Shawn Burns
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2018
- Posts
- 205
- Reaction score
- 245
- Location
- Lewisburg, PA
- Ram Year
- 2016 Rebel
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
To me, it doesn't matter that a lab says the oil still has life left. I am an avid motorcyclist. I use $16 quart oil in my track bike that I change after 4 track days. This is the consensus of my peers. We all change it at this interval. The oil looks new when changed. I am sure that lab would say that it is still capable of protecting an engine. The bike is run a high RPM (15k rpm!) and at full throttle for much of a 20 minute session. My dirtbike is the same. The oil looks new when chaged after a very short interval.I got your point,but again the oil interval question, why and what was the reason to come up with synthetic oil?much better lubrication, faster spray in all engine parts at start,heat resistance and much better longevity of this oil,and I am a 100% sure that after 3000 miles with full synthetic oil,nothing is wrong with it,the lab proofing that allready, guys send oil samples even after 10.000 miles and the result was not bad at all,in other words,we are throwing out good quality oil way to soone because of the hemi engine.
I realize that motorcycle engines and cars engines are different because the oild isn't used in the transmissions of cars. The similarity that I see is how the oil is used to protect under difficult circumstances. Hemi engines require lubrication at low oil pressure, low rpm situations. Motorcycles have to lubricate the transmission and also sustain high RPM.
I change mine in my Ram after 5k miles using PUP 5w30 and the big RP filter. I am trying lubeguard for my next oil change, since I plan on keeping the truck for at least 10 more years before I buy it's replacement.
On a sidenote, a fumoto valve makes oil changes simple. I don't even have to lift my truck to change the oil. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HP5V092/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1