Synthetic Oil

[Michael]

Lesson Learned: ALWAYS buy a DEEP oil drain pan. I used to have a deep circular pan, tossed it a while back. Bought a new one from Walmart, I was skeptical of the design but went with it. Got home, slowly cracked the drain plug, as soon as the last thread let loose, monsoon of 200deg oil! Half in the pan, half overflowing down the driveway. 60lbs of cat litter and a lot of degreaser, pressure washing, scrubbing, the stain is almost gone...LUCKILY no REDLINE oil was lost.View attachment 178043
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I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but man, do they ever come up with some great ideas

 

[GottaBeKD]

You don’t drink while doing the oil change?


I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but man, do they ever come up with some great ideas

I can only imagine the mess if I was half in the bag while doing the job.

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[grizzstang]

I wanted a very large oil drain pan but couldn't find one.

So I bought a large clear plastic storage container.

It will hold around 20 quarts of oil and is large enough it is easy to hit when I pull the drain plug.

 

[16RamHemi]

my truck is lifted 4" and a 5 gallon pail fits perfectly under the plug. cant miss. not spilling anything when removing the filter....well thats another story. first go round wasnt too bad with the ziploc bag method. hopefully round 2 goes better. im at just under 7000 on redline. ordered oil yesterday. should be changing it next weekend. thought about switching up filters with a couple guys having issues lately (rp), but it treated me very well this oci. so ill stick with the larger 20-820.

 

[Burla]

I think most issues were with the 10-48

 

[Burla]

Ram trucks have a water pump recall?

 

[Hemi395]

I thought that was just for Cummins of certain years?

 

[Burla]

Cool.

I might have been wrong about redline not using tn moly, according to some guys at bob's it is tri nuclear moly. I guess there is no way to know for sure, but if it is doesn't that explain a lot?

 

[16RamHemi]

I think most issues were with the 10-48

i agree, thats what i recall reading. No reason for me to change right now. I will be doing a uoa this change, so we will see what that says. But as far as providing me no start up tick, especially after sitting at one time 9.5 days and at times sitting at inclines over night, the filter is doing its job imo.

 

[16RamHemi]

got to out this thread back to the first page... i have a question i have probably asked before but i would appreciate some clarification. im at 6800 miles on my first go round with redline. im out of town this weekend so i wont get to change the oil until next weekend. i picked up a bottle of redline fuel system cleaner. i have just over 3/4 tank of gas. it says to pour it in before fueling up.

what is the best way to maximize this stuff given these circumstances? truck will sit all weekend until monday afternoon, possibly until tuesday morning.

 

[joshuaeb09]

got to out this thread back to the first page... i have a question i have probably asked before but i would appreciate some clarification. im at 6800 miles on my first go round with redline. im out of town this weekend so i wont get to change the oil until next weekend. i picked up a bottle of redline fuel system cleaner. i have just over 3/4 tank of gas. it says to pour it in before fueling up.

what is the best way to maximize this stuff given these circumstances? truck will sit all weekend until monday afternoon, possibly until tuesday morning.

Personally I'd dump it in now, top off the tank, then run it down to about 1/4 of a tank before you change the oil/fill up again.

 

[Nick@GotExhaust]

got to out this thread back to the first page... i have a question i have probably asked before but i would appreciate some clarification. im at 6800 miles on my first go round with redline. im out of town this weekend so i wont get to change the oil until next weekend. i picked up a bottle of redline fuel system cleaner. i have just over 3/4 tank of gas. it says to pour it in before fueling up.

what is the best way to maximize this stuff given these circumstances? truck will sit all weekend until monday afternoon, possibly until tuesday morning.

they say to pour it in before fueling up so when you put new fuel in it mixes it all up. I would say you would be safe to add it while at a gas station then top it off. I would run the treated tank of fuel to at least a quarter tank before changing your oil.

 

[16RamHemi]

Personally I'd dump it in now, top off the tank, then run it down to about 1/4 of a tank before you change the oil/fill up again.

they say to pour it in before fueling up so when you put new fuel in it mixes it all up. I would say you would be safe to add it while at a gas station then top it off. I would run the treated tank of fuel to at least a quarter tank before changing your oil.

thanks guys. Ill do just that. i should end up using around half a tank next week. then ill change the oil next weekend. then ill fill up again after oil change. Appreciate the feedback!

 

[HammerHead]

Ok guys I reached out to 3 different labs for Gas Chromatography testing for used engine oil samples. If the price is reasonable and If they can do the testing I’ll try it and report back.

 

[tidefan1967]

We use a gas chromatograph at work to keep track of impurities in the gas coming into the plant and then again in the liquifying process(turning a gas into a liquid for storage). I would assume that they heat the used motor oil up enough for it to vaporize and then test the gases created from that to see what's in it? What's the difference between this and what we see in the UOA's that the guys post on here?

 

[Burla]

In a nut shell, a more clear picture of what is in the oil as read by a mass spectrometer. I'm pretty sure there is an image I can post from google.

I was wrong, I didn't see a good image, maybe someone else can find one and a bonus for one with engine oil, but basically think the elemental chart, everything in our world is an element, this reads the elemental makeup of a substance.

 

[Burla]

Hat's off to the trooper, lol...

LOL, there is hope tonight with the bill clinton acceptance speech his final words, lmao.

 

[HammerHead]

Found this company but haven't heard back from anyone yet, interesting options for oil testing. Not sure if they will test for the average Joe; others I contacted today only do testing for companies or clients. Not sure why this has been so hard but I stumbled across this site and found the testing options interesting.

https://www.tricocorp.com/services/oil-analysis/used-oil-analysis/

 

[Hemi395]

Some good info in this about the 68RFE. Should apply to the 545/65/66 as well, as long as you don't beat on them, the RFE trans isn't a bad trans. For the Cummins guys, don't put a crazy tune on and then bigger wheels/tires.

 

[Burla]

gotta watch that one..

I like this better then the big ol Ram they are putting on trucks?

umm anyone know someone who can cut these