kurek
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- Joined
- Aug 7, 2019
- Posts
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- Location
- Northwest
- Ram Year
- 2015
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
What oil filter you use? Im thinking stick with mopar but would like a full synthetic one.. Possible mobil one ext perform 20 k protection
I've been doing nothing special in terms of oil or filter. Every 5-6000 miles I see what premium brand synthetic 5w20 is on sale at autozone (usually mobil 1 or castrol syntec) and usually those have an oil filter bundled into the advertised special - most of the time that's a Mobil, Bosch or STP filter.
I don't worry too much about the filter quality because I'm changing the oil around 6k miles, it never has a chance to get dirty. I also don't bother with high mileage oil or extended service oil because my engine doesn't leak or burn oil and I'm not choosing to do extended service intervals.
Well as you know everyone has their own unique rituals around oil and I think everyone takes it too seriously. The most important factors I think for any engine are to change it frequently (~6k miles, or annually if you don't drive much) and don't spend a ton of time idling. Everything else is just each of us practicing religious rites
Hey enjoy your truck man! Believe it or not I came into owning one of these with a bad attitude (got a legit lemon Jeep, FCA offered me a deal to get out of that and into the Ram.. ) and I expected it to be a POS but in six years it's been about flawless, it works hard and it's comfortable and nothing's gone wrong with it. Very few complaints and none that are a big deal.