Mobil1 0w16 AFE 5015 miles, '07 Dodge Dakota 3.7L

[Pazuzu]

1-year OCI, short warm-up

 

[Oliveoil2]

That is a very good report. You could probably run it longer than year.

 

[carviewsonic]

0W16 in an '07? That's an interesting twist..

But the report is good, so can't argue with the results.

 

[ARB1977]

0W16 in an '07? That's an interesting twist..

But the report is good, so can't argue with the results.

There’s always one out there…then others follow, lol.

 

[tblt44]

Why 0w 16 ?

 

[Artem]

Can he can, I guess.

I vote he goes thinner. Let’s try 0w8. I’ll sponsor the Lube purchase.

 

[tblt44]

Can he can, I guess.

I vote he goes thinner. Let’s try 0w8. I’ll sponsor the Lube purchase.

How can we make that ?
Half marvel mystery oil with 0w 16 ?

 

[IveBeenRued]

Do you recall what the previous fill was?

 

[IndyFan]

Why 0w 16 ?

Not me. Not on your life. He needs to run a thick oil, or he'll wear that engine out. Thin oils are only for fuel economy. They can't possibly protect an engine from wear. I'm sticking with nice, thick 0w20!

 

[Revving2Redline]

It's a Dodge don't push your luck

 

[addyguy]

For the miles, wear seems high. Bearings are aluminum; and the bearing wear is higher than it should be, probably from too thin an oil.
Now, will it actually kill the engine? Most likely not.
Darn it; now I’m tempted to try this on my G5 commuter, where any mileage booster I can get is worth it. I’ve seen lots of reports where 20-weights work great in the 2.2 Ecotec…it would seem 0W-16 would work as well…hmmm…

 

[OVERKILL]

Interesting experiment. What is driving you to run an oil below the viscosity specified for this engine?

 

[FZ1]

The report is OK but............ Oil's too thin. The starting vis for 0-16 AFE is 7.2 and the exit vis after 6800 miles is 7.15? Can't be. Looks like the oil vis thinned and is on it's way back up + it used 12 oz. I'd run 0-20 AFE next time. JMO

 

[OVERKILL]

The report is OK but............ Oil's too thin. The starting vis for 0-16 AFE is 7.2 and the exit vis after 6800 miles is 7.15? Can't be. Looks like the oil vis thinned and is on it's way back up + it used 12 oz. I'd run 0-20 AFE next time. JMO

The oil is likely close to a monograde, being almost entirely PAO-based:

So there'd be little to nothing in it to shear.

 

[FZ1]

I defer to your expertise, but, the oil had to have sheared more than .05 in 6800 miles. AFE is not a long run oil.

 

[IndyFan]

I defer to your expertise, but, the oil had to have sheared more than .05 in 6800 miles. AFE is not a long run oil.

That wasn't a long run. But with that much PAO, it actually might do fine as a long run oil. Plus, the TBN looked good.

 

[Ronin73]

Plus, the TBN looked good.

I keep getting told on here that TBN is worthless now.

 

[kschachn]

I keep getting told on here that TBN is worthless now.

Who said it is worthless?

 

[Ronin73]

Who said it is worthless?

You keep following me around implying that everytime I mention it.

 

[kschachn]

I defer to your expertise, but, the oil had to have sheared more than .05 in 6800 miles. AFE is not a long run oil.

For one thing it’s a Blackstone report. There is no reliable way to tell if a viscosity deviation is due to mechanical shear or fuel dilution. More so, Blackstone has also shown they cannot reliably measure viscosity so you’ve got two issues with ascribing something on that report to any one problem. As Overkill noted, there is very little VII in that oil and it’s these molecules that exhibit shear not the oil. Oil molecules do not shear.