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How many miles do you get on a Red Line oil change 5w30 on a 5.7 ?
 

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Every engine is different, also freeway versus city driving, you need a lab report. We have had low tbn at 5k miles and in that report posted he could go past 19k miles. What do you think is reasonable for you? If you want to push it, get a lab report at 10k miles, add bgmoa 1/2 through the interval and use a synthetic filter for sure. See blackstone thread. Look for redline reports with tbn, note miles.
 

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I run Redline 5w30 and a Mobil1 filter. I tow a bassboat and a camper a lot during the Spring, Summer, and Fall. My Blackstone Labs oil analysis looked great last year. Virtually no signs of wear and the oil itself was still in great shape after 6000 miles. In the comments they wrote that I should try for 9000 miles before my next change.
 

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Every engine is different, also freeway versus city driving, you need a lab report. We have had low tbn at 5k miles and in that report posted he could go past 19k miles. What do you think is reasonable for you? If you want to push it, get a lab report at 10k miles, add bgmoa 1/2 through the interval and use a synthetic filter for sure. See blackstone thread. Look for redline reports with tbn, note miles.
WTH?
I thought Lubeguard was what replaced Liquimoly, now you're saying use BGMOA?

Pick one and tell me.
 

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I change @ 5,000 miles regardless of UOA test results. Why? Minimize oil contaminants plugging small hydraulic system orifices in the drama queen Hemi engine that can't take any reduction in oil flow.

This is another minimizing strategy of having a disabling (& expensive) lifter and cam failure.
 

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I replace my oil once a year. My truck sits most times since I have a company work vehicle. May get 5-6000 miles a year on my truck. When I daily drive they said I could go 10,000 easy and should try for 12,000 but I don’t feel comfortable doing that. Plus that’s with PUP not redline. I saw a very minimal difference with redline. I also added lubeguard halfway through this year just to see if it did anything for me.
 

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PUP + Lubegard is making more sense to me with Red Line prices skyrocketing recently.

Or maybe Amsoil, since they added more MoDTC recently.
 

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WTH?
I thought Lubeguard was what replaced Liquimoly, now you're saying use BGMOA?

Pick one and tell me.
bgmoa is a tbn booster if you want a long interval, lubegard safely boost moly so you don't get the downside of powdered moly mos2. The OP brought up interval, thus a tbn booster enters the discusion. It is also a redline thread, lubegard wont be a move here as redline is already stacked in redline.

TBN is CA/MAG, it denatures in use eventhough uoa's read it. So as stated, if you add it 1/2 through the interval you are adding fresh un-denatued if that is a word, tbn. It is insurance against acid buildup for guys pushing your interval before you get a report on it. The other way is to do multiple uoa's and slowly find the interval set by the lab. each engine is different.
 

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I did oil changes every 7k miles with RL 5-30

At around 115k miles, the oil change shop lied and did not change my oil. 2k miles later, I get all sorts of low oil pressure CELs, different mechanic tells me that to fix the issue, all he did was to change oil and filter (also RL 5-30 and royal purple filter), and that oil that he changed looked very black, and it wasn't changed 2k miles ago as I told him...

7k miles later I got a bad lifter knock (time to replace lifters and cam)

So learn from my experience, change your oil every 5k miles, and don't be cheap on it, as it may help you avoid lifter cam issue...
 

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I change @ 5,000 miles regardless of UOA test results. Why? Minimize oil contaminants plugging small hydraulic system orifices in the drama queen Hemi engine that can't take any reduction in oil flow.

This is another minimizing strategy of having a disabling (& expensive) lifter and cam failure.
Exactly.
 

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Once a year for me. Only put on 2K-3K miles a year, and is stored Winters. 5w30 Redline and RP 20-820 oil filter. Engine has 160K miles, and runs strong and quiet. Bought the truck in 2018 with 150K miles on it, and unfortunately, had to replace the transmission almost immediately. The rear end had already been replaced. Fortunately, the truck is beautiful inside and out (still looks almost new), the engine is strong, and I love the truck!
 
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I did oil changes every 7k miles with RL 5-30

At around 115k miles, the oil change shop lied and did not change my oil. 2k miles later, I get all sorts of low oil pressure CELs, different mechanic tells me that to fix the issue, all he did was to change oil and filter (also RL 5-30 and royal purple filter), and that oil that he changed looked very black, and it wasn't changed 2k miles ago as I told him...

7k miles later I got a bad lifter knock (time to replace lifters and cam)

So learn from my experience, change your oil every 5k miles, and don't be cheap on it, as it may help you avoid lifter cam issue...
To be fair my friend, you were having cam/lifter issues before even trying redline correct? The point I am making, using this case to argue on the side of a short interval has an engine that was suspect may not be how we should judge engine oil life. Not saying 5k miles is a bad interval at all, if you can afford 100 bucks every 5k miles I would agree 100%. And every engine is different, if your engine is indeed black as in black at 5k miles, again I agree with kap. However, I'd rather have the protection of redline and a rp filter at 10k miles then fresh low additive group 3 gf-6 oil. Especially if the lab says so, the best way to judge an interval get the oil analyzed. The EP/AW additives in redline and in any oil, but especially redline get better with age not worse, fact. Now, the main worry is acid buildup, as that will attack the moly plate. And to be fair, we have seen uoa's such at Kyles show low tbn with redline at 4700 miles, but then we also have uoa's showing go past 19k miles is just fine, both scenarios proved with uoa's. Every engine is different, 5k miles is the safe move, but if you have hemi tick and want to push that out safely most likely the lab will agree. Now this is with the popular viscosites such as 5w20/5w30, if you start getting exotic like 0w40 redline, the info changes for the worse because then you do need to worry about shear which you general don't with those other weights.
 

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Every engine is different, also freeway versus city driving, you need a lab report. We have had low tbn at 5k miles and in that report posted he could go past 19k miles. What do you think is reasonable for you? If you want to push it, get a lab report at 10k miles, add bgmoa 1/2 through the interval and use a synthetic filter for sure. See blackstone thread. Look for redline reports with tbn, note miles.
Truth.
 

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I change every 5000 to 6000 miles. I went over a little this time due to having trouble getting the oil, which caused a little worrying for me. I just feel better doing it that way.
 

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I think how the miles are put on are just as important as the oil used and the actual mileage itself. Lots of highway mileage as a commuter, I'd have no trouble doing 9000+ miles on Redline. Lots of towing, 5000 to 7000 max. Mainly shorty city driving over the course of a year, change once a year regardless of mileage etc.

For me this works out to about 7000 to 8000 miles, once in spring and once in the fall. And I do the blackstone reports everytime partly because I want that confirmation of low wear, and partly just because I like reading them in a nerdy sort of way.
 

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I haven't really put that much thought into it. I have ran Redline 530 since the first oil change when new. I usually just go by the light which hits about 8k usually. Just bought some of that BG Moa from early recommendation. Never heard of it until now
 
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Update on that BG Moa. Could be in my head but my truck sounds way smoother since I put it in. Not that it sounded rough before but trucks always been a bit noisy on acceleration. Sounds really smooth right now.
 
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