2017 5.7 oil

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I plan on using Pennzoil 5w30 or 5w20. I'm not much on synthetic oils so I was planning on using conventional oil.
Seen some things about PUP and Redline oil (dont know what those are)
Please enlighten me.
 

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I plan on using Pennzoil 5w30 or 5w20. I'm not much on synthetic oils so I was planning on using conventional oil.
Seen some things about PUP and Redline oil (dont know what those are)
Please enlighten me.

Pup is Penzoil Ultra Platinium,a synthetic made from natural gas is my understanding,but Burla or one of the other oil guru's will know for sure.Both PUP and Redline are good oils,but I noticed my wifes 2016 Challenger was noisier running 5W-30 PUP then it is running 5W-30 Redline,so I switched it over to Redline,my truck has always been on Redline,and gets the crap beat out of it weekly on the dragstrip,with 6600 rpm shifts
 

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Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and Redline are not available off the shelf anywhere either...agree with Wild above, PUP was noisier in my 5.7 than Redline. Both 5w-30.
Basically go to the thread “Synthetic Oil” theres like 30,000 posts. Everything you ever wanted to know.
Redline’s formulation has a lot of certain goodies in it that help prolong the 5.7’s life and combat certain types of wear. Of course in combo with a good filter too.
 
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If you are concerned with warranty go with PUP 5w30, if not go with Redline 5w30. Redline got rid of my tick immediately after i switched (67k miles of dealer oil prior to) and after 1400 miles on RL the engine quieted down considerably. Pair that with the RP 20-820 filter and you have a great combo!
 

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If Virginia doesn't have cold weather running conventional oil is fine. I would go with the 5W30.

For minimal extra cost I prefer synthetic and I run 5 PUP 5W30 and 2 PUP 0W40 in mine year round. Many here run straight PUP 5W30 with great success. If your engine doesn't tick there is no reason not to use PUP. If you do have the Hemi Tick then Redline 5W30 seems to be your best chance to get rid of it. I would have no issue running Redline in mine but it is more expensive here and harder to find than PUP. I can get PUP easily and it is often on sale.
 

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its not just whether or not you have the tick. obviously if you do you want to get rid of it. but the goal is to never get it. unfortunately we dont know how long running say mopar 5w20 will start the damage. we know the hemi needs moly. so feed it early.
 

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If Virginia doesn't have cold weather running conventional oil is fine. I would go with the 5W30.

For minimal extra cost I prefer synthetic and I run 5 PUP 5W30 and 2 PUP 0W40 in mine year round. Many here run straight PUP 5W30 with great success. If your engine doesn't tick there is no reason not to use PUP. If you do have the Hemi Tick then Redline 5W30 seems to be your best chance to get rid of it. I would have no issue running Redline in mine but it is more expensive here and harder to find than PUP. I can get PUP easily and it is often on sale.

Mopac on 16th Ave carries Redline ,but you can't beat Crappy Tires price on PUP when they have it on sale,lol
 

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If you are not much for synthetics, you made the best choice for conventional oil. Pennzoil Yellow Bottle known as PYB is the only conventional oil I would run in my hemi, except one time I used walmart oil as a flush. But yeah, something else to consider of what is going on with hemi lifters and cams, and Redline has proven itself in this area more then other oils. But PYB on a short interval is a sound strategy in my opinion, I would really at a minimum consider 5w30, about 1/2 the forum has considered the issue and choose 5w30 or heavier. Slightly more then 1/2 the forum uses 5w20 or 0w20 as the book says. If by chance that ends up being your strategy, I would really say consider a shorter interval, the oil is best when newer, viscosity improvers and detergents are best in the first 3k miles, then they loose their power slowly buy surely.
 

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^^^ sorry have to chuckle on that one. Wait til you use up all your old oil before trying redline, because once you go red you wont go back.
 

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And learned my lesson..... redline is THE answer for a Hemi. Think of it as insurance.

But if i were to run a conventional it would be PYB on a 3,000 mile ( MAX) oil change interval. I may even consider a dose of Moly additive on top of that. Id be ok with MOS2 in a conventional.

In your state...Even with the 5.7 i would run 10w40 but 5w30 is an excellent choice too. Just make sure you dump it a 3,000.


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]
 
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If you are not much for synthetics, you made the best choice for conventional oil. Pennzoil Yellow Bottle known as PYB is the only conventional oil I would run in my hemi, except one time I used walmart oil as a flush. But yeah, something else to consider of what is going on with hemi lifters and cams, and Redline has proven itself in this area more then other oils. But PYB on a short interval is a sound strategy in my opinion, I would really at a minimum consider 5w30, about 1/2 the forum has considered the issue and choose 5w30 or heavier. Slightly more then 1/2 the forum uses 5w20 or 0w20 as the book says. If by chance that ends up being your strategy, I would really say consider a shorter interval, the oil is best when newer, viscosity improvers and detergents are best in the first 3k miles, then they loose their power slowly buy surely.
I change my oil between 3,000 and 5,000. That's just me. I'm a mechanic and it just makes sense. Small price to pay to keep an engine in good shape.
 
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Also, not sure what "the tick" is but when the wife and I went to leave for dinner and I started the truck, it ticked until oil pressure got up. First time I've heard that in this truck but only had a couple of days. I have no idea what ok il is in it now.
 

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yes, just contact nick at gotexhaust a vendor here, nobody sells it cheaper 364 days a year. Always make sure you order high performance and NOT proffesional series.

nothing most of us have tried can't kill ticks better then that exact product, redline 5w30. report if it works OR not in synthetic oil thread.
 
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