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nice, 2 quarts makeup oil as well. Those wear numbers are so low for a hemi, and it looks like 0w20 redline has less molybdenum.
I would say that looks pretty darn good!!Got this truck in February and this is my first UOA with Valvoline Entended Protection 5w-20. Don’t mind the nameAny thoughts would be appreciated!
The oil itself looks very good, that product has made huge improvements over past formulas. With your tbn I maybe am a little surprised it is as 3.2 for a 3400 mile run. It kinda looks like a 5 maybe 6k mile oil, most synthetics seam to be about a 10k mile interval, and that has to do with protection against acid buildup. It would be helpful to see a voa to see where their tbn starts at. I would say if this is a new engine those wear numbers are so good it is hard to believe, but if that engine is older just new to you, the numbers still look real good. That copper is so low makes me question if that is a hemi, lol. That's a good thing. The only knock I see is if you stay with this oil and not much reason not to, don't push out the interval to much farther. Like blackstone said, try 5k miles next time. That oil is treating you well.Got this truck in February and this is my first UOA with Valvoline Entended Protection 5w-20. Don’t mind the name
Yeah, I would say short trips is the entire reason for the lower then expected tbn at those low miles. That is very hard on oil and engine itself, especially emissions systems. So yeah, stay on short interval due to short trips. As long as you don't tow heavy, that thin oil may be beneficial for short trips as well.Thanks guys! Lots of short trips back and forth to work and the occasional 100-150 round trip drive on the weekend for fishing. Not sure if that could affect my not so great iron number or the TBN. I’ll go to 5k this time. This is also the second oil change on the truck. the first one I had a Mobil 1 filter and now im using the RP 20-500
No towing for me! I plan on trying the lubrication strategy sooner or later but I have no issues currently besides what I think is just noisy injectors. I live in Upper Michigan so it gets quite cold. You still think 5w-30 would be the best option? Potential for -30 degree Fahrenheit or even less
0w30.
Where in da up are ya
Reading the forum my understanding was that more Moly is always better for an engine because it reduces friction and quenches LSPI. Now I'm confused. Can you please clarify?
Escanaba area my guy!
Ahh im up here in houghton. Winters here
That's like the best hemi on the board, the best I remember seeing. I might get off that mos2, long term you will have a bunch of that in powder form all over the place. And your reports are so good I doubt it is benefiting you.
