Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance.

Of course this holds true for any engine but for the 3.5 EB TREMOR owners, here’s something that you might be interested in. Not bad for 73K on the odometer.

 

[Brynn2023Tremor]

I’m thinking of switching to Valvoline Restore and Protect for its cleaning results

I’m a Valvoline fan, using their Full Synthetic might do Restore and protect at 50k and than switch back. At 23k now, oil change at 4-5k intervals.

 

[cooldadtexas]

Any synthetic 5w-30 with Ford approval is good every 5k miles. Agree, more about frequency than anything else. I also stay with Ford oil filters as well.

 

[muck7]

$69 at the Ford dealer for synthetic blend oil change and tire rotation. Every 5k miles

right at $109.00 for same , changed my oil every 3k for 40 years , NowFord can do it , and thats the mobil service , 3k to 4 k full synthetic !) old school RULES!!!!

 

[TheWaterman]

Just wanted to chime in on this. I've been an AmsOil guy for years. In my Ram, everything (except for the trans) was AmsOil. The SS is great oil but I think for the Tremor, I am going to Pennzoil Ultra Platinum. Couple reasons:

- We all now know the oil change reminder interval on the truck is way too long, 5k miles or 6 months, whatever is first.
- AmsOil SS is great oil, but $16/qt vs $12/qt Pennzoil UP, there is a price difference. Also, going back to point 1, we're changing more frequently now.
- Pennzoil has better cold-flow tech. I live in a climate where temps can go to 0 in the winter.

Now everything else, will get AmsOil. Diffs, t-case, trans, brakes, etc. Love their stuff. Just can't see the point of going with AmsOil SS if I am changing every 5k/6 months.

 

[FanaticalKilla]

I’ve been running Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5W30 in my Tremor. Buddy had good luck with it in a built motor Gen 1 3.5. 4K miles or so every change.