Hi everyone, been awhile anyways I'm up in North Dakota for a few months thanks to my job... Nice place really like the area completely different from the Gulf Coast but this area gets freezing cold. I decided to take the old Regal I bought a few years back.
The most noticeable thing I've encountered is the extreme cold. Where I'm from 3 days a year hit freezing but this area tends to stay in the -20's. I remember 2-3 days back it was -40 with windshield. The car has 10w30 in it and I know that can not be good for these temps.
The motor is a L27 series 1 3.8 with roughly 100k miles on it. It leaks minor oil nothing major but I know these motors keep very high oil pressure (50 psi). Something about the design requires them to keep high pressure but with these temps I'm worried about the oil. I can't comfortably keep 10w30 in this thing and I've been thinking about throwing in some 0w30 due to the extreme temps.
I know I'll probably get a little more wear during this OCI due to it but I figure that would be miniscule compared to running 10w30 at -20/-30 weather.
Any thoughts?
Considered getting a block heater for it but no place to plug it in short of running a few 50ft extension cords out to it at night (apartment parking lot).
The most noticeable thing I've encountered is the extreme cold. Where I'm from 3 days a year hit freezing but this area tends to stay in the -20's. I remember 2-3 days back it was -40 with windshield. The car has 10w30 in it and I know that can not be good for these temps.
The motor is a L27 series 1 3.8 with roughly 100k miles on it. It leaks minor oil nothing major but I know these motors keep very high oil pressure (50 psi). Something about the design requires them to keep high pressure but with these temps I'm worried about the oil. I can't comfortably keep 10w30 in this thing and I've been thinking about throwing in some 0w30 due to the extreme temps.
I know I'll probably get a little more wear during this OCI due to it but I figure that would be miniscule compared to running 10w30 at -20/-30 weather.
Any thoughts?
Considered getting a block heater for it but no place to plug it in short of running a few 50ft extension cords out to it at night (apartment parking lot).