Blackstone - used oil analysis

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Sadly few oils cert the fca spec, if you look at the poll of what ram forum uses pennzoil is the most popular and is likely one of the if not the best choice for the hemi. Might want to consider PUP as well, but PP would keep your warranty worries away, keep receipts and log into in a book. PUP is cheap in the amazon, I buy it regularly for around 20 bucks a 5 liter jig, when it's on sale as in several times a year, I just stock up. It's only 25 bucks right now, plenty worth that. 5 dollars a qrt for PUP, worth it x2.

Thanks for the reply. Do they carry PP or PUP at the dealer?
 

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Ask the dealer, everyone is different. Most likely your dealer will have pennzoils, they have a relationship with fca.
 

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I've had good wear numbers with PP 5w-20. Many here run 5w-30 oils with great results too! Don't skimp on the filter either. I personally have had good results with Wix XP but the front runner here is the Royal Purple filter. At any rate, dig through some of the oil posts here....there's certainly no shortage of reading material!
 

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I've had good wear numbers with PP 5w-20. Many here run 5w-30 oils with great results too! Don't skimp on the filter either. I personally have had good results with Wix XP but the front runner here is the Royal Purple filter. At any rate, dig through some of the oil posts here....there's certainly no shortage of reading material!
Thanks for the info. Appreciate it. I seen K&N filters at Walmart. They looked heavy duty.
 

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Here's my most recent. Another good showing for PP 5W20. I'm sticking with 6-7k miles per change.

Went with 5qts of PUP 5w30 and 2qts PP 5w20 this time. Used up some old stock is the reason for mixing.
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Attached you will see the history of my 2012 Cummins. I did switch from Shell T6 Full Synthetic a couple years ago and now strictly use Valvoline 5W-40 Premium Blue Extreme Full Synthetic.

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Ask the dealer, everyone is different. Most likely your dealer will have pennzoils, they have a relationship with fca.

How much does this cost to have your samples tested from Blackstone?
 

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2016 Ram 1500 3.6 V6 test came in today. I switched from Mobile 1 full synthetic to Walmart Super Tech Full Synthetic. 2nd oil change so this is 100% Walmart Super Tech. Since the 3.6 V6 has the easy swap cartridge filter on top of the motor and I usually run UP TO 10,000 miles OR 6 months, whichever comes first... and change the filter at 5000 miles. Since I swap the filter at 5000 miles, the oil cleans up a lot with just the filter change. Blackstone says 9500 miles or possibly more.
 

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2016 Ram 1500 3.6 V6 test came in today. I switched from Mobile 1 full synthetic to Walmart Super Tech Full Synthetic. 2nd oil change so this is 100% Walmart Super Tech. Since the 3.6 V6 has the easy swap cartridge filter on top of the motor and I usually run UP TO 10,000 miles OR 6 months, whichever comes first... and change the filter at 5000 miles. Since I swap the filter at 5000 miles, the oil cleans up a lot with just the filter change. Blackstone says 9500 miles or possibly more.

Looks outstanding, how many miles on truck? I wouldn't change a thing. Blackstone says it's ok to go to one tbn, but other paper out there suggests that changing it at 2tbn is a safer interval. I'd say what you have going on is perfect.
 

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Looks outstanding, how many miles on truck? I wouldn't change a thing. Blackstone says it's ok to go to one tbn, but other paper out there suggests that changing it at 2tbn is a safer interval. I'd say what you have going on is perfect.

A little over 61000 miles now. I did use Mobile 1 but I kept seeing things online about Walmarts Super Tech full synthetic so I thought I would see for myself. $20 for oil and $18 for 2 oil filters and it holds up as well or better than Mobile 1... OH YEAH! I think the oil filter swap at 5k really helps.
 

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Sold the truck last weekend, but here's the last results.

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That may be the best uoa on a near 10k mile interval hemi I have seen. PUP continues to be the top oil for uoa's. Wear just keeps coming down.
 

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That may be the best uoa on a near 10k mile interval hemi I have seen. PUP continues to be the top oil for uoa's. Wear just keeps coming down.

Is it miles or kilometers? In the top right it says 9144 km, but I can't tell on the chart if it's miles or kilometers? Even in kilometers, that's almost 6000 miles.
 

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Still excellent wear numbers, even at 6k miles.

Just look at this thread, the average is likely double those numbers for those miles.
 

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Still excellent wear numbers, even at 6k miles.

Just look at this thread, the average is likely double those numbers for those miles.

My numbers are similar at 6k intervals using PP 5w-20. I think how the truck is used is important to note. With mine, I do very little towing but a decent amount of hauling (approx 500 lbs) a few times a month. Most of the time my truck is doing short trip city drives (less than 3 miles per trip).
 
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