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what oil for road trip? #1568709 01/25/14 09:02 PM 01/25/14 09:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny 0 05dakota OP I Live Here
05dakota OP I Live Here 0 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny	I usually use brad penn 10w30 and a wix filter and change it a 3k miles. this summer we plan a cross county trip to Portland or in my 73 dart, stock 318. its 7k miles round trip. will it make 7k with this oil and filter.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 05dakota] #1568710 01/25/14 09:24 PM 01/25/14 09:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa 340SHORTY Truck Nut
340SHORTY Truck Nut Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa	not if it leaks out. I am truckless..

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 340SHORTY] #1568711 01/25/14 09:25 PM 01/25/14 09:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny 0 05dakota OP I Live Here
05dakota OP I Live Here 0 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny	should I change the oil in portland?

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 05dakota] #1568712 01/25/14 10:28 PM 01/25/14 10:28 PM
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Spaceman Spiff master S Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 3,696 jersey	i doubt one oil change at 7,000 will hurt it. with today's oil thats not an uncommon change interval. Just keep an eye on the level each morning, or at fuel stops. 526 cubes of angry wedge, pushbutton shifted, 9 passenger killer!

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: Spaceman Spiff] #1568713 01/26/14 12:33 AM 01/26/14 12:33 AM
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ahy master A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,664 IN	'7k shouldn't hurt it but its more than I'd like to go in a carbed vehicle with conventional oil. Personally, I'd change it once during the trip. If you don't want to carry oil and can't find Brad Penn, diesel engine oil would work well... enough zinc and readily available in 15W40.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: ahy] #1568714 01/26/14 02:23 AM 01/26/14 02:23 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny 0 05dakota OP I Live Here
05dakota OP I Live Here 0 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,861 albany ny	next question. where do I go for an oil change?

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 05dakota] #1568715 01/26/14 02:26 AM 01/26/14 02:26 AM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida M mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks!
mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Buy your own oil and filter and take it to anyone that changes oil and just have them use your stuff and pay the labor, probably $10-15. Careful, your character's showing!

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: mopar346] #1568716 01/26/14 03:36 AM 01/26/14 03:36 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Take 5qts of Bradd Penn & a wix filter & a shallow pan & a crescent wrench & an oil filter wrench & several clean rags & a can of spray brake kleen & change it in Portland. You could put the used oil in 2 empty gallon antifreeze jugs & O'reillys & others will take the used oil. Need a funnel also. You go in & dump it in their 55 gal barrell live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: RapidRobert] #1568717 01/26/14 01:36 PM 01/26/14 01:36 PM
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62maxwgn master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA	Quote: Take 5qts of Bradd Penn & a wix filter & a shallow pan & a crescent wrench & an oil filter wrench & several clean rags & a can of spray brake kleen & change it in Portland. You could put the used oil in 2 empty gallon antifreeze jugs & O'reillys & others will take the used oil. Need a funnel also. You go in & dump it in their 55 gal barrell You forgot a floor jack and clean cloths.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 62maxwgn] #1568718 01/26/14 04:25 PM 01/26/14 04:25 PM
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BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,719 Florida	7k at highway speed should be no problem for oil. This is 1 of the best things I've done for making oil changes easier https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...amp;Search=true

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: 62maxwgn] #1568719 01/26/14 08:16 PM 01/26/14 08:16 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Quote: Take 5qts of Bradd Penn & a wix filter & a shallow pan & a crescent wrench & an oil filter wrench & several clean rags & a can of spray brake kleen & change it in Portland. You could put the used oil in 2 empty gallon antifreeze jugs & O'reillys & others will take the used oil. Need a funnel also. You go in & dump it in their 55 gal barrell You forgot a floor jack and clean cloths. I'm glad you got my back. Those small (2&1/4 ton iirc) hyd floor jacks fit in the trunk easily & are handy live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: RapidRobert] #1568720 01/26/14 08:21 PM 01/26/14 08:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington	Quote: Quote: Quote: Take 5qts of Bradd Penn & a wix filter & a shallow pan & a crescent wrench & an oil filter wrench & several clean rags & a can of spray brake kleen & change it in Portland. You could put the used oil in 2 empty gallon antifreeze jugs & O'reillys & others will take the used oil. Need a funnel also. You go in & dump it in their 55 gal barrell You forgot a floor jack and clean cloths. I'm glad you got my back. Those small (2&1/4 ton iirc) hyd floor jacks fit in the trunk easily & are handy Surely nobody is suggesting he crawl under a vehicle supported by a jack...

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #1568721 01/26/14 08:29 PM 01/26/14 08:29 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,424 Florida STAYcation dOrk ! The village idiot's idiot
dOrk ! The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,424 Florida STAYcation	Quote: Surely nobody is suggesting he crawl under a vehicle supported by a jack... SHIRLEY they are NOT ... My trick here in the condo is building a set of "ramps" out of 2x4's(3-stacked have wurked ferr me) .. eNuff room furr a pan-slide and a filter dump

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: dOrk !] #1568722 01/26/14 11:59 PM 01/26/14 11:59 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,719 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,719 Florida	No reason to change the filter, easily will last, be fine till you get home.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: BDW] #1568723 01/27/14 12:41 AM 01/27/14 12:41 AM
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ademon master A Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,906 IL, Aurora	with all the hwy miles and a stock 318 i think you will be fine without a change. Last edited by ademon; 01/27/14 12:42 AM.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: BDW] #1568724 01/27/14 01:47 AM 01/27/14 01:47 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	cold starts, short trips and engine warm ups are what contaminates oil, not sustained highway driving. I would not bother to change the oil until I got home from the trip.

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #1568725 01/27/14 03:51 AM 01/27/14 03:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 13 Florida T Tom65 member
Tom65 member T Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 13 Florida	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: Take 5qts of Bradd Penn & a wix filter & a shallow pan & a crescent wrench & an oil filter wrench & several clean rags & a can of spray brake kleen & change it in Portland. You could put the used oil in 2 empty gallon antifreeze jugs & O'reillys & others will take the used oil. Need a funnel also. You go in & dump it in their 55 gal barrell You forgot a floor jack and clean cloths. I'm glad you got my back. Those small (2&1/4 ton iirc) hyd floor jacks fit in the trunk easily & are handy Surely nobody is suggesting he crawl under a vehicle supported by a jack... well you could park with the fromt tires up on the curb. no jack no stands no problem... lol keep a few qts. with you and keep the level up you will be fine till you get home!

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: Tom65] #1568726 01/27/14 11:51 AM 01/27/14 11:51 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,719 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,719 Florida	After driving up the curb, does he need tools for an alignment?

Re: what oil for road trip? [Re: BDW] #1568727 01/27/14 05:03 PM 01/27/14 05:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,783 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,783 Rio Linda, CA	Quote: 7k at highway speed should be no problem for oil. Take a couple of quarts for top off and make the whole trip without a change. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

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