New from Louisiana

[Joebear]

Hey everyone, I’m a month into my 2023 1500 Classic Hemi 4x4 with 3.92 gears. Tradesman trim, carpet floors, cloth seats (I added Rough Country seat covers). It’s essentially the SLT trim.

So far absolutely love it. Got it used with 73k miles, it had consistent oil changes (Average ~6,500 OCIs) and no issues on the carfax other than replacing one of the hub bearings.

One thing I didn’t realize when I bought it was the high idle hours. ~1000 idle vs 1300 run. No ticks. I commute 130 miles a day with 120 of those on the interstate, and am already running about 25:1 run to idle.

I drive about 2,500 miles a month and I plan on doing 7,500 mile OCIs. Essentially once a quarter. Plan on using Mobil1 Advanced Full Synthetic 5w-20 with STP XL filter. Considering Valvoline R&P for a couple changes to clean out anything potential build up from all the idle hours (if that’s a thing?), thoughts?

I came over from Ford and at the price range and year range I was looking at the F-150s were about $3-5000 more expensive and so many recalls…also, the 10 speed. I had a 2014 F150 with the NA V6 which was an awesome truck. Sold it when I started the long commutes about 2.5 years ago but couldn’t take being in a commuter car anymore.

I’ve learned a ton from this forum so far. It’s great.

 

[turkeybird56]

Lot of idle hours. Drop your OCI to every 5K. Use quality synthetic oil/filters. As far as oil, well there are a lot of threads on choices. U may/may not be able to get the larger filter in there, being a classic, you may be able to. Oil filters, well with FRAM going bankrupt, choices are getting sparse. Check out the OIL/FILTER threads in forum. Think about adding Lubeguard Biotech on oil changes.

Valvoline R & P: Not know, there are articles that would take research. Hopefully you got the maintenance records on the truck.

ADDED: Think about front/rear diff/transfer case fluid changes, and maybe trans by 100K.

All above IMHO only.

 

[Joebear]

I’ve checked t-case and rear differential fluids and they look ok. Planning on trans at end of the year. It’ll have about 90k by then. I’ll probably just do t-case and diff oils then too.i also pulled the PCV valve and it’s clean as a whistle.

I found this maintenance program, seems to lineup with what I’ve read on the forums.

Maintaining Your Dodge HEMI Engine: Tips from the Experts | Dayton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

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