Synthetic Oil

Oil of Choice

  • Castrol Syntec/Edge

    Votes: 233 8.4%
  • Royal Purple

    Votes: 325 11.7%
  • AMSOil

    Votes: 396 14.3%
  • Valvoline Synpower

    Votes: 160 5.8%
  • Mobil 1

    Votes: 992 35.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 660 23.9%

  • Total voters
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Burla

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Can't wait to see what a small displacement/high hp&torque/turbo/DI has for problems.

But by golly it will get better gas mileage :cool:
hurricane tick plus lspi, for 13 years until the kill the cane?

TJ's response, total legit. Punt is an effective strategy when if you dont punt you sink the team. Sad when you think about what the Hemi has meant to MOPAR.

Man what would happen if not for oem warranties, whoever invented those big thanks..

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EVs will solve the world's problems!:p:p:p
Do those need oil changes? I seriously don't know. Don't they run on a genny, so if so they would need oil?

Says teslas dont need oil changes, imo this isnt a bad thing. So they arent all bad.
 

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Do those need oil changes? I seriously don't know. Don't they run on a genny, so if so they would need oil?

Says teslas dont need oil changes, imo this isnt a bad thing. So they arent all bad.
I mean I would think things would need lubrication of some sort? Not really an "oil change" per se but don't they have drivetrain components that need fluid changes?
 

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I'm not anti EV, but I am anti no choice. I am not convinced EV's are the answer to anything or that there is a problem that will fix. In fact a tesla will likely be my wife's next vehicle and I'm ok with that. Forever she has been talking about the lexus she wants, makes me sick lexus is just an expensive toyta, that ish bothers me to a far extent. All of my time is fixing her car, so maybe with a tesla I can actually work on the ram instead:)

You want a toyota and ten grand in your pocket or a toyota dressed like a lexus with no ten grandy? My wife, I'll take the "Lexus."

Your total five-year cost would be $1,410. That makes Tesla maintenance costs pretty low, but there’s a chance real-life prices could be higher, too. Dividing that by five shows that people might spend about $282 per year on average to maintain their Teslas.
 

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I'm not anti EV, but I am anti no choice. I am not convinced EV's are the answer to anything or that there is a problem that will fix. In fact a tesla will likely be my wife's next vehicle and I'm ok with that. Forever she has been talking about the lexus she wants, makes me sick lexus is just an expensive toyta, that ish bothers me to a far extent. All of my time is fixing her car, so maybe with a tesla I can actually work on the ram instead:)

You want a toyota and ten grand in your pocket or a toyota dressed like a lexus with no ten grandy? My wife, I'll take the "Lexus."

Your total five-year cost would be $1,410. That makes Tesla maintenance costs pretty low, but there’s a chance real-life prices could be higher, too. Dividing that by five shows that people might spend about $282 per year on average to maintain their Teslas.
Well the good news is you will never have to fix the wife's car again if its a Tesla. They refuse to give out any service data and I believe they won't even sell you parts...
 

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4 year bumper to bumper and an 8 year battery warranty, like I said thank to whoever invented warranties. Anyhow wife's car wife's choice, this choice doesnt bother me as much as over paying for the same exact car with a different name. By the looks of what we can get for the rav 4, it is starting to make sense to park it and cover it then sell it. This suits me as well, the 4 banger is pretty easy to work on most items anyhow.
 

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When you get bought and sold 3 times in a couple decades via total cultural mismatches, I'm surprised MOPAR didn't go out of business.

GM didn't get bought and sold, but still put out $hitty engines cause they were too cheap to change or fix 'em. Executive bonuses and all, ya know.

So, if a guy can keep the Hemi together, it's a decent engine. Frankly, reintroduction of "Hemi" sold a lot of vehicles, even though it was of zero benefit to anyone except racers. Documented on a dyno, the crossflow breatheability doesn't kick in until 5,000 rpm or so. Nobody drives a street vehicle above 5,000 rpm.

So in effect, their reintroduction of the Hemi engine with roller lifters was a total failure for consumer vehicles. I wish they would have put out a 4 valve DOHC V8 instead. I sure as hell would have bought it. The 4 valves really opened the breathing across the rpm range on my Harley, despite being pushrod. Pushrods are still fine for lower rpm use. Engine I'm talking about is Milwaukee 8 series.
 

