I use 5w30 biosyn in my 1973 360
I used 15w40 Valvoline Premium Blue diesel oil in my 360. Worked great for me, cause I used the same in the '02 5.9 Cummins at the time.
A Chrysler 360 or AMC 360?
It was the AMC360 in 79 CJ5.
It's 11 now,
Link PleaseI installed the rear door, Unofficial door pockets. These definitely seem like they will be better than the nets. I will install the fronts in the morning.
90* and 100% humidity is hot to you ??
You guys still change your own oil ??
I haven't changed my own oil since around 2009. Maybe earlier.
Reasons ?
1. I live in Texas, where it's hotter than the door knob to Hell. I have quite literally, put a 1st degree burn on my palm because I unknowingly left a wrench on my driveway, in the sun, while working underneath. I grabbed that sucker and I coulda swore I saw the word "Craftsman" imprinted across my palm. The neighbor kids do not deserve to hear your string of hyphenated cuss words as the flying wrench goes pinging down your drive.
2. Radiant heat. It's difficult to determine which is hotter; the heat coming off your engine or the heat radiating off the concrete. A creeper makes no difference. You know how a potato in the oven feels.
It's hot here in Louisiana, but I work under the carport. It's fine.
3. Cost. I've been getting package deals from the dealer for many years now. The current deal at my Jeep dealership has a plan of 3 oil and filter changes, 3 tire rotations, 27 point inspection (with video of the inspection showing what was done) top off ALL fluids and 3 car wash and vacuum. For 200 bucks. Look up what 15 quarts of full syn and 3 OEM filters cost. And that's just the "parts".
Around $120 for 15 quarts of synthetic oil and three Mopar filters. Still, not a bad deal at all for what else you are getting in your package.
4. Convenience. I drop it off, make a comment about how freakin hot it is outside, go sit in their air-conditioned in-house cafe, order a free foo-foo coffee (that I would NEVER buy) from the cute chatty teenage barista that takes more pride in her ability to make a cup of coffee than you think one should have (NO tipping allowed), eat a free pastry or two and watch some show on my phone. They used to have massage chairs but I never partook. I asked the barista did they remove them because too many people farted in them, the vibration does release the farts and smile when she cracks up. When you're my age, you get away with comments like that in public. Turn down that 3rd cup because you're already like a Russian race horse peeing on a flat rock.
I literally don't have time to go sit around at the dealership. I'd rather be at home working on some project or another. Now, my cousin used to do this on Saturdays. He would make an appointment and take his F150 up there and mill around while they did their thing. A guy I work with has the Ford dealer pick his truck up and take it back to do the service, then drop it back off. I am not sure if my Jeep dealer does that or not.
For my girlfriend, she works nurse shifts and home schools the kids when she is off, so taking the whole family to an oil change place isn't going to work, and I prefer to do the work on her van so I can take a look at what it may need (its low mileage, but 20 years old). Most recently I noticed it needed an idler pulley and I swapped that out real quick.
Mom, similar ordeal. Twenty year old car but with 260,000 miles on it. I do it so I can stay on top of any issues. Any shop is going to write a list a country mile long on this thing. At this point I just need to be looking out for the 'real' issues. She has the time, but not really the money.
5. Convenience Part II. If you drain your own oil, then you got the clean up and disposal aggravation that follows. After you drain it, you gotta pour it back into the bottles, put it in a garbage bag, go in the house and shower because you have sweat and dirty oil on you, then go drive to a recycling center and most likely wait in line. At the dealership ? "Oh, it's ready ? Thank you. Let me pee before I go.".
Drain back into the bottles, when I accumulate 3-5 bottles I just take it with me to the next Oreilly's visit and dump it in their tank. Usually no shower needed because working in the shade with nitrile gloves it's a quick job and no worse than anything else I do outside.
6. Blunt Honesty. I don't want to do that crap anymore.
Totally fair! I am sure I will be there at some point. Just offering another perspective.
Now don't get me wrong. Back in the day I had no choice but to do it myself, I could barely afford to pay attention much less pay some one else to do such a mundane task. But my life has progressed to the point where I can afford to let others do it. I no longer have to use the self-justification of "I can see the condition of my oil if I do it myself.". I've been driving since the 1970's, the only condition I've noticed was the oil was dirty. I never saw large slivers of metal, no ball bearings, no fingernail clippings of resident gremlins. Dirty oil. BTDT.
For me it's not really even about the condition of the oil. As long as I don't see something obvious like coolant pouring out with it, I don't care. I don't look for glitter, and I don't cut filters. I do look at the filter on the Gladiator only because it's a cartridge style and you can readily see the pleats.
Usually while I'm laying on the ground or up top I take some time to look over the engine for any issues and look around underneath. It's also been a good time to get the kids involved and show them a few things about cars.
Those will probably add some protection to the rear fenders. Mine look like they have been shot with buckshot. Luckily mine aren't painted.
I lived in Houston for 1 year at the beginning of my career. Houston is more hot and humid than Satan's taint.90* and 100% humidity is hot to you ??
That's the average temperature here beginning sometime around April.... Summertime temps hit over 100* every day with "feel like" temps 116* or higher. Humidity is always 100%. You can put a brand new hard sponge outside and by noon it'll be all soft and squishy. There is a reason why the Gulf coast is called "the armpit of America"...
