Hello gang,
Always loved the forum so I figured I finally join. I'm looking for a suggestion on oil for my truck. So I have a 05' Ram 1500 with the 4.7L. She's used and has about 177k old. Now here's the fun part. I live in Hawaii where we have no such thing as winter. Unless ya call 59degrees cold. I've done a couple oil changes on here with the recommended 5w30. I was just wondering if I could get away with running just straight 30wt here. Temps usually run between 80-100. No real crazy distance driving, but the usual stop and go traffic. I usually change about every 6months, which usually comes out to around 4-5k miles at the most. I've already changed both front and rear main seals. So no leaks. Just a small ticking from maybe a lifter. Other than that she runs fine. Wanna try to get her to around 200+ maybe even 250k before a rebuild is in order. Thanks in advance!
Ron
Always loved the forum so I figured I finally join. I'm looking for a suggestion on oil for my truck. So I have a 05' Ram 1500 with the 4.7L. She's used and has about 177k old. Now here's the fun part. I live in Hawaii where we have no such thing as winter. Unless ya call 59degrees cold. I've done a couple oil changes on here with the recommended 5w30. I was just wondering if I could get away with running just straight 30wt here. Temps usually run between 80-100. No real crazy distance driving, but the usual stop and go traffic. I usually change about every 6months, which usually comes out to around 4-5k miles at the most. I've already changed both front and rear main seals. So no leaks. Just a small ticking from maybe a lifter. Other than that she runs fine. Wanna try to get her to around 200+ maybe even 250k before a rebuild is in order. Thanks in advance!
Ron