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Did you make that or buy it somewhere?

Go for it. Seems the horse died quite a few pages ago... ;)

I know about the TSB. My girlfriend bought her 2020 Sahara a month before I bought my Rubicon. She daily drives her Sahara and the corrosion is pretty bad since it's been in all sorts of weather conditions. The dealer is giving her the run around on getting it repaired. They talked about...

It seem that FCA needs to hire some engineers that understand galvanic corrosion. The Wrangler JLs have this same corrosion on doors, hoods and tailgates. Mainly near the hinges which are different materials than the other body panels with no insulating barrier between. They are assembled...

Found it. Thanks!

I bet you're fun at parties. I wish this forum had a mute button. I'd smash it like a screen door in a hurricane. Pun intended...

I don't care if it hurts your feelings or not. That's not why I'm making this post. I'm just simply pointing out the obvious. When you post degrading comments like that, it negates your opinions and is insulting to the other members. That's not the kind of experience anyone wants here...

Why do you always have to bash someone for their "level of understanding"? It's a common theme from you. This is a community of sharing information and experiences and you have a consistent MO of degrading other members. It is not welcome. You simply cannot engage in a discussion without...

Since you brought up mechanical engineers, I don't know about you but I am a mechanical engineer with over 20 years experience designing large rotating machines for the US Navy. These machines have 10k+ lb rotating components in excess of 7k rpm that ride on oil film bearings (and in some cases...

Probably not the only reason...

Obviously.

It's all speculation at this point since nothing has ever been scientifically proven to be the culprit. I'd still take the higher film strength oil at a slightly reduced flow rate. Why do you think the hellcats run 0w-40? Higher bearing loads need higher film strength. I understand the...

The clearances aren't that much tighter that would reduce the oil flow to zero.

If it is indeed a defect in the cam material, I would seek out a different manufacturer that has similar cam specs to OEM. My choices would be Comp Cams, Crower, etc before putting an OEM cam back in with the same failure potentially happening again down the road.

I suspect the increased film strength of the higher viscosity oil plays a larger part in preventing failure.

To my untrained eye, it sort of looks like spalling. I'm a mechanical engineer, but I'm not an expert forensic engineer. Here's a link to some common failure modes and descriptions. It is certainly interesting to note that the width of the spalling appears to be exactly the same width as the...

Looks great!

This is the way. I normally target between 500-1000 miles for a first oil change. The engineer with the YouTube channel mentioned above is knowledgeable and correct.

Nice write up. Thanks for taking the time to put together your posts. Replacing the pan with the PPE is on my list of mods to do to my Rebel GT. That stinks you had so much difficulty with the gasket issue. Maybe it would help others to put together a final parts list in your summary post...

Says the guy with 10k posts... :D By your post count here, you've got lots of time. And it was worth your time to make a post to ridicule him. At least my mom told me that if I don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all.