View Poll Results: What oil is in your engine?
Mobil 1
251
32.51%
Royal Purple
123
15.93%
Amsoil
57
7.38%
Valvoline Full Synthetic
86
11.14%
Pennzoil Synthetic
36
4.66%
Castrol Synthetic
65
8.42%
Quaker State 4x4
17
2.20%
Havoline Synthetic
2
0.26%
Other Full Synthetic
29
3.76%
Whatever the Dealership sticks in
28
3.63%
Synthetic Blend (specify in a post)
20
2.59%
Conventional (dino) oil (specify in a post)
58
7.51%
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Motor Oil
Professional
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 203
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From: Ulster County, NY
My Hemi doesn't appear to tick at all. It's got 25k miles on it now, bought it with 20k miles and switched to Amsoil Signature series 0w-30. I will be going with Amsoil 0w-20 before winter.
My Chevy with the 6.0 ticked bad. BUT, I idled it a lot, remote start, forgot it was running, got side tracked etc. I don't plan to put a remote start on my Dodge due to various reasons. I'm going to get a block heater tho.
So maybe excessive idling leads to the tick ? I start my truck, let it idle for a minute then drive easy til it warms up. Have yet to hear a tick.
My Chevy with the 6.0 ticked bad. BUT, I idled it a lot, remote start, forgot it was running, got side tracked etc. I don't plan to put a remote start on my Dodge due to various reasons. I'm going to get a block heater tho.
So maybe excessive idling leads to the tick ? I start my truck, let it idle for a minute then drive easy til it warms up. Have yet to hear a tick.
Registered User
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: Montgomery, AL
man, mine ticks like crazy, soon as i switched over to syn, when i give it gas, it sounds like any other 2500 gas truck "TICK!!!!" you can hear the lifters going at it. it was louder with 5w-30, now i'm runnin 10w-30
just wonderin if any folks have a magic concoction, the motor runs great, but it does have 90k miles, so extra noise is to be expected
just wonderin if any folks have a magic concoction, the motor runs great, but it does have 90k miles, so extra noise is to be expected
Professional
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 190
Likes: 0
I thought the reason it is referred to the hemi tick, is that it is a normal characteristic of the Hemi.
I also use the same oil. I was going to use Castrol Edge, but the store did not have the factory recommended weight in stock.
How many miles are you going in between oil changes?
Veteran
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 285
Likes: 0
I thought the reason it is referred to the hemi tick, is that it is a normal characteristic of the Hemi.
I also use the same oil. I was going to use Castrol Edge, but the store did not have the factory recommended weight in stock.
How many miles are you going in between oil changes?
I also use the same oil. I was going to use Castrol Edge, but the store did not have the factory recommended weight in stock.
How many miles are you going in between oil changes?
Professional
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 190
Likes: 0
Wow 3k with the full synthetic too? I have to go at least 5k miles with full synthetic to justify the cost difference. If your changing 7qts at 3000 miles why not just run reg oil...
