Best Synthetics For Winter?

[Mopar JunkE]

Winter is coming and this will be my first winter with my own truck. 97 Dodge Dakota with V6 and 164425mi. Engine runs fine. Im running Valvoline Full Synthetic 10W-30 now. But once winter comes im either going to switch to Valvoline DURAblend 10W-30, or Valvoline Full Synthetic MaxLife 10W-30. But if anyone with more experiance has any better suggestions, let me know. Im pretty loyal to Valvoline. Since using their oils ive gone from 16 mpg to 18 mpg. I make a lot of short trips so synthetics are all i can use really.

[bobss396]

I like Valvoline products too. With your mileage, I'd go with one that was best suited for older high mileage vehicles. I don't think that any that you listed would be a bad choice.

Bob

[Polygon]

I actually use Royal Purple.

Of the brands listed I wouldn't buy anything other than Valvoline for conventional oil. However, you can't buy a better oil for the money than the Mobil 1, even if it's not a pure synthetic.

Don't forget to pair it with a good filter.

[Scrapper]

i use rotella in my bike as they use this in semi's it is good oil made by shell. the semi's go for 3.000.000 miles out of them semi's.

[Steel]

Originally Posted by Polygon

I actually use Royal Purple.

Of the brands listed I wouldn't buy anything other than Valvoline for conventional oil. However, you can't buy a better oil for the money than the Mobil 1, even if it's not a pure synthetic.

Don't forget to pair it with a good filter.

Im a fan of the Castrol GTX for the dino oil. IT just seemed the best when my car was burning a lot of it (an RX-7, designed to burn oil )

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by Steel

Im a fan of the Castrol GTX for the dino oil. IT just seemed the best when my car was burning a lot of it (an RX-7, designed to burn oil )

Designed.......

So, it was a feature?

[J-Ri]

Originally Posted by Polygon

I actually use Royal Purple.

Don't forget to pair it with a good filter.