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The less You know the better You sleep! Friend of mine replaced V6 Pentastar even without reaching 100k, I know some people who is over 400k with the same motor. Sh.t is happening! I know that factory 3d brake light gasket is bad and I need to change the oil every 10k and after 100k to replace spark plugs and brake pads. That's all! I like Hemi and RaM. Switched from F150.
I don't have any ticking when I remote start mine. Only 12k miles so far so still time for the ticking to develop lol. I use mobile 1 0w20 and an srt filter if it matters.
Filter probably makes more of a difference than the oil weight. Anti-drainback valve in the SRT filter is better. I use the SRT filters as well
No tick in mine either...many cold starts the last month with it and it's much quieter than the SUV with direct injection. Just rolled over the first 1,000 miles this week though and going for it's first oil change on Monday. Yeah I know it's early, but that's what I always do with new vehicles. After that it will likely be every 6k miles (10k km).
How does the valve make any difference - isn't the filter upside down at the bottom of the engine? The filter will always be full of oil upon start up.
Anti-drainback valve in the filter helps keeps the oil from draining out of top of engine.
Do you have a number for that filter?
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Yes I get that and it makes sense for my SUV and boat engines where the filter is on the top or side of the engine.
I not sure how you can understand the purpose of the anti-drainback valve, but not how it works. Filter location doesn't make a difference.
There is only oil in your oil filter.... If the filter is essentially blocking itself from the clean oil flowing back into where the dirty oil is so it will stay where it was.
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That's a funny drawing. Nothing like how the oil actually flows. The only thing they got right, is that oil flows through a filter.
To clear this all up on the filter thing.... the check valve is necessary for filters that mount case up and flange down to prevent them from emptying. They are not necessary on motors with the filter mounted flange up. It has nothing to do with pressure, because the engine is off and it only has gravity to cause the oil to run down, which it will not do when the filter is at the bottom. The lifters leaking down has nothing to do with oil in the top of the engine. The lifters are hydraulic. Pressurized oil pumps them up to push the valve train. The valve springs push back against the lifters, and when the engine is not running, the lifters leak down. A filter check valve will not prevent that. The engine will tick, until the pressure builds back in the lifters. Some lifters leak down more than others, therefore not every engine will tick, but it is so common they consider it normal. It doesn't hurt anything. The thinner oil used these days leaks down past the seals in the lifters, easier than the old thicker oil. 30 years ago, it would not have been considered normal, and the lifters would have been replaced.
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