What grade oil to use?
 

Here in southern Manitoba the temp reaches 30+ in the summer quite often, do you think the 5w30 recommend by ford is good enough or should i switch to a different grade? What brands and/or grades do you other members use?

I think it is good enough, they changed the new ones to 5w20 to conserve fuel. Anyway, most of the cars are sold in the states. If you look at the temp overall in the states it is higher than what Manitoba or anywhere in Canada gets to.

If you drive it normally and race it the odd weekend that grade of oil will be fine for use. Just make sure you cahnge it regularly. That is a must.:) Peace.

5W30 is fine


It gets to be above 30 here... And with the smog... sometimes high 30's and I've never had a problem with oil consumption.

During the summer season I run 20W50 and when it cools down I step down to 10W30. 5W30 is too thin for the hot summer heat if you ask me.
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isnt 10w40 what ford recomends?

i use 10w30 all year round. the cheapest stuff i can find actually and change it every 3000km. i'm over 300,000km on my car now and i live in the most southern part of canada...doing this has worked well for me.

oil
 

Hey stock865.0 I thought Windsor was the most southerly city in Canada :laughhard . Not that I am any kind of expert but I use Mobil 1 or Royal Purple 5-30 and it is dumped every 1000 kms. :banghead:

type of oil to use
 

i like the mobil 1 synthetic 15w50 (i think) WORKS LIKE A CHAMP :cheers:

I use 10w30 Mobile One year around with probs.

Actually Leamington is the most southern city, Kingsville is the most southern town, point pelee is the most southern point, and pelee island is the most southern landmass in canada. I'm from kingsville (about 10 minutes from leamington). I'm just staying in Stratford while at school. Ill be moving back down south after my finals are done.

geography
 

Not to be a smart a** but Leamington is not classified as a city,but according to the Canadian government it is a town. All the same it is a great place to visit. :tup

geography
 

More useless knowledge from the smarta** The most southerly point in Canada is Middle Island which is at 41 degrees 41 minutes north, Pelee Island is 41 degrees 45 minutes north. Besides car cleaning, anything army, geography is a big interest of mine :cheers: Forgot to put this answer in last response.

Southern Ontario (the best)
 

If you are here for the summer try and make it to the market in Windsor Thursday nights May on. Location Ottawa and Walker :cheers:

10W30 Castrol GTX all year round every 3000 KMs.. Tried synthetic a few times in different vehicles and it leaks a bit.

Wow, I didnt know they are still doing the cruise nights there... last time I went to a cruise night there I had my T Type. Have to get up there this summer.

Cruise Night
 

Guessing 150ish cars from 7pm until 9-10pm. Thursdays :tup

On my Older mustang with almost 300,000kms on it. I used Shell Rotella 15w40 HDX... great results..

Emissons wasen't a problem even with advanced timming.