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Originally Posted By: kam327 Can you post a review of the car? I'm considering trading in my Focus with its persnickety dual-clutch for a Dart to match my Durango. Though I wouldn't get another dual-clutch like you got. Also looking at the Jetta with its new 1.8T. Not to wander too far off...

Thanks for all the input. Love these forums! I'll stick with what the manual says during the warranty period. JHZR2 has the right idea. With the longer OCI cost is reasonable. But I will probably change out the oil sometime between 1-3K anyway just because I keep imagining metal shards floating...

So far only Pennzoil ultra euro 5W-40 is the only one I see explicitly stating it meets approval for MS-12991

Originally Posted By: Bandito440 Does it require a particular Chrysler spec? If not, Rotella T6 is my first choice with Mobil 1 0w-40 a close second. You may need a special oil like the Pennzoil Ultra if there's a particular spec to meet. Recommendation is for Chrysler Material Standard...

Title says it all. Not familiar with these engines or what the demands are. Plan to do a lot of freeway driving. Likes to run 2500 RPM, can run up to 4K in a flash. Recommendation is 5W-40 synthetic, maximum 10K OCI according to the manual. Opinions?

Originally Posted By: chubbs1 Looks like your engine is breaking in very very nicely. Good to see as I own two 2012 Chargers . I did a UOA on mine at 20k or so and, besides Cu, it was flawless. I Use Edge FST, but have noticed this new formula has my engine running hotter than the previous...

Originally Posted By: brandini There is no such thing as a 7.5W as those are cold weather ratings based on 2 tests. So it's a 10w-30 if it passes the 10W tests. I have had issue with how these oils are "rated". I had a long discussion on another forum with the owner about this. I went through...

Here the latest oil analysis on my Charger 3.6L Pentastar. Really love the powertrain in this vehicle. 3.6L V6/8 spd ZF. Been running great for over a year no issues. Including a spreadsheet chart that I have been keeping to track wear. looks pretty good so far.

Steve, I've seen you on other forums. Thanks for pitching in. Posted this because I haven't seen too many UOA's for my engine. Hopefully Chubbs1 up there will post his so we can compare. I like where the rates are going although I would have probably changed the factory sooner and done a...

Yup, I have a few questions about this. The low TBN and the phosphorous, although from what I have read (not much admittedly) if phosphorous is maintained in the oil with other aditives and you do not have an oil consumption issue, then it wouldn't be harmful. I also haven't seen that on other...

Third UOA from '12 Charger 3.6L Pentastar with interpreted wear rates. Y axis is log scale.

Learning a lot just reading the posts. Thanks.

I did mean change it at 16K vehicle miles, or 8K OCI as recommended in the manual. I've seen enough 10-12K UOA's that show a sufficient TBN to not worry too much about 8K. I run about 20K plus a year on my vehicle due to commuting and road trips, so safe extended use can be very helpful. That's...

Second OCI on Mobil 1 this time. It's cheap at Wal Mart! OEM Mopar filter. Based on my reading here and other UOA that I have seen here and on forums I will let it go until about 16K before the next change/analysis and then have a TBN done as well. Code: MI/HR on Oil 3,788...

The copper dropped to 96 on the second analysis with 3.7K on the oil. Looks like there is interest so I'll post it soon.

If anyone is interested, I posted my UOA of the factory fill on my 2012 Charger 3.6L that I changed when the OLM indicated, 4.2K. It went off at 3.7 K but that was a Sunday evening so I had to wait until the following Saturday. It was well before the 8K mark and it was not driven hard. It's a...

Here is my UOA on the factory fill changed when the OLM indicator went on (actually 3.7K but had to wait until the weekend to change it). Blackstone noted that the factory fill was lighter than the recommended 5W-30 and may have been a 5W-20. Geez! What a pain to post a UOA!! I have another on...

I am very interested in the "wear versus miles" analysis you performed, as a misunderstanding of this can be the basis for claims about oil quality and wear. From looking at your data presented, it seems that you could perform a regression analysis on your data to model the slope. This may...