What oil did every1 change to at ~1500 miles?

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Lawhand

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About to do my first oil change wanted some feed back on what oil to use.
Wondering if i should keep using 5w-20 or if i should use something heavier. things like that :)
I have a 2012 5.7.
 

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Use 5w-20. Apparently other weights can screw with the MDS and make it run rough.
 

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Your oil is good for 5,000 miles, why change it early? And don't use anything other than what's on the cap or owners manual. They do recommend certain weights for a reason...
 
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I am changing it early because i just got back from my camp(dirty roads) with cheap factory oil. Good idea to change it. Plus i want to make sure there r no metal shavings in the oil and such. basically im anual
 
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Thanks again guys for the post. i like castrol myself full syn. looks like a have a project this weekend :) install my AEM bruteforce and oil change
 

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Castrol FTW...I run Castrol Syn Blend in my Gen3...that's what Castrol recommends for my truck. But, I run Castrol in everything we own or have owned.
 
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I run mobil 1 full synthetic and I change every 3k miles. Probably dont have to til 5k but im old school when it comes to that.
 

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Yeah use the weight the manual states. And your oil is good for 8,000 miles
 

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have had truck 9 months now, just turned 4400 miles...gonna go ahead and change mine just because I wont hit the 7500 until next year :D
 
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