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A used oil analysis, and a card is something you hold back until and if it is needed. HP oil is high performance oil, in redline's case it is pao and ester base fluid along with heavy aw/ep additives, which are Anti Wear and Extreme Pressure additives. So it isnt like hype or fodder, in this case when they say HP oil it is indeed going to perform in the extremes much better then group 3 oil. If you look at the chart redline's base oils are line 2 and 5, and line one is what you buy off the shelf.
So what we now know thanks to the forum and over 100 trucks here with hemi tick, those features in redline's formula are killing ticks at a high rate, which by itself is a small miracle. Read this thread for m ore info if you havent yet. In my opinion their are a certain number of rams that absolutely need this type of oil, fca agrees their hemi specific oil was super high EP additives and about equal to viscosity as redline 5w30. However, there are a bunch of rams that just don't need this stuff and since the price has exploded, why not stay with what is working, maybe get a uoa see where you are at. If you truck starts knocking, you know what to do at that point, redline 5w30 and a rp 20-820, if that doesnt quiet it likely nothing will.
So what we now know thanks to the forum and over 100 trucks here with hemi tick, those features in redline's formula are killing ticks at a high rate, which by itself is a small miracle. Read this thread for m ore info if you havent yet. In my opinion their are a certain number of rams that absolutely need this type of oil, fca agrees their hemi specific oil was super high EP additives and about equal to viscosity as redline 5w30. However, there are a bunch of rams that just don't need this stuff and since the price has exploded, why not stay with what is working, maybe get a uoa see where you are at. If you truck starts knocking, you know what to do at that point, redline 5w30 and a rp 20-820, if that doesnt quiet it likely nothing will.