Out of Warranty oil change intervals

[Hellcatcfp]

Now that the Hellcat is completely out of extended warranty, I find myself pushing my oil change interval to 5,000 miles and close to 1 year. OCIs seem to confirm 6,000 miles easy using PUP 0W-40. Don't anticipate my OCD will allow oil change interval over a year.

Been thinking about trying Amsoil, Schaeffer's, or HPL? However, due to PUP 0W-40 being decent for what I'm doing are the other oils worth the extra cost?

Does anyone have any UOAs with Amsoil, Schaeffer's, or HPL in a 6.2?

Don't need extended oil change intervals over a year...curious about wear advantages, etc.

Thanks.

 

[1971demon]

Now that the Hellcat is completely out of extended warranty, I find myself pushing my oil change interval to 5,000 miles and close to 1 year. OCIs seem to confirm 6,000 miles easy using PUP 0W-40. Don't anticipate my OCD will allow oil change interval over a year.

Been thinking about trying Amsoil, Schaeffer's, or HPL? However, due to PUP 0W-40 being decent for what I'm doing are the other oils worth the extra cost?

Does anyone have any UOAs with Amsoil, Schaeffer's, or HPL in a 6.2?

Don't need extended oil change intervals over a year...curious about wear advantages, etc.

Thanks.

Not a fan of Amsoil....why change what's working...

 

[jroyk]

Me too. Yearly is plenty since I only put about 2,400 miles a year on the cat. HPL is the BITOG darling at the moment and likely for good reason. AFAIK, the Porsche A40 certification is the toughest to meet, so I was thinking of trying one of the oils that meet it. PUP 0W-40 is fine, though and will likely just stick with it.

 

[1971demon]

Me too. Yearly is plenty since I only put about 2,400 miles a year on the cat. HPL is the BITOG darling at the moment and likely for good reason. AFAIK, the Porsche A40 certification is the toughest to meet, so I was thinking of trying one of the oils that meet it. PUP 0W-40 is fine, though and will likely just stick with it.

Be it oils...fluids..or fuel...when I find something that works...I stick with it....guess that's why I'm still married after 51 years

 

[1971demon]

Me too. Yearly is plenty since I only put about 2,400 miles a year on the cat. HPL is the BITOG darling at the moment and likely for good reason. AFAIK, the Porsche A40 certification is the toughest to meet, so I was thinking of trying one of the oils that meet it. PUP 0W-40 is fine, though and will likely just stick with it.

I just turned 2400 miles on my "16" HC...first change @ 500 miles...now every year in spring...that's good enough...some of you guys get crazy with oil change intervals...

 

[drag racer]

The SRT PUP is a very good oil (confirmed by Lake Speed's analysis and videos on it), and factoring in what I can get it for when shopping carefully for deals, it's overall value equation is the best for me.

I drive my Mopar fleet regularly, but not a lot of overall miles. My target for them is 1 yr minimum, but have gone two and sleep very well at night. For our two daily driver Chevys', the target is 5,000 miles, but I may change a little sooner or later depending on my schedule and mood at the given time.

 

[MikeD1]

Me too. Yearly is plenty since I only put about 2,400 miles a year on the cat. HPL is the BITOG darling at the moment and likely for good reason. AFAIK, the Porsche A40 certification is the toughest to meet, so I was thinking of trying one of the oils that meet it. PUP 0W-40 is fine, though and will likely just stick with it.

I'm in the same boat as you & went to changing annually as soon as the warranty expired. I think what's more important than changing every 6 months is making sure you put some miles on it when started so the oil gets up to temp of a while and any nasties get a change to 'burn off'.

 

[Hellcatcfp]

The SRT PUP is a very good oil (confirmed by Lake Speed's analysis and videos on it), and factoring in what I can get it for when shopping carefully for deals, it's overall value equation is the best for me.

I drive my Mopar fleet regularly, but not a lot of overall miles. My target for them is 1 yr minimum, but have gone two and sleep very well at night. For our two daily driver Chevys', the target is 5,000 miles, but I may change a little sooner or later depending on my schedule and mood at the given time.

Saw the video with Amsoil vs PUP in the 6.4 Hemi and the copper leaching...interesting and thought provoking.

 

[B5Cat16]

1,000 miles per year. Oil change every March. Penzoil 0W-40. It comes out just as clean as it went in.

 

[BULL]

Subbed

 

[Prange]

Every 5000 miles. I use factory-spec oils and fluids. I'm not hard on cars anymore, no racing, just street-driving.

