New vehicle has 5 engine idle hours

[BrendanC]

personally wouldn’t worry about idle hours. we have these engines with thousands of idle hours without an issue.

 

[MNgopher]

Should see some of our fleet vehicles... One of the trucks I recently used is a 2022 F150 with just under 5000 hours of idling time... (There are work reasons for this idling time - not just wasting gas...)

Wouldn't sweat 5 hours at delivery at all!

 

[OVERKILL]

Again, that's what the warranty requires. I have a lifetime warranty. A "guy I know" uses 5 quarts of 5W-20 in his Ram for the receipts and sneaks in 2 quarts of 10W-30.

Ahhh, the old "lifetime warranty". Well, being a 2015, that's a pretty good idea, since that's still within the era prone to lifter failure.

 

[OVERKILL]

I'd use 0w20 over 5w20 every day, all day long. 0w20 is a lot stouter oil than 5w20.

Not always, but it is often the case, using a better base oil blend than most 5W-20's.

 

[QwikKota]

Ahhh, the old "lifetime warranty". Well, being a 2015, that's a pretty good idea, since that's still within the era prone to lifter failure.

It was $2400 and easily paid for itself after failures of water pump, fuel pump and a $1300 power side folding mirror with auto-dimming. They have fixed other items as well. Too bad no longer available. No doubt they were losing money on them. Mine has a tick at startup but goes away when it warms up. 99% sure it's the broken exhaust manifold stud I found. That plus another side mirror is not folding in via switch and other things will get repaired in August.

ETA: this is a factory Chrysler MaxCare warranty. Not a gimmick lifetime warranty where the dealer requires you to come in for every little maintenance line item to stay in compliance. I can do my own service.

 

[OVERKILL]

It was $2400 and easily paid for itself after failures of water pump, fuel pump and a $1300 power side folding mirror with auto-dimming. They have fixed other items as well. Too bad no longer available. No doubt they were losing money on them. Mine has a tick at startup but goes away when it warms up. 99% sure it's the broken exhaust manifold stud I found. That plus another side mirror is not folding in via switch and other things will get repaired in August.

ETA: this is a factory Chrysler MaxCare warranty. Not a gimmick lifetime warranty where the dealer requires you to come in for every little maintenance line item to stay in compliance. I can do my own service.

Yes, that sounds like a manifold, they are notorious for it, every one of ours has had them done.