Hello fellow BITOG-ers!
Picked up a RAM with the 5.7: Hemi a few weeks ago. Only has 450 miles on it right now but I started Googling around for recommended oils and fell onto the massive Synth Oil thread on ram forum, along with a thread here about "Hemi tick".
My engine is not ticking (at least not yet), and Id like to keep it that way. I plan on draining the factory fill around 1K miles because I didnt want to go through the winter on it (sometimes nasty up here in Connecticut)
Chrysler specs 5W-20 which Ive heard might be a little thin. I tend to agree, but starting a search for 5W-30 opens up an even larger can of confusion.
My daily drive isnt very long at all (3 miles each way, but I can go "the long way" and make it 6 miles each way) and 80-90% of the mileage on the truck would be city.
If it were YOUR Hemi, what oil would YOU use?
Thanks in advance.
-Chris
Picked up a RAM with the 5.7: Hemi a few weeks ago. Only has 450 miles on it right now but I started Googling around for recommended oils and fell onto the massive Synth Oil thread on ram forum, along with a thread here about "Hemi tick".
My engine is not ticking (at least not yet), and Id like to keep it that way. I plan on draining the factory fill around 1K miles because I didnt want to go through the winter on it (sometimes nasty up here in Connecticut)
Chrysler specs 5W-20 which Ive heard might be a little thin. I tend to agree, but starting a search for 5W-30 opens up an even larger can of confusion.
My daily drive isnt very long at all (3 miles each way, but I can go "the long way" and make it 6 miles each way) and 80-90% of the mileage on the truck would be city.
If it were YOUR Hemi, what oil would YOU use?
Thanks in advance.
-Chris