Help With Fluids!
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Help With Fluids!
So plenum and tune up has been done since Nov and everything has been great. I just did my K&N CAI and that's awesome. Gonna be doing the second oil change but I'm going to Sea-Foam it before I change the oil.
I also want to change my fluids. I've had the truck for 2 years now and haven't changed them yet. I don't know what the previous owner did or didn't do. Figured it's probably a good idea to change them since it's an 01 with 114,000 miles. I wanna knock out all of them at once - engine oil and filter change, transmission oil and filter change, transfer case oil change, and front and rear diff oil change. I'm running one of the longer PH8 filters now and it's been pretty good so I'm going to run another one.
I thinking about running Royal Purple synthetic's in everything. I've herd alot of good about Royal Purple and how it helps with less friction and all that good stuff. Only downside it's a lil higher priced.
My questions are where is the best spot to put the Sea-Foam and does running 93 during the Sea-Foam process help out more.
Also what are your thoughts on changing all these fluids and also using Royal Purple.
Andddddd after all thats done I'm doing a full custom exhaust system, Rancho 5000s, and front u-joints.
I also want to change my fluids. I've had the truck for 2 years now and haven't changed them yet. I don't know what the previous owner did or didn't do. Figured it's probably a good idea to change them since it's an 01 with 114,000 miles. I wanna knock out all of them at once - engine oil and filter change, transmission oil and filter change, transfer case oil change, and front and rear diff oil change. I'm running one of the longer PH8 filters now and it's been pretty good so I'm going to run another one.
I thinking about running Royal Purple synthetic's in everything. I've herd alot of good about Royal Purple and how it helps with less friction and all that good stuff. Only downside it's a lil higher priced.
My questions are where is the best spot to put the Sea-Foam and does running 93 during the Sea-Foam process help out more.
Also what are your thoughts on changing all these fluids and also using Royal Purple.
Andddddd after all thats done I'm doing a full custom exhaust system, Rancho 5000s, and front u-joints.
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So plenum and tune up has been done since Nov and everything has been great. I just did my K&N CAI and that's awesome. Gonna be doing the second oil change but I'm going to Sea-Foam it before I change the oil.
I also want to change my fluids. I've had the truck for 2 years now and haven't changed them yet. I don't know what the previous owner did or didn't do. Figured it's probably a good idea to change them since it's an 01 with 114,000 miles. I wanna knock out all of them at once - engine oil and filter change, transmission oil and filter change, transfer case oil change, and front and rear diff oil change. I'm running one of the longer PH8 filters now and it's been pretty good so I'm going to run another one.
I thinking about running Royal Purple synthetic's in everything. I've herd alot of good about Royal Purple and how it helps with less friction and all that good stuff. Only downside it's a lil higher priced.
My questions are where is the best spot to put the Sea-Foam and does running 93 during the Sea-Foam process help out more.
Also what are your thoughts on changing all these fluids and also using Royal Purple.
Andddddd after all thats done I'm doing a full custom exhaust system, Rancho 5000s, and front u-joints.
I also want to change my fluids. I've had the truck for 2 years now and haven't changed them yet. I don't know what the previous owner did or didn't do. Figured it's probably a good idea to change them since it's an 01 with 114,000 miles. I wanna knock out all of them at once - engine oil and filter change, transmission oil and filter change, transfer case oil change, and front and rear diff oil change. I'm running one of the longer PH8 filters now and it's been pretty good so I'm going to run another one.
I thinking about running Royal Purple synthetic's in everything. I've herd alot of good about Royal Purple and how it helps with less friction and all that good stuff. Only downside it's a lil higher priced.
My questions are where is the best spot to put the Sea-Foam and does running 93 during the Sea-Foam process help out more.
Also what are your thoughts on changing all these fluids and also using Royal Purple.
Andddddd after all thats done I'm doing a full custom exhaust system, Rancho 5000s, and front u-joints.
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Some people have reported that the magnum engines don't much care for synthetic oils...they were actually designed to run regular conventional motor oil and some motors develop a ticking sound that goes away once it is switched back to conventional. Initially I had my truck running synthetic but switched back to conventional for my last oil change because of what I have read on a couple forums. Why waste money on synthetic oil in something that was designed for conventional? Just do regular oil changes every 3-4k and you wont have any trouble with sludge. Also, make sure you add the friction modifier to the rear diff if required...
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I regularly work on a DF members 98 ram with a 360(jacksoncove) , that has used mobil 1 since the day he bought it in 98. It now has 330K on it. It purrs like a kitten and sounds like a new motor or better. It's just a myth about using synthetic. Dyno oils are almost as good as far cleaning and protection goes. If the motor was maintained properly throughout it's life, you'll have no problem. If it wasn't , even the new dyno oils of today will potentially cause a leak when you start maintaining it properly.
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I regularly work on a DF members 98 ram with a 360(jacksoncove) , that has used mobil 1 since the day he bought it in 98. It now has 330K on it. It purrs like a kitten and sounds like a new motor or better. It's just a myth about using synthetic. Dyno oils are almost as good as far cleaning and protection goes. If the motor was maintained properly throughout it's life, you'll have no problem. If it wasn't , even the new dyno oils of today will potentially cause a leak when you start maintaining it properly.