Recent content by Fallguy

2017 and up across the board, Dodge upped the size of the needle bearings in the lifter rollers. Hopefully this has resolved lifter/cam issues, you may be perfectly fine. Oil report looks great.

Just was not expecting a car size filter on a V8 F150. Filter on my v6 Ranger is huge compared to the FL500s on the F150

Was Motorcraft just trying to standardize across an entire platform of vehicles. The Motorcraft FL500S is a great filter to be sure just shocked at how small it is on a F150 5.0. Doesn't its size severely restrict how much media element they put in there and how long it can last. I like big...

Couldn't do it mentally. Returned the 8.25yr old oem new one from Amazon. Bought a new one from stealership, was made in July of 2020. Color was much more vibrant. Think I am swearing off Amazon on autoparts. Also had problem with an oem spark plug wire set from Amazon in the past (boot was...

Ordered a Mopar Air Filter from Amazon. Its authentic, not questioning that but reading a label on the mopar air filter box and it is 07/09/12. Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy that the filter is 8.25yrs old but suppose I am overthinking it and they have a very long shelf life?? Just feels wrong...

Vs QSUD 5W-20 Base Stock. Or no way to know.

Buy 0w16 keep copies of receipts for any future possible warranty questions, return for refund. Then buy 0w20 Mobile 1 Extended Protection or Quaker State Ultimate Durability 0w20 and really use. Or any other synthetic 0w5w20 and you will be in good shape.

Correcting now, just trying to get the general gist down to quickly

In a perfect world having you oil already at operating temp at start up would be ideal/perfect. 0W is nothing to be feared. Overkill for AZ sure but would still be a good thing (keeping you nearer operating cst than anything else). Now the 16 weight/grade of this oil is the part I dont like...

Never fear the "0W" in a 0W-XX anything. The 0W is not a weight grade indication of "thinness". It is a winter rating, as to how well an oil can resist "over thickening" (at cold non operational engine/air temps). All oils get thicker (thicker than their highest number on the bottle) the...

I totally get the grades are a range/swath of CST. 29 weight does not exist but only does not exist on paper (API). Which I understand and completely agree, would be insane to break them out for each individual weight (20,21,22,23,24 etc). Funny how the 16 grade on the chart overlaps into part...

I'll give on the winter rating of my cocktail maybe not coming out at 1w for possible basestock winter addatives conflicts. But so far as the operating temp weight 9.2 CST is 29 weight in my book. Say Sopus wanted to make a XW-29 weight, are you saying would not be technically possible.....

Well crap, don't want my winter rating potentially being more than 5winter. "Nonya" can get down to -20f of occasion in the winter.

Would not think it wold be possible for a 0 winter & a 5 winter combined to come out to a 10 winter? I understand what the winter ratings are but am clueless as to how they combine or play with each other. regards,

If I mix to a cst of 9.2 I will call it 29 weight. Understand technically it would still be a 20 weight were I to bottle it and mass market it (of which I am not). They make 16 weight now, think I can call my blend 29 weight (knocking on the door of becoming a 30 weight). 2qts 11.6cst + 5.8qts...