Castrol 0w30 will do fine in your engine.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
I have a dodge 4.7L v-8. from what I am told its a german designed motor. it calls for 5w 30 oil. will it hurt the motor to use GC 0w 30? or is this too thin for a V8 motor?
I have always been told its a german designed motor. what alot of people said in the dakota boards. even a german company I forgot what they was called. has the only stroker kit for it and yo uhave to send the motor to them in germany to get it done. or buy one from them for $25 grand. so if this is a dodge USA designed motor. whay would a german based aftermarket company that does mercadies (sorry for the spelling) make a kit like this for the 4.7 v8quote:
Originally posted by G-Man II:
Castrol 0w30 will do fine in your engine.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
I have a dodge 4.7L v-8. from what I am told its a german designed motor. it calls for 5w 30 oil. will it hurt the motor to use GC 0w 30? or is this too thin for a V8 motor?
And BTW, the SOHC 4.7 was designed fully in-house by Chrylser long before Chrylser merged with Daimler-Benz to form DaimlerChrysler. Your engine is as Red, White, and Blue as they come.
Your sources are totally out to lunch. The 4.7, along with the 3.2-3.5 SOHC V6 and 2.7 DOHC V6 (used in the LH cars) were the last engine designs done by Chrysler before the takeover. The 4.7 was in the design and development stages in late 96, early 97 and was slated for introduction in the Jeep in the 99 model year. The "merger" actually delayed the introduction of the engine.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
I have always been told its a german designed motor. what alot of people said in the dakota boards. even a german company I forgot what they was called. has the only stroker kit for it and yo uhave to send the motor to them in germany to get it done. or buy one from them for $25 grand. so if this is a dodge USA designed motor. whay would a german based aftermarket company that does mercadies (sorry for the spelling) make a kit like this for the 4.7 v8quote:
Originally posted by G-Man II:
Castrol 0w30 will do fine in your engine.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
I have a dodge 4.7L v-8. from what I am told its a german designed motor. it calls for 5w 30 oil. will it hurt the motor to use GC 0w 30? or is this too thin for a V8 motor?
And BTW, the SOHC 4.7 was designed fully in-house by Chrylser long before Chrylser merged with Daimler-Benz to form DaimlerChrysler. Your engine is as Red, White, and Blue as they come.
also I have to use metric sockets on my engine. all other american made motors I had used SAE sockets. so to me thats another reason the motor isnt a USA design.
you know I maybe wrong but when alot of people that knows about this motor tells me that it was designed by germany as their first attempt to use one of their motors in dodges then I have to go with them.
Daimler-Benz took over Chrysler in 1998 and the 4.7 didnt come out untill the 2000 model dakota rams and grand cherokee. this engine replaced the 5.2l v8(or as many called it the trusty 318)
not trying to start an arguement by all means.
GC color is very difficult to capture in photos (I've tried...quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
thanks for the pic didnt think it would be that dark of a green.it looks like antifreeze lol. will keep a look out for the stuff and try it when I can find some.
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I'm going by the Chrysler press release I read in 99 plus other trade articles that were out at the time on the 4.7.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
can you give me some info of this engine being a pre DC motor? so I can see and set others right. I just find it wierd that dodge would send the 318 out to pasture beings its such a good motor. to put a new untested motor in its place. this is one reason why I went with what others said about dailmer designed the motor. so if you can get me that info I apprishate it.
M05010XXXXXX is the last Green GC batch I'm aware of.quote:
Originally posted by ekpolk:
. . . and on the bottom, it will have a batch number somewhere in the range of M03xxx to M04xxx, although I understand there is a small amount of very early M05xxx stock that's still green, made before the switch to gold.
GC is only available as a 0W-30 and will state "Made in Germany" on the rear label as seen in these pictures:quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
oh yeah been meaning to ask how can you tell a bottle is GC? what do you look for in the bottle or is it bottle color?
They'll be more than happy to assist you.quote:
Originally posted by Dark Jedi:
only thing that sucks is that have it on the top shelf and didnt feel like digging out all the bottles because I dont know how they would react in the store.
Castrol on the date of manufacture:quote:
Originally posted by ekpolk:
Incidentally, the batch numbers do not seem to appear randomly, so if the numbers do include julian dates as another poster suggested...