Blackstone - used oil analysis

[KKBB]

With the price of trucks, it better be at least a 500k-er.

Haha. No doubt. The cost of vehicles, and pretty much everything has gotten insane. I had traded my stuff probably on average every couple years. I am at almost 3 years now on my current truck and plan on keeping it for quite a while because I refuse to pay the prices they think these things are worth.

 

[Oiliver]

Haha. No doubt. The cost of vehicles, and pretty much everything has gotten insane. I had traded my stuff probably on average every couple years. I am at almost 3 years now on my current truck and plan on keeping it for quite a while because I refuse to pay the prices they think these things are worth.

It's become very difficult to afford anything decent anymore, might as well hang on to what we have for a little while longer.

 

[Burla]

It's become very difficult to afford anything decent anymore, might as well hang on to what we have for a little while longer.

yup, lets all make our vehicles outlive us. Plus new stuff isnt as good, double the stupid stuff that if it breaks you are stranded.

 

[Marshalljud]

If you guys go back a page or two and check out my UOA once again do you think it’d be worth a shot to try Lubegard? I just put an order in.

 

[Burla]

Personally, I would go up to 5w30 first maybe even same oil, looks great. 300ppm moly is pretty stout, if you are getting any tick then I would, if not in your case if the oil indeed has 300ppm moly, I'd save the 15 bucks.

 

[danielmid]

Personally, I would go up to 5w30 first maybe even same oil, looks great. 300ppm moly is pretty stout, if you are getting any tick then I would, if not in your case if the oil indeed has 300ppm moly, I'd save the 15 bucks.

To add to this, I would probably follow their advice and run a 5k check next time. I would keep an eye on the TBN to make sure it didn't fall too quickly. Then start stretching out from there to 7 or 8 as long as everything still looks good and then check again.

 

[Marmay]

Today I change the oil and add the lubegard biotech, for the first time,since I have this treatment since February,hoping it gonna help , for the winter months.

 

[HEMIMANN]

I'm not a fan of stretching oil on Hemi engines - not out of concern of oil depletion, but from blowby contaminants slowing oil flow in low flow oil passages - such as from heads to lifter needle bearings, also small orifices like MDS solenoids and VVT cam phasers.

This is not the engine to see how long the OIL itself lasts in. New engine is $9,000 or so, rebuilt is $4,500.

 

[BLUKTY2]

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Couldn't agree more. Oil is cheap. Engine parts, not so much.

 

[HEMIMANN]

Well, Red Line is hardly cheap, esp. for those on tight budgets, especially those that put miles on their truck more than others. But one should not be stretching oil drains on a problematic engine, is the point.

There are alternatives to Red Line, discussed throughout this thread.