Not many people know more about oil than Lake Speed,Jr. He has an excellent YT channel.

 

[EricG]

As probably one of the few who daily drives their car here, I have 52k miles and do about 4-5 months and about 3-4k mile intervals. Always just use the PUP as it's fairly cheap.

 

[2ndAmend]

I do once-a-year (or every 5-6k, whichever comes first) on all my vehicles for the last 25 years. Always use a quality oil, quality filter. Lightly used cars get oil change when they come out of storage in the spring. I typically keep vehicles for 150k or so. Never had any probs, and buyers like to see docs&recpts on regular oil changes.

I use PUP in the HC's and Mobil 1 0w40 ($25/5q at WM) in everything else just to keep it simple.

 

[Hellcatcfp]

As probably one of the few who daily drives their car here, I have 52k miles and do about 4-5 months and about 3-4k mile intervals. Always just use the PUP as it's fairly cheap.

Did you end up going with the PowerStop rotors and brakes?

 

[EricG]

Did you end up going with the PowerStop rotors and brakes?

I did not, decided to do DBA rotor rings and tracked down new Brembo hardware(about $115 per side) and re-use the inner hub, and running factory Brembo pads until this fall, then will probably put powerstop pads back in the front. This got me new front rotors for about $1100. I had an extra set of front pads.

Brand new rear brake pads were over $300 I think, re-using the rear rotors for another set of pads, they seem fine.

 

[mantisSRT]

As a Retired Technician , I think changing the oil every 6 months isn't a bad idea. It's cheap insurance. Once a year with such low miles isn't the worse Idea as long as the car is stored in a climate controlled garage .

My Scat Pack I basically drove about 5-6k miles a year, it sits in the garage and I still change the oil every 6 months. I take it to the dealer and let them do it. They use SRT filters, the correct oil and everything is clean all the time.

Sometimes my oil gets changed with only 2k miles on it. I don't care 6 months have gone past, car sits a lot and why risk anything with condensation over 120 buck?

Just my opnion and how I took care of my Scat pack. My SRT Durango will get the same treatment. every 6 months because I will not hit the miles. It's not a daily driver either.

 

[MJS73]

Saw the video with Amsoil vs PUP in the 6.4 Hemi and the copper leaching...interesting and thought provoking.

The guy on the right was great in Trailer Park Boys.

 

[1971demon]

As a Retired Technician , I think changing the oil every 6 months isn't a bad idea. It's cheap insurance. Once a year with such low miles isn't the worse Idea as long as the car is stored in a climate controlled garage .

My Scat Pack I basically drove about 5-6k miles a year, it sits in the garage and I still change the oil every 6 months. I take it to the dealer and let them do it. They use SRT filters, the correct oil and everything is clean all the time.

Sometimes my oil gets changed with only 2k miles on it. I don't care 6 months have gone past, car sits a lot and why risk anything with condensation over 120 buck?

Just my opnion and how I took care of my Scat pack. My SRT Durango will get the same treatment. every 6 months because I will not hit the miles. It's not a daily driver either.

I guess thats not a bad practice...but I got 9 cars...I'm not changin oil every 30 days...

 

[2ndAmend]

As a Retired Technician , I think changing the oil every 6 months isn't a bad idea. It's cheap insurance. Once a year with such low miles isn't the worse Idea as long as the car is stored in a climate controlled garage .

My Scat Pack I basically drove about 5-6k miles a year, it sits in the garage and I still change the oil every 6 months. I take it to the dealer and let them do it. They use SRT filters, the correct oil and everything is clean all the time.

Sometimes my oil gets changed with only 2k miles on it. I don't care 6 months have gone past, car sits a lot and why risk anything with condensation over 120 buck?

Just my opnion and how I took care of my Scat pack. My SRT Durango will get the same treatment. every 6 months because I will not hit the miles. It's not a daily driver either.

I live in NH, near 100 in summer and below 0 in winter, never stored in "climate controlled", never had a problem in over 500kmi (over several vehicles).

People obsess over oil changes, but don't mind driving a cold engine hard, running to redline at every light, and revving the cold engine.

The painful fact of the matter is, engine failure is 99% how you drive and less than 1% oil.

Why does anyone think PUP is SRT "approved" and Mobil 1 is not?!??! One guess: $$$$$ Penn PAID for the endorsement, and it provided a great return:

 

[jroyk]

As long as you get the oil up to operating temperature before putting the car away, nothing bad will happen to the oil sitting in the pan. Frequent short trips cause condensation and can shorten oil life.