Recent content by Detroit_Doc

Thanks again for all the replies and opinions guys! I'm just going to keep an eye on the oil level and let it ride. I've always changed the oil before the oil life monitor told me to, so I've not paid a lot of attention to the oil life monitor. I'll check it tomorrow. I just checked the owners...

Thanks for the tips. You're the second person today that has told me that soaking in hit water will help. Once the doc clears me to put weight on it I'll definitely be working it out (starting slow) to regain strength snd range of motion.

Thanks for the quick replies guys. I appreciate the opinions. It's interesting to see they are split. Here some answers to the questions... Who's putting miles on it? My wife drives this truck. I have Ram 3500 with a 6.7 Cummins. So she will continue to put miles on the 1500. My Cummins is also...

I have a 2014 Ram 1500 with a 5.7 Hemi. I always change my own oil. I change the oil in the Spring and Fall regardless of mileage. Generally there are usually 6,000 miles on the oil at that point. I use Penzoil Platinum 5W20 and a Wix filter. I always tell the wife I use good oil and filters...

I run Penzoil dino in the spring, summer and fall. But I switch to Penzoil Platinum in the winter. It was -10 degrees F here in the Detroit suburbs this morning. I try not to get caught up in all the marketing. But when it comes to negative double digit temps, I'll break down and run a synthetic...

Having a different bottle for just one retailer implies there is a entirely different manufacturing line for that retailer. That implies it wouldn't be difficult to have a different additive package for that line or even a completely different oil formulation for that line. Obviously it's being...

I'm in an informal shooting club. 3 members bought 3 new handguns on the same day. All 3 had catostrophic failures on the same day. All 3 were shooting Winchester ammo purchased at walmart. The ammo was purchased from different stores at different times. One of the handguns was a Kahr (an brand...

Here is my gut opinion. I think running a heavier oil is an old hold over when car's operating temperatures would swing wildly. It gave a cushion for those times when the vehicles cooling system was unable to maintain oil temperatures at a nice constant level. Today a normal passenger car, not...

Originally Posted By: meep My head is reeling from this. Did you have it encased in a case steel explosion-proof box? M No but a friend who tried his hand at rebuilding his motor (versus using an experienced builder) was going down the back straight once and had the con-rod blow right out the...

I used to race karts that had briggs engines running on methanol spinning way faster than a briggs motor should ever be spun (8,000 RPM) and running a much hotter cam than normal. We used extremely thin oils and never experiences any oil related problems. We felt the thinner oils performed better.

My 2008 Jeep Wrangler specs 5w20 and comes with a LIFETIME powertrain warranty.

My guess is that it's a dexcool fiasco. Dexcool ate the gaskets. You're getting coolant in the oil which is causing your massive sludging problem. GM being the upstanding company they are, are totally ignoring the dexcool issue. However the judges didn't see it the same way and have ruled in a...

Originally Posted By: Bryanccfshr And that [censored] new fangled fuel injection.. that's gonna backfire someday for sure! Waaaaaa, daymn kids get off my lawn wit your new fangled fuel injection and 5w20 oil, waaaaa. If you daymn kids are still on my lawn after I change my depends there is...

Follow Suburu's oil weight recommendations. People immediately assume that you should use heavy oils in high performance applications. I'm not a big fan of the heavy oils in turbocharged applications. Turbo's spin at over 100,000 RPM and are very sensitive to oil pressure and flow. I wouldn't...

I've run GTX several times. Every time I use it I notice much more valve-train noise. Not just on startup but even after the engine is at operating temperature. So then I go back to something else for a couple years. Then I'll see Castrol on sale or something and give it another shot and again...