WH 5.7 Engine Oil

[JamesLaugesen]

Originally Posted by briteway

Ah, OK, then no real rush, I'll wait till next week in case anyone else wants to get some.

The oil you have in it now, is it 0W-20? If so, how is it going, how's the engine sound and is the MDS working any better or the same?

Yeah good idea.

Nar it's still the 0W-30.
I didn't realise Penrite did a 0W-20 until yesterday, so I'll find out what my trade price would be from repco for that.

[deserthucker]

We have a new Jeep dealer in Kalgoorlie they are also the Honda dealer.
On display they have Honda ultra Leo 0-20w API SN (ILSAC GF5) full synthetic not sure if this is compatible. Cant find much about it.

[briteway]

Originally Posted by JamesLaugesen

Arg brain failure .
Make that 2 x 5L bottles Briteway .
I'll blame it on waiting to hear back from the vet about my dog .

Hi James,

I'm about to make an order, do you still want me to get another 10L for yourself?

I'll try squeezing him a bit more on the price.

EDIT: Scrap that idea. The guy wouldn't make any better offer even when he said he would at time we last spoke and doesn't matter if you're getting 5L or 20. So I thought I'll rather support the guy in Regents Park as I get the diff oil of him too. He sells Mobil 1 5W-20 6 litres (quarts actually) for $67, whereas this guy wouldn't sell the 5L less than $66.

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[warod]

Originally Posted by JamesLaugesen

I've been using it (HPR 0 it's called now.) for 3 changes now.
No issues as far as I've noticed, MDS seems perfect.
Penrite list it specifically for the 5.7 Hemi, meeting all APIs, etc.

The 0W cold viscosity is a no-brainer, a lower cold viscosity is _always_ better, no exceptions. So there's no reason to avoid it due to that.
I've wondered if the hot rating of 30 would be too viscos for the MDS... but it's really not much thicker than the spec'd 25, assuming everything else being equal.

I pay around $60/5L from Repco at trade.
It needs to be ordered in at most stores.

Just be aware that "HPR 0" used to be semi-synthetic, and is now fully synthetic. The labels are otherwise totally identical, so be careful with old stock still around.

Penrite are now also listing Enviro+ 5W-30 for the Hemis now too, which I'm suspicious of.

When I first started using it, Repco told me that they thought Penrite may be phasing the HPR out to be replaced with Enviro+... that turned out to most-likely be a miscommunication with HPR going from semi to full synthetic.

G'day James / Briteway....

Changed from Lucas 5W-20 full syntho a couple of weeks ago, to Penrite HPR-0.
Lucas is good stuff (when you can get it) I sourced some @ $14.00/quart but decided to give the Penrite a try anyway ($12.00/liter at Autopro)

Hemi tick is back until engine warms up, then quietens down.
MDS just fine....on most of the time. If I need to 'go a little faster' I just hit Tow/Haul button which switches the MDS off.
Seems my L/100k has dropped a little too.....maybe by 1.5 - 2L/100k mixed driving ?

[briteway]

Originally Posted by warod

G'day James / Briteway....

Changed from Lucas 0W-20 full syntho a couple of weeks ago, to Penrite HPR-0.
Lucas is good stuff (when you can get it) I sourced some @ $14.00/quart but decided to give the Penrite a try anyway ($12.00/liter at Autopro)

Hemi tick is back until engine warms up, then quietens down.
MDS just fine....on most of the time. If I need to 'go a little faster' I just hit Tow/Haul button which switches the MDS off.
Seems my L/100k has dropped a little too.....maybe by 1.5 - 2L/100k mixed driving ?

Thanks for posting your findings warod. I wouldn't wanna go that road again personally. I had all sorts of issues with the oil and mds until I started doing it myself and made sure I was putting the correct blood type in it. So I'll stick with 5W-20 or even 0W-20. There was no HEMI tick since.

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[deserthucker]

Originally Posted by warod

G'day James / Briteway....

Changed from Lucas 0W-20 full syntho a couple of weeks ago, to Penrite HPR-0.
Lucas is good stuff (when you can get it) I sourced some @ $14.00/quart but decided to give the Penrite a try anyway ($12.00/liter at Autopro)

Hemi tick is back until engine warms up, then quietens down.
MDS just fine....on most of the time. If I need to 'go a little faster' I just hit Tow/Haul button which switches the MDS off.
Seems my L/100k has dropped a little too.....maybe by 1.5 - 2L/100k mixed driving ?

I found the same with the penrite stuff.
Just tried the Honda 0-20 no tick at all and engine has com alive done 2000km now better economy smoother running.
At least that what it feels to me.
But it is a little pricey $80 5lt
Al up done 60,000km

[JamesLaugesen]

Originally Posted by briteway

Hi James,

I'm about to make an order, do you still want me to get another 10L for yourself?

I'll try squeezing him a bit more on the price.

EDIT: Scrap that idea. The guy wouldn't make any better offer even when he said he would at time we last spoke and doesn't matter if you're getting 5L or 20. So I thought I'll rather support the guy in Regents Park as I get the diff oil of him too. He sells Mobil 1 5W-20 6 litres (quarts actually) for $67, whereas this guy wouldn't sell the 5L less than $66.

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Yep Im still cool for 10L if that's still ok?
PM me bank details (or something) if you want money first.
Otherwise I'll sort you out when I pick or up.