Interesting long road trip observation

[tired]

If none stop days of driving, you could run 200 hours without an oil change. Say 50 MPH average for 200 hours would let you run 10,000 miles. 40 mph x 200 would easy be 8000 miles before changing, just saying the road trips are easiest on oils.

As an aside, another example of how strenuous the VW 507 certification is. It has a 650 hour engine wear test. (The VW 505 cert has a 250 hour engine test.)

 

[Azimuth]

As an aside, another example of how strenuous the VW 507 certification is. It has a 650 hour engine wear test. (The VW 505 cert has a 250 hour engine test.)

Isn't 505 full SAPS? If so, why does it have a test with a lower number of hours? Unless of course, the 250 hr and 650 hr test are different.

 

[Javed]

Here is a pic of the battle wagon at least. Brutally terrible mpgs but good at all the other things it needed to do.

2 door trucks are real trucks

 

[tired]

Isn't 505 full SAPS? If so, why does it have a test with a lower number of hours? Unless of course, the 250 hr and 650 hr test are different.

I'm not sure. I just remember looking up the differences in the certifications and the test length.

 

[Carlostrece]

Agree. I don't think there's much of a difference in price between PUP and PP either. Not sure why people stick with older products when there better ones at the same or cheaper prices.

PUP is a lot better than PP. Partly because PUP is excellent. Partly because PP is not so good, IMO. I think there are many lower cost oils that give better wear protection than PP.

So yes PUP is a good recommendation. It's GTL with good additives. However, it runs a bit thin per grade, which I don't like for high mileage engines.

Quaker State Ultimate Protection Full Syn (QSUPFS) is another oil in the Shell family. QSUPFS is 80-90% GTL and has good additives just like PUP, but QSUPFS runs thick per grade, which I think makes it better (especially for high mileage engines).

Also, QSUPFS costs much less than PUP.

 

[Carlostrece]

2 door trucks are real trucks

Agreed, but how many doors does that truck have? I'm not familiar with that model. Does it have 2 doors, or 2 full size doors plus 2 little suicide doors?

 

[Javed]

Agreed, but how many doors does that truck have? I'm not familiar with that model. Does it have 2 doors, or 2 full size doors plus 2 little suicide doors?

I see only 2 doors there, no suicide doors.
By the way, this is my dream truck. Tradesman, 8 feet bed, 6.7L Cummins, Aisin transmission.