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Best part was he was using his brother-n-laws oil to fill up his truck,so he was in a big panic to get the mess cleaned up before he got back,while we sat there drinking his beer and laughing,lol
Well don't worry,you're not the first guy i seen do that,lol. Years ago i was working with a guy,and he was doing an oil change on his smallblock chevy and didn't realize he hadn't put the drain plug in,till he slipped on the oil on the concrete and fell on his ass,it was funny as hell though,lol
You can get 5W-20 or 5W-30 Redline in Calgary at Mopac on 16th ave,they also carry Royal Purple filters
I wish you would have asked before dumping lucas in there, lubegard biotech would have been a better choice. At this point, you should dump it. If you read my oil filter thread, you can see spun microglass filters can out last any oil. So in your case it would be appropriate to do an extended interval, I have done a one and two year interval with used oil analysis's, "uoa". Even at 2 years and 10k miles, my tbn was over 3,0, meaning I could have gone longer, tbn is the main thing you use to set a long interval. I cut my oil filters open x3, royal purple like new at 12 mos, 14 mos, and 2 years, it will outlast any oil imo.
This was super helpful thank you, I was going back and forth on Lucas and even went as far as to contact them about putting it in. They told me to use the low viscosity stabilizer but I couldn’t find a place around that had that. My mother’s husband is an old farmer from Saskatchewan up here, he’s had numerous fords and chev’s not sure about modern Hemi’s though and he runs a gallon of Lucas HD oil stabilizer and tops off with convention 15w40. I can’t see that working for me and I see me at the gas station a lot more or unable to start my truck in -40 we get up here sometimes. I don’t think I’ve run the truck past the 10k kms mark but I have gone longer than 6 months between changes. Do you just get UOA’s done at the dealership? I’ve never thought of doing that, I did call them and it’s about $150/hr to diagnose the problem with the truck. Debating if I really need it as everything I’ve read and listen too on YouTube leads me to a hemi tick problem, only unknown is if the mechanic I used botched the manifold gasket and maybe it’s still leaking. He was the one suggested I get the dealership to diagnose it to confirm if it’s the hemi tick or if the manifold is still leaking. I found this strange as that’s usually why you have a mechanic for, I don’t have a computer code reading tool or knowledge to understand that. Could you clarify a couple acronyms I wasn’t familiar with in your post, (tbn), (bgmoa). I will do a video of the tick and get it on here for you to hear, I think I will follow what you guys suggest and try the redline 5w30 and the rp filter. I’m curious if you guys just buy 2 5liter jugs of the stuff or 1 5 L jug and 2 1liters at a time. How often should I change this to try to get the tick under control? I’m capable of changing the oil, it was just more convenient to have it done at a shop as I don’t have a garage and next to impossible to change in winter unless I get a warning winter day. Thanks again!
Thanks for this I will try there, didn’t know about this place, super helpful!
uoa's at a lab like blackstone, I'm sure they have one up there but I think you can get it done here as well.
That's one of the local speed shops in town,the others JB's up off Mcknight ,they also carry Redline and Royal Purple,but their selection of Redline oil and Royal Purple filters isn't quite as good. Not sure what part of Calgary you're in,but one of the better dealers around for service etc., is the little Dealer up in Olds.They're far enough out of the city,and in a farming community,to want repeat customers.They've done me a couple favours over the last several years,by looking sideways at some of the things i've done,lol.
