BigChick
Junior Member
i'm brand new so bear with me. i've got a few questions but i'll take them one at a time.
i have a 2015 ram 3500 with the cummins 6.7L and dual rear wheels. it is 5/12 years old and has 81,000 miles on it. so that is around 14K to 15K miles per year. i use it as my daily vehicle but we also tow a large, heavy 5th wheel several times per year which is probably 3K miles towing.
i have the oil and filter changed every 7,500 miles. i have been using a local auto shop do perform this service but their price just keeps climbing. last time i had it done i watched and they put in a non-name brand oil and filter.
so i am tired of paying them ever increasing amounts and not getting top of the line oil and filters. so after watching several you tube videos i'm going to do the next oil change myself.
i plan on using regular dino oil, not synthetic. it does get down below freezing into the twenties around here during the winter nights but not any colder. it will warm up during the days. i'll use rotella or delvac, what ever the local auto parts store has on sale. from all i have read this should be ok.
i will use a standard fleetguard oil filter. i know they make an enhanced filter called the stratopore but i have read that the stratopore is only recommended for synthetic oil. my understanding is that the fleetguard and the mopar filters are identical.
so those are my plans. do you see anything wrong with them or would you change anything?
thanks!
i have a 2015 ram 3500 with the cummins 6.7L and dual rear wheels. it is 5/12 years old and has 81,000 miles on it. so that is around 14K to 15K miles per year. i use it as my daily vehicle but we also tow a large, heavy 5th wheel several times per year which is probably 3K miles towing.
i have the oil and filter changed every 7,500 miles. i have been using a local auto shop do perform this service but their price just keeps climbing. last time i had it done i watched and they put in a non-name brand oil and filter.
so i am tired of paying them ever increasing amounts and not getting top of the line oil and filters. so after watching several you tube videos i'm going to do the next oil change myself.
i plan on using regular dino oil, not synthetic. it does get down below freezing into the twenties around here during the winter nights but not any colder. it will warm up during the days. i'll use rotella or delvac, what ever the local auto parts store has on sale. from all i have read this should be ok.
i will use a standard fleetguard oil filter. i know they make an enhanced filter called the stratopore but i have read that the stratopore is only recommended for synthetic oil. my understanding is that the fleetguard and the mopar filters are identical.
so those are my plans. do you see anything wrong with them or would you change anything?
thanks!