Originally Posted by burla
Originally Posted by Cipriano
It's a 2008 that has been seeing less than 7k a year. I baby this jeep! So at 1 or maybe 2, oc a year, I figured why not go with the best.
But the general consensus is that the Redline/Euro'ish HTHS of 3.7 would be too high?
Best is relative to goals, like I was saying. I took my wife's rav 4 from m1 5w20 to redline 5w20, and it was much smoother running. I then got 6 qrts from the Pennzoil team here thanks Gena, and no kidding the 5w30 PUP was noticeably smoother then even 5w20 redline. The rav 4 was a rattle trap, those days are gone. Making the decision to go up in weight, something everyone should do as their engines gain mileage, is a great strategy. As engines are used tolerances widen, thicker oil is a good idea.
I will say this, we have had guys run multiple uoa's on redline in the same engine, the wear numbers go down exponentially with long term use. I'll see if one of them will post his uoa over here. I know others do not post over here, I will see if those uoa's post into this forum. Those hemi's are real high wear engines and redline's uoa's were not great at first, had us scratching our heads. But by the third uoa, the wear has become was less then averages for those engines, and even better then other oils on the same uoa/ Like I said, I will see if I can get at least a couple posted. Long term use of redline 5w30 has been pretty impressive in those high wear Chrysler engines anyway.
I believe you're referring to this UOA? This was 6000 miles of towing my 3500lb camper and my truck loaded up with my wife and 2 kids and supplies for a family of 4. This includes towing down and back up the Ike Gauntlet. Another thing to keep in mind is my Hemi was ticking like crazy before I started running Redline.