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It'll be about two years before this thread really takes off. By then Scatpacksam will be ordering a new one, and the fun begins. Again.

Yeah, but on the positive side, it's all downhill from here.

You call that measly 5,400 "elevation"??? You really need to come up here and drive a bit. What you lose in power you can make up for with twisty roads.

Now I can say "Congratulations on the new Redeye"...since you didn't break it. Yet.

I almost had a Dodge before buying the Hellcat. My 2010 Ram had a mix of Dodge and Ram on it, having been made right as the name change went into effect.

It's not likely that the new oil in the bottle has engine wear particles in it. But the oil cooler does. Again, it's not the small amount of oil that's left in the cooler, it's the debris that should be removed from that low spot in the system. It is possible that Dodge had a crap load of drain...

I agree, it won't. If only there was a way to get the debris out of the cooler without losing that old oil in the process.

It's almost unfair that you can arrange for nice weather for the event, Eric.

Which kinda leads us right back to the divorce talk again. My girlfriend has five cars all by herself (okay, one's a pickup), and I have far more than that. Besides, what does "need" have to do with anything?

And there's reason number 362 I'm still single.

And here I got a Hellcat to have something fun to drive...instead of Jeeps and Rams.

No, no, no. That's for girlfriends and wives, not Hellcats.

Initially I thought that I'd end up selling my Hellcat and buy my girlfriend's Redeye, but now I'm not so sure. It would take something very interesting for me to give it up at this point.

Agree. 200 is warm. Just not quite warm enough to boil any water out of the oil. And it's indeed the oil temp gauge that tells me that it takes a bit to get over 212...if those gauges are somewhat accurate.

That depends on how we define "cold", I suppose. To me an engine that is not up to operating temperature is cold, whether it was started at -20 or 100 degrees ambient. Hence the term "cold start" is applicable at any normal temperature. Anyway, I just hate cold starting engines in the first...

That should be comparable to the car being outside in the same temperature, in which case condensation wouldn't be an issue at all when it's warm outside. Yet it still seems to be.

Hmm. I'm not that lucky. As far as I know, none of my vehicles have ever built up good oil temp from just idling. They all seem to need to perform some actual work for the oil to get warm enough. Air cooled engines could be an exception, but since I avoid idling anyway, I don't know for sure...

And what kind of oil temps do you usually see after 20 minutes of idling? Enough to boil off the condensation created by starting the engine cold?

I change the oil and filter,then park it. Put StaBil in the tank, use a good battery maintainer (Pulsetech) every month and a half or so, and that's it. Since I couldn't possibly get the oil up to temp without driving it somewhat hard, there's no way I'd start it unless absolutely necessary...

Oops, I forgot to mention that I had the top portion of the windshield tinted. That part's okay since I don't care about stop lights.