Never needs an Oil change!
Heard this interesting theory from a local guy the other day. He never changes the oil in his Diