No the dealer didn't say anything about it one way or the other after it was fixed and I didn't ask.....why look a gift horse in the mouth I always say. I also have the lifetime Added Care Plus but I have the required receipts to back it up hell I just use the oil in my wife's Explorer. Of course I'll slap a Mopar filter on it if the need arises. Here's another copy of the invoice:
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This is why I run the Redline 5W30 even though I have the warranty I still don’t want to risk this happening again and I really don’t want anyone else digging into my motor except as a last resort.
So since this truck that the cam and lifter problems, only had 32,000 miles on it when it needed all that work, I’m assuming that bill was taken care of under the bumper to bumper, 3 year/36,000 mike warranty, yes?
How long did you keep the truck after that? That’s good that they never demanded receipts and records or nothin’ and tried to make sure you perfectly dotted all your i’s, and crossed all your t’s.
I sure hope it would be that easy in the unsightly event if something ever happened to my truck because I really don’t wanna have to do all this damn proving ******** to show that I was taking care of my damn truck. I would hope that when they find out I paid a pretty penny for my warranty that that alone would show that I’m serious about keeping my truck out of the shop and that I wouldn’t be doing a damn thing to intentionally put it in there.
But if I’m reading you right, you have lifetime warranty on your new truck right, and you still run 5w-30 Redline in it? Since you got lucky with your old truck, what do you do for records just in case? I think after all the reading I’ve done here that I’d kinda like to try this Redline, heavier-weight oil but I’m just afraid to. I don’t like doing things that could turn around and bite me in the ass, when all I would simply be doing is trying to do the best for my truck, and keep it outa the shop. That’s why I bought a top tier truck that has almost everything in it. I don’t wanna do anything to it, except what I have done, which is minor. Better under seat boom box, better floor mats, new running boards, tonneau cover, led lights, bug shield, window deflectors, mud guards, tow hooks, better lug nuts.
But I’m curious... what oil/filter were you using on that old truck that puked up a cam and lifters? How long were your oil changes? Whether or not this 20-weight oil is truly too thin for these engines or not, 32,000 miles is awful early for something like that to happen which makes me kinda think something else was going on in that motor besides weight of oil used. I know it probably doesn’t make a **** but as I’ve said here pretty often, my last truck had 70,000 miles and was 10 years old when I sold it, and the only problem it seemed to have was a little bit of that Hemi tick, that went away very shortly after it warmed up so, I don’t know if that was lifter/cam related or exhaust manifold related but, I never had one issue running 5W-20 Mobil 1 in it for the 5 years I had it.
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Will feel weird putting on OEM garbage on my truck...lol...
