Synthetic oil
I have a 2005 Dodge 1500. 5.7L Hemi. It has 73000 miles on it. I have kept the oil changes and maint. Very current. I am thinking of changing to a synthetic oil for my next oil change. Is it wort...
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BenK wrote:ksss wrote:
I have/had been a believer in Synthetic engine oil for decades and am registered to sell Amsoil. I have always used it in my pickup engines and some class 8 trucks and heavy equipment that I ran during Winter months. I had aheadgasket go out
on my 5500 GMC. This truck had only 60K on it, but always had Amsoil 15-40. The valve train had a lot more wear on it that it should have given its miles and use of synthetic oil. I ceased all further utilization of synthetic in the engines. I still use Amsoil gear lube in all class 8's and pickup diffs and Amsoil for the automatic trannys. That's my story.
Maybe reconsider your association of root cause...
Maybe it was whatever caused the head gasket to go prematurely that
also created a situation for the valve train to wear faster
The event leading into the HG being taken out was brought back to an event a month prior when an employee got the truck hot until it went into limp mode, shut it off, and cooked it.
I was really surprised when I was told of the wear on the valve train.
