Heavier oil when towing

socalledchad · May 29, 2016

Was reading around about how often people are changing oil...came across a fair amount of people using a heavier oil..

I read about mds

Just wondering what oil everyone is using and if your towing often would you recommend anything more than 5w 20 I tow about 4 to5 k 300 miles a week. .so almost all the time..

Also might as well ask how often is everyone changeing their oil.

silver surfer · May 29, 2016

I use 5w20 all the time. Change oil every 6500-7500 miles.

RodRam · May 29, 2016

5-30 full synthetic will do good and MDS is not effected and neither is warranty as manual states it can be uses, pennzoil platinum or ultra is Rams preferred oil and carries all the required ratings

14hemiexpress · May 30, 2016

I don't tow on a daily basis but there are 2 maintance schedules in your owners manual I would follow the more severe or what ever they call it schedule. And stick with a manufacures recommendation for the oil. As rodram stated the newer rams not sure witch year but it states note 5w30 meeting fiats specs may be used when 5w20 is not available. But my 2010 manual doesn't state that but my 14 did.

socalledchad · Jun 7, 2016

I'm thinking about adding a half of bottle of the lucas stuff at my next oil change...does anybody advise this....or advise against it?

I put some In last night because im changing my oil in the next couole dayd
..driving it today ...I see no I'll effects but the ticks is gone

RodRam · Jun 7, 2016

that lucas is just like stp just thickens the oil, not a good idea, heres some oil data on 183 brands pick one with best high psi strength. 540 rat blog, google it

audio1der · Jun 8, 2016

When I changed our oil for the year (we only do 5-6K a year, mostly towing) I used a 50/50 mix of Amsoil signature 5W20 and 5W30. I hope it provides more engine protection.

smurfs_of_war · Jun 8, 2016

audio1der said:
When I changed our oil for the year (we only do 5-6K a year, mostly towing) I used a 50/50 mix of Amsoil signature 5W20 and 5W30. I hope it provides more engine protection.

Is there a reason you mixed the weights? I am just curious if there is something driving that decision.

socalledchad · Jun 8, 2016

I'm guessing he mixed 30 with 20 to make it a little thicker ...but not all the way to 30w...I considered this..but didn't know if it worked like that

Galion · Jun 9, 2016

socalledchad said:
I'm thinking about adding a half of bottle of the lucas stuff at my next oil change...does anybody advise this....or advise against it?

I put some In last night because im changing my oil in the next couole dayd
..driving it today ...I see no I'll effects but the ticks is gone

Can't speak much for in light duty but we use Lucas heavy duty oil stabilizer on heavy duty applications at work, works great for heavy duty diesels and diffs, just don't use too much since it is very thick.

audio1der · Jun 10, 2016

It was based on info presented by Burla and others in the oil threads, suggesting the 20W might not provide long-term protection when working hard. Because we use the truck almost exclusively for towing (so it rarely has an opportunity to go into ECO mode and therefore MDS) and I keep my vehicles a long time, I couldn't see a downside to the 50/50/

smiley · Jun 10, 2016

I tow often have always used 0W-20 or 5W-20 and have 125k or so on the 09. No big deal IMO it has millions of miles of tests on 5W-20.

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