gilleydog
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- Joined
- Nov 30, 2017
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- Location
- florence az
- Ram Year
- 2017 ram larami
- Engine
- 5.7
Anyone use Motul oil ? kinda cheap on Amazon
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I have been using Amsoil 5-20 with great results, no additive and engine is very quiet. I used 5-30 the change before last and the truck had a code of "wrong viscosity". Smart truck. I went back to 5-20 but Amsoil went way up in price. I buy 8 qts. when I purchase and last time was almost $150. I only change once a year because I rarely exceed over 6k miles, so while manageable, still pretty stiff.
What would even be funnier is their flagship 5w30 is even thinner then their 0w30, it is a very thin 5w30 data sheet, they changed it a while back for those climate change goals. Seeing how corey and others are running 0w40 and in fact amsoil 0w40 which is very thick at 14.8 and not throwing any codes, clearly something is happening here.Interesting, I have an 2017 5.7 HEMI and use 5w/30.
For my year model RAM, the recommended oil weight/viscosity is 5w/20 ... I've not seen anything indicating on the "instrument cluster" or an engine code that the oil is "wrong viscosity" using 5w/30.
From all the reports i've seen,it's only the 07 to 09 trucks that seem to throw a code for 5W-30.What would even be funnier is their flagship 5w30 is even thinner then their 0w30, it is a very thin 5w30 data sheet, they changed it a while back for those climate change goals. Seeing how corey and others are running 0w40 and in fact amsoil 0w40 which is very thick at 14.8 and not throwing any codes, clearly something is happening here.
So somehow his truck is reading a difference between 9.29 and 10.3 and throwing a code for it. Somehow his truck has some very sensitive sensors.