New truck owners....New engine owners....I Need Advice...

Fx4wannabe01 · Jul 18, 2009

Hi.

I'm about to swap in a new engine into my truck. It's a 1,000 mile engine from a wrecked '06 Ranger. Mileage confirmed by both the odometer and the amount of time the engine has been in inventory at the yard(on the shelf, pulled on arrival).

Hoping to have the following questions answered for me:

Is it okay to just run Synthetic engine oil right off the bat?

Is it okay to run a tuner(Rogue Performance Xcal2) right off the bat? If not, how long should I wait? 3-5k on the engine?

Swap should be next week, or at least within' the month(by sept) picking up my engine on Monday.

Thanks!

Shane

Jason · Jul 18, 2009

Many engines run synthetic right from the start. My dad's Z06 was synthetic. The M3 I am looking at used it form the factory too.

snoman6115 · Jul 18, 2009

it shuld be fine to run Syn right away, i've never heard of anyone having problems with it

nitrofan1 · Jul 18, 2009

I use synthetic from the 1st oil change. Still use 5w30 even with 189,000 on it. It may be expensive but crude doesn't compare.

Beanmachine7000 · Jul 18, 2009

nitrofan1 said:
I use synthetic from the 1st oil change. Still use 5w30 even with 189,000 on it. It may be expensive but crude doesn't compare.

Why not? It's oil, as long as you change it at the specified intervals it doesn't really matter... Now, if you had a high performance vehicle that spun at 8-9k rpm all day long I could understand, but for a truck, I think it's overkill... I run synthetic on my Camaro, not becuase I think it frees up horsepower or will make the engine last longer, but because I don't feel like getting underneath that thing every 3k miles... IMO, the only thing synthetic oil is good for in a daily driven car is extending service intervals... I can do an oil change on my truck in 15 minutes so it gets dino oil...

Fx4wannabe01 · Jul 18, 2009

Mkay...now that that's covered...how about my second part? Running a tuner right out the gate(after I get it running of course).

All my fluids are synthetic currently in the truck, I've just not had a brand new engine before(late model)....my chevy I ran that Royal Purple break-in oil after I went through it.

Fx4wannabe01 · Jul 21, 2009

mjonesjr · Jul 21, 2009

You will be fine with the tuner Shane.

coffee · Jul 21, 2009

X2. Fred at Rogue is great to work with and really knows what he's doing.

dixie_boysles · Jul 21, 2009

dang shane, ur putting an 06 in it w/ only 1000 miles, youll have a new truck!!! did you post this over on RF?

Fx4wannabe01 · Jul 21, 2009

coffee said:
X2. Fred at Rogue is great to work with and really knows what he's doing.

Yup.....still waiting for Fred to email me back. Shot him an email like last thurs.

dixie_boysles said:
dang shane, ur putting an 06 in it w/ only 1000 miles, youll have a new truck!!! did you post this over on RF?

No....trying to keep it hush hush and post a teaser with my engine bay empty. hehe.

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