my truck is a dodge durango 5.9 v8 4x4 and it has about 90 thousand + miles and want to know what is the best oil i can put into it. i put penzoil in it now and want to know if thats ok?
thanks for your imput!
2007-05-10 02:51:05 · 9 answers · asked by rgsiguana 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Dodge
the oil is fine. but never use high mileage oil as its only for engines with oil seal leaks and is made to swell your gaskets and once you run high mileage oil you have to keep running it or your seals will shrink back down and cause an oil leak.
many peopel will bash penzoil but its a good oil anda guy that ran 1 million miles on an engine and had all oil changes done with penz at their oil shops. they bought the guy a new truck and when they tore down the engine it was spotless and perfect. so yes its a good oil and so is GTX. play around with some of the oils and see which your engine likes the best. I know it sounds strange but different engines liek different types of oils. my 4.7 dakota likes castrol syntec 0w-30. my engines is smooth as glass at cruising speeds unlike when I ran M-1 5w-30 it ran like crap.
so if your happy with penz then I say stick with it and FYI WIX oil filters are very good to as is hastings and baldwins (SP check on those 2 lol.) also FYI a napa gold oil filter is a WIX oil filter only difference is the label on the outside lol. and it saves you a few bucks too lol.
just say no to FRAM the orange can of death lol.
2007-05-10 14:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jecht 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change it regular and change it often and problems don't seem to develope.
Penz and QS are not favorites of mine. Neither was ARCO back in the day.
Havoline, Valvoline, Mobil, Phillips 66, Amoco, Castrol are all just fine and should give you no worries.
High Mileage Oils are a freakin rip off of unwary consumers!
90 K miles??? You missed the boat on synthetics. Start from new or don't bother. To gosh darn expensive and you still have to change the filter all the darn time any way!
If you have run penz the life of the vehicle, well why would you switch???? A little late to be worrying isn't it?????
ASE Cert Tech(engine builder) 95 Neon=Castrol, 96 T & C=Valvoline
2007-05-10 11:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pop the hood of a brand new Dodge Viper some time.
They recommend Mobil 1 for those. That has fixed problems in some dodge gas engines. A cheaper alternative is Kendall semi-blend. I've ran 100,000 on Kendal in a Neon, and had no problems. Amsoil is always a win-win situation. and I must have a diesel.
For your oil filter. FLEETGUARD. This filter is un-beatable. Whatever you oil choose, make sure you filter is a fleetguard.
2007-05-10 12:04:55 · answer #3 · answered by phily911diesel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several years ago Consumer Reports decided to test auto oils for performance. They made an arrangement with a large New York City taxi company which was operating numerous Chevrolet Caprices with a V-6 engine, to insure an equal benchmark. Each engine was torn down and carefully rebuilt to factory specifications, and then assorted engine oils were run in the taxis for varying mileage periods.
No oil fared better than any other, and they also discovered that, in spite of the severe usage placed upon these taxis, engines showed no signs of abnormal wear until the oil change period was extended beyond 7,500 miles. Needless to say, the engines were torn down for examination to obtain the results.
Since that report came out, I have run whatever oil is available, as long as it meets the required specification designation for the engine. Zero problems, even though I extended my oil change frame to about 5,000 miles.
Take it for what it's worth.
2007-05-10 05:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by acermill 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Valvoline 75,000+ oil is a very good oil, or any synthetic oil. I use a oil made by Mobil that is actually used in diesel trucks it comes in one gallon containers. This oil is good for high mileage and long trips you can buy it at any truck stop and most auto parts. Forgive me for not knowing the name but I know it is right next to the Rotella on the shelf. But keeping your oil changed will keep your engine healthy for many more miles.
2007-05-10 05:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have had excellent experience with pennzoil and quaker state oil. i dismantled an engine with 100 thousand miles after using pennzoil. it was CLEAN. my engine. however, most oil is good if it is a brand name. never used synthetic. never wanted to.
2007-05-10 03:04:31 · answer #6 · answered by oldtimer 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Stick with what your using - after 100K you might want to consider a high mileage oil.
2007-05-10 03:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally like Castrol GTX.
2007-05-10 02:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by Sam G 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
are you useing conventional oil or synthetic ? synthetic is a better oil
2007-05-10 02:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by wonderboy n 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