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Question, do you think fca avoided true fixes to the hemi cam issue on purpose?

Correct me if I'm wrong and I may be, but the only thing they did to address hemi tick was 7 years in they made some needle bearings larger? An act by itself proves they were worried about it. Even though needle bearings are only the issue in a small number of hemi can fails, and it would be my belief those bearings didnt fail because of the size of the needle, but they actually failed because of back pressure from the lifter bodies movement in the bore.

They didnt even consider putting in a high volume oil pump this entire time? They didnt increase the oil galleys in hemi's from 2009 to current? They havent done anything to the lifters/cam relationship except for increase needle bearing size? 2009 to now 2022 and in 5 gen section it appears these issues are still prevalent even in rams 13 years later.

What else did fca didnt do? They didnt change the oil viscosity recommendation like they did for the eco diesel with internal problems, even though that could have possibly saved some cams? You are fca now stell... for a day, how do you fix this or maybe through some strategies at it? No throwing an oil strategy at it doesnt count, that is our deal, something even potentially better?

No sending a "Guinness" to find the root cause neither :)
The only thing they did with oil viscosity was i think for 2021 or 2022 they now recomend 0w20
 

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I use Amsoil in my Veloster N, 0w40, Sig. Series. IMO, one of the best synthetics' out there. They were the first to develop synthetic motor oil in the US.

Best regards,

-Mike
 

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rams will be closer to the fords and chevy's in cost thanks to the huricane engine? Costs less but charge more?

just say'n

 

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101 HP 4x4 5 speed manual trans with solid axles, that gets 40+ mpg's and a well over 400 mile range with a 10 gallon tank, non di, would you be interested? Many guys would say no, I must admit if you HP guy and I think most RF members are, this is not your car, but I'm not a HP guy at all, and I personally might opt for something like this. In the name of "greenness" this car would be the usa wet dream? Nope, can't buy it here, why? Doesn't have USA emission standards. Yes these were a joke back in the 80's, the suzuki samari maybe the reason suzuki left the usa, but things chnage, brands adapt, make progress. The 2022 Jimney, mind you I am a full size suv type pf guy, but at 16 grand starting price I'm sure the masses would rather be in this and get those benefits over the cheap suv market here? Our friend bought a 30k+ lexus SUV I literally cannot fit in, it looks like this one would fit me much better and tops out at 19g's their top model. Guys who are 6'4 know exactly what I am talking about, these small suv's the usa are selling are simply not possible to sit, unless you like having your head pressed into the roof. It seams like the only thing that fly's in the usa is to have more HP and make it di, but if we are talking about mpg's would you rather have a 1.5 liter lil banger or a di for longevity?
 

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101 HP 4x4 5 speed manual trans with solid axles, that gets 40+ mpg's and a well over 400 mile range with a 10 gallon tank, non di, would you be interested? Many guys would say no, I must admit if you HP guy and I think most RF members are, this is not your car, but I'm not a HP guy at all, and I personally might opt for something like this. In the name of "greenness" this car would be the usa wet dream? Nope, can't buy it here, why? Doesn't have USA emission standards. Yes these were a joke back in the 80's, the suzuki samari maybe the reason suzuki left the usa, but things chnage, brands adapt, make progress. The 2022 Jimney, mind you I am a full size suv type pf guy, but at 16 grand starting price I'm sure the masses would rather be in this and get those benefits over the cheap suv market here? Our friend bought a 30k+ lexus SUV I literally cannot fit in, it looks like this one would fit me much better and tops out at 19g's their top model. Guys who are 6'4 know exactly what I am talking about, these small suv's the usa are selling are simply not possible to sit, unless you like having your head pressed into the roof. It seams like the only thing that fly's in the usa is to have more HP and make it di, but if we are talking about mpg's would you rather have a 1.5 liter lil banger or a di for longevity?
Depends on the gearing and what the EPA does to it to meet our specs.
 
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Yeah, these little SUV bug-mobiles are targeted to one type of customer - women. If you don't believe it, look around when you're out and about. Wifey got one. I barely fit, I'm 6 foot.

The small V8 I described would be perfect, or the Cummins ISB4.5. Instead, we get some bizarre euro-motor.
 

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One gets 40 mpg highway, one gets 25 MPG, One is $16k and one starts $29,999. Both have solid front axles. Neither are for me, but if I were a kid, I'd like to have this as an option.


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