Originally Posted by CSK
Originally Posted by Jambbii
I was thinking about going to a 5w-40 vs 0w-40 in my ram because I live in the land of scorched earth. When I tow it is from on thousand feet above see level to almost 8 thousand feet in less than 2 hours and things get pretty hot. There are no signs of issues but was thinking this may be an extra level of protection in this environment. I wouldn't imagine such a small increase would affect the VVT but would rather get some input before I gave it a shot.

Thanks

5/40 & 0/40 are the same viscosity at operating temperature, so no difference ,,,only difference is at cold start up,,,,





Yup, he's not gonna notice any difference in Mesa Arizona this time of year.


I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!