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.

 

[64bawagon]

My last truck had almost 8 hrs idling. They are often left idling at the factory as they are moved from validation and then staged for shipping. Then again they are started and left running before loading and unloading. I have been told they leave them running sometimes to assure the battery is charged.