Originally Posted by SubieRubyRoo
Wow, that's a salty OCI! You really did take the "no expense spared" thing to heart on your new truck, nice choices. Are you going to extend the intervals, or stick to OLM? I think it will be interesting to see your results either way!
Actually, not really that SALTY. The RLI was purchased on Amazon for $24.24/gallon. So with a 6 quart sump, that's $36 for oil. BTW, I got 8 gallons (all they had) at that price. It's now listed at $68/gallon on Amazon.
The Royal Purple filter I got from Summit Racing for $12. Plus, I plan on getting at least 2 OCI's out of these filters.
And the 16oz bottle of Archoil was $40, I used 1/3 of it, so that was $13
So for a REALLY nice oil change, I have $61 in it. Not that bad really. Considering I could have bought a decent oil from Walmart for $35 (M1, Pennzoil, Valvoline, etc.), and a $9 Fram Ultra for a total of $44. For me, that extra $17 is worth the "excitement".
As far as intervals go....I'm not sure. I know the Archoil gives a big TBN boost, so I'm sure that I have plenty of "room" to extend it. The OLM gets down to around 10% at 5k miles...which is a little disappointing. But maybe it's assuming that I'm actually using this 1-ton truck in Heavy/Severe Duty situations. That's NOT the case. I drive it around town: Go to work (I'm a Chemist) and go to the grocery store.
