Oil for 02’ Dodge Dakota

[53' Stude]

Good zebening folks. Friday afternoon I’ll head to my hometown to get dad’s old Dodge Dakota pickup. Last he changed oil was last December and he put Super Tech 10w30 and a Baldwin filter on it. 101k on truck and it’s clean and in good shape. I’m leaning towards a 0w40 or maybe throwing some of my HPL 5w30 HDEO in it to see if it cleans anything out. Dad usually changed oil around 4,500 miles. Engine is the 3.9 V-6

Thank You everyone

 

[UNC054]

I leased two Dakota’s (‘98 & ‘01) during my college years, they were cheap.

Ran 5w30 Valvoline Conventional. Good small truck, either of your options would excellent.

 

[Wireman1987]

Good zebening folks. Friday afternoon I’ll head to my hometown to get dad’s old Dodge Dakota pickup. Last he changed oil was last December and he put Super Tech 10w30 and a Baldwin filter on it. 101k on truck and it’s clean and in good shape. I’m leaning towards a 0w40 or maybe throwing some of my HPL 5w30 HDEO in it to see if it cleans anything out. Dad usually changed oil around 4,500 miles. Engine is the 3.9 V-6

Thank You everyone

that Dakota wont be picky on anything labeled 5 or 10w30

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Either of those oils will be fine. Any 5w30 will be fine. If you don't have a stash, just get the cheapest 5w30 on sale.

 

[ka9mnx]

The Mopar 3.9l has always called for 10w30 from the factory (I've owned 2). 10w30 or 0w-40 would be fine in that engine.. I love that engine, it's a sleeper.

 

[cheesepuffs2]

I would run 5w30 Pennzoil High Mileage blend. I would be concerned that HPL or similar would clean so well that you may start to have leaks.

 

[53' Stude]

I would run 5w30 Pennzoil High Mileage blend. I would be concerned that HPL or similar would clean so well that you may start to have leaks.

I have some Maxlife blend that’s SM I could use and even some nextgen Maxlife 6w30 left.

 

[53' Stude]

The Mopar 3.9l has always called for 10w30 from the factory (I've owned 2). 10w30 or 0w-40 would be fine in that engine.. I love that engine, it's a sleeper.

Since I have 3 gallons of ROTELLA T5 I could use that. Doubt it would hurt. Or I have 3 gallons DELO 15w40 blend also.

It would be spare driver vehicle.

 

[cheesepuffs2]

I have some Maxlife blend that’s SM I could use and even some nextgen Maxlife 6w30 left.

Then that's the easy choice in my opinion.

 

[TnT_M]

Ram Mobil 1 5w30 in my 02 Durango for its entire life I drove it. It wasn’t fussy on oil. It did have the 4.7 tick which is not oil related IMO.

Just my $0.02

 

[THORROMIG]

That Magnum motor and the 5.2L Magnum both speced. 10W30. I used to run Rotella T5 10W30 Synthetic Blend and it luved it.

 

[53' Stude]

That Magnum motor and the 5.2L Magnum both speced. 10W30. I used to run Rotella T5 10W30 Synthetic Blend and it luved it.

Yeah, I may use up my small stash of rotella in it.

 

[53' Stude]

Ram Mobil 1 5w30 in my 02 Durango for its entire life I drove it. It wasn’t fussy on oil. It did have the 4.7 tick which is not oil related IMO.

Just my $0.02

We found a 5 gal pail of Delvac ESP 5w40 near his metal lathe. It’s not opened. I may grab that Saturday. I may make post on the 50’s era lathe in his garage.

 

[oil pan 4]

Good zebening folks. Friday afternoon I’ll head to my hometown to get dad’s old Dodge Dakota pickup. Last he changed oil was last December and he put Super Tech 10w30 and a Baldwin filter on it. 101k on truck and it’s clean and in good shape. I’m leaning towards a 0w40 or maybe throwing some of my HPL 5w30 HDEO in it to see if it cleans anything out. Dad usually changed oil around 4,500 miles. Engine is the 3.9 V-6

Thank You everyone

What's your oil running temperature and expected coldest start temperatures?

 

[GSCJR]

@53' Stude , I think any of the oils you have on hand are good choices, use your oldest stock first.

 

[53' Stude]

What's your oil running temperature and expected coldest start temperatures?

I’ll have to report back on oil temp. Coldest start would maybe be in teens as southwest PA doesn’t get bone chilling cold that often.

 

[oil pan 4]

I’ll have to report back on oil temp. Coldest start would maybe be in teens as southwest PA doesn’t get bone chilling cold that often.

It gets colder than that in new Mexico and I run 5w30 oils mostly which don't hit 6,000 cP till like -22f.
Do not crank temperature for 5w is around -35f, depending on the oil.

 

[53' Stude]

Good to know sir

 

[chiefcook]

I had a 92 with the same engine bought new. Ran recommend it oil for 1st 100,000 miles. By then it was using a quart ever 1000 miles. Changed valve seals and a qt lasted about 4000 mi. Changed to Rotella T5 15w40 at about 150,000 mi and used it until I sold it. It had about 285,000 miles when I sold it to my son who put another 100,000 on it when he sold it. Only put 1 alternator and 2 water pumps on it. Clutch throw out bearing fell apart around 225,000 mi, but clutch and pressure plate still looked good.
That's when I learned to have someone near by when under a vehicle. Lost control of the transmission putting it back on. Was pinned by it for about an hour.

 

[53' Stude]

Here’s what owners manual states.