Hard time finding my favorite oil

[Maximus Gladius]

This and the info/discussion related to the worn engine pics above are worthy of their own discussion. Wonder how much it would cost my dealership to open things up and let me take pics

First line of defensive and substantial hard fact data is to get an oil analysis. If your metals are high, you’d have pics like those posted. At least a lab report would prepare you for something brewing.

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[seven30]

BOOM?

It has the dreaded Hemi lifter failure. Pulling cam/heads on the GC is no fun.

 

[DAVECS1]

First line of defensive and substantial hard fact data is to get an oil analysis. If your metals are high, you’d have pics like those posted. At least a lab report would prepare you for something brewing.

To add to that if you floor it and get misfires. Get a cheap engine scanner. If the misfires are linked to 1 side of the engine. I will bet alot of money, you have a bad cam. I have been running 100 percent right just looking at data on 3 machines so far.

 

[Maximus Gladius]

To add to that if you floor it and get misfires. Get a cheap engine scanner. If the misfires are linked to 1 side of the engine. I will bet alot of money, you have a bad cam. I have been running 100 percent right just looking at data on 3 machines so far.

What are your metal counts in your analysis reports?

 

[MikeyK]

Good info everybody! Thanks

My dealer said Penzoil, I was thinking Mobile 1, used to use Royal Purple in my 2012.

So no Valvoline?

 

[Big John]

15 quarts a change? It only has a 5 quart capacity. What are you doing with the other 10?

If you're using 3x the oil each time, of course it's going to be way more expensive. You might be able to save cash by just using the 5 quarts it needs.

Yeah, it;s a 15 quart oil change exactly. The swapped Dodge Demon takes 6 quarts, the Canton remote sump (blue thingy) takes 3 quarts, the 2 filters take 2 quarts and the oil cooler and all 40 something feet of -AN 10 hose take 4 quarts. Add it all up? 15 quarts. I'm not complaining, just asking around about other people's experience with different synthetic 0W-40's.

 

[Rusty PW]

Yeah, it;s a 15 quart oil change exactly. The swapped Dodge Demon takes 6 quarts, the Canton remote sump (blue thingy) takes 3 quarts, the 2 filters take 2 quarts and the oil cooler and all 40 something feet of -AN 10 hose take 4 quarts. Add it all up? 15 quarts. I'm not complaining, just asking around about other people's experience with different synthetic 0W-40's.

Think you would have been better off with a dry sump.

 

[Big John]

Think you would have been better off with a dry sump.

I was channeling my inner plumber. Or plumbing my inner channels.
(Damn! These VA painkillers work!)

 

[donaldus]

You want a similar oil to Mobil 1…. That might take some homework. Mobil 1 is a stage 4 oil,…meaning it went through an added filtration from the usual stage 3 oils. Last year or so ago I was using Mobil 3000, (stage 3) full synthetic and thought I’d like to upgrade to a better oil. Mobil 1 was the upgrade BUT after talking with the Mobil rep at Miller Supply up here south of Calgary, he explained Mobil 1 is a stage 4 oil,..meaning the 4th filtration has taken the waxes out.
I thought, ok, I’ll try it. Mind you, I was only testing it out in my 2017 Tacoma at the time and what I found using that oil was that the engine “ticks” were louder, my wife even noticed it. I switched back to Mobil 3000 and the “ticking” went away, or became normal again to what I was use to. Did that engine need the waxes?? Maybe. Do you need a stage 4 oil? I don’t think so.

I use Amsoil, it’s a stage 3 oil. (Not promoting it) Use what you want. The focus you should look at are the designations on the back. If it has the SN and plus, you’re good. If it has the S”M”, it’s the most modern technology in that oil.

To find other “similar” oils is to also buy the quarts, pour off samples in little bottles and send them in for oil analysis. Cross check the numbers and additives to see if they’re similar.

Amsoil user, too. I order the “kit” every 3k change, that way I have the next change on hand. Also add Archoil and Zmax to the mix. No ticks yet!

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