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No, I bought the truck and ran it to 7200 miles with the oil that it came off the lot with, 10% on the oil life indicator, changed the oil at 7200 miles. 1st oil change, went with Amsoil. The 2nd oil change occurred at 21400 with 15% oil life on the indicator. 14,200 miles on the Amsoil.
The oil analysis cost is $30 ad $10 for the TBN result. Wasn't trying to get high mileage out of the oil. I wanted to see what the wear results are.
This may be a dumb question, but for my 2016 2500 6.4L HD (80K miles, no mechanical or transmission issues) I can buy 7 quarts of Mobil One + a high mileage filter online for $45 and it takes 20 min to drain the oil and change the filter in my driveway. I go to approx 7k between oil changes. For $45 per full synthetic oil change, what is the point of stretching oil changes out to 15k+ miles in between...?
I dunno....
Just my opinion, but 14,000 miles on one oil change is too risky for me. But with high Dollar Amsoil oil products you have to go that far to be able to use the products.
Amsoil as far as I am concerned is a Pyramid kinda of set up. If your happy and you engine holds together try 20,000 miles. Maybe they will give you some reward. It all reminds me of "SLICK 50" from decades ago. This just is not the way I would ever go. Good luck.
Your opinion is yours...I was posting what it shows with the wear results. Have a great day.
I do it once in a while to feel better about buying new,and breaking in a new engine properly.
Next time you're in Edmonton or Calgary stop by JB's and stock up on Redline and Royal Purple filters Ian,they're Amazon's Canuck supplier and it's cheaper to buy from them,then to go through Amazon.caAnd those peoples opinion on oil is irrelevant.
You do realize a 1Gal jug of RL in B******K nowhere Alberta is 90$ + Freight . and the RP Filters I need to get off Amazon.com and shipped up here.
But thanks for posting a US link for oil .The funniest part of that is this
65.62 US is 90.01 Canadian
Whats funny is that you think the frequency of the oil changes matters vs better oil and filters and extended changes. Quality oils will have better used oil ratings at 10k than the cheap stuff at 3k and thus the cheap stuff lubricates less.
You are funny too! I’ve used amsoil for at least 20 years and always the best filters.Cannot abide with all these priv torture tests when the same data has always been available. Start talking about break in procedures and heat cycles ect. and I’ll be a fanboy maybe.
Do you have ANY IDEA how hard it was , for me, to stretch oil changes out to 5K miles?5K oil changes are the joke.
Ive seen my old man go 30k on his rig. And the UOA was still good... lol... Yeah I know the capacity's aren't even close but its still shows how long good oil can last.
