a napa gold oil filter seems to work nice. But i heard how frame sucked and stuff i use to use frame but hey a napa is closer to me so why drive farther to me both are ok to use.

 

Fram has a cardoard ring that runs around the top and bottom of the actual filter part. i have heard that this cardboard will break off and get in your oil and therefor your engine. Other brands like wix(which i use) have a metal ring for this, so there is no chance of it breaking off in peices due to saturation from the oil.

 

K&N filters here. the nut on the end just makes it so much easier than trying to get a filter wrench up there with headers.

 

I had thought about a K&N oil filter but damn they expensive.

 

Yea they are supposed to be good but an extra $8 for a nut stuck on the bottom doesn't cut it for me.....AC/delco is GM OEM so that is all my car ever sees.

And to the OP a 0 weight will circulate through your motor quicker in cold weather at start up so that is what I would recomend for you....Another GC year round user here....PP 5w-30 is my second choice on the rare occasion GC is unavailable..

 

This.

 

Bought the k&N today cause the parts place did not have Wix in stock.

My dad is a County Mechanic and they use Wix on all their diesel apps did not even think about them until it was posted.