Search results

Reviving an not quite necrothread.... so you stop doing oil changes. The oil sample has to come back and say it has seen actual contamination. what does that mean. it means if you are seeing wear metals IN the oil, the damage has already been done and you are going to need an overhaul...

I found a leaking sleeve oring to set in motion my inframe. entirely separate situation, injector cups and injectors, had me doing extra oil samples at that moment in time. first and second sample came back clean. Last sample came back as I was trying to find where a quart of coolant had...

If you get into the nitty gritty, the new filters are actually running a two part filter. One part is a full flow and the other half is a bypass filter. couple years back, I actually added a bypass filter setup to my 14L. Series 60 14L DDEC V oil bypass filter install it really made no...

I never understood that either. my 14L told me when to change oil. around 17-18k miles, I’d start loosing a gallon. You could top it off and it would loose it. I’d get in for an oil change and it would be fine for another 17-18k miles. Sometimes it would be as early as 15-16k, the longest...

Pickup is the same way, dealer charges me $79 for a 6.7 Cummins. Includes a wash and vacuum as well with that price. There’s also a lifetime extended warranty on the power train and emissions. So why put their dime to fix it at risk.

The report I posted means nothing? I stretched my oil change last time out to the manufacturers recommended interval for me of 45k miles. That’s the actual tests I’m showing you. This compared to the series 60, is showing my Volvo D13 is a MUCH cleaner burning engine than the series 60 ever...

How often do you change u-joints and what does it cost you? in the 7 years my century was on the road, I had one carrier bearing for $200 go bad.

There’s bigger fish for me to fry than saving $560 a year in oil changes. I only have 3 per year as it is. I’ll focus on the other things that impact me greater. Like fuel mileage and downtime.

I don’t need a grease gun as an excuse to crawl around the truck. Just a bottle of windex.

I have 12 grease points. S-cams and slacks. I hit them with the grease gun once a month when I come home. otherwise my truck is maintenance free grease wise. The meritor driveline has proven itself reliable to well over a million miles.

Do three oil changes a year. $280 each. Includes the cost of a $11 oil sample kit to send to cat sos program. this would save me two. So $560 annual savings. over 5 years, a $2800 savings. while putting at risk a $20,000+ engine. Likely a camshaft still the least in this instance due to...

Yop. totally get that. And I would never do that. detergent additives aren’t renewed, etc to keep the spot loading of the engine clean. just how I’ve always looked at it. even my warranty paperwork requires me to show proof it was done every 25,000 miles. what warranty life did interstate...

I so no real benefit to extended intervals.. you need to add the 5000 miles to the other distances. these are the oil samples when I did extended intervals. Volvo says I can go to 45k miles. So I did. I intend to start pla an oil change at 25k now. Even my Volvo service manager suggests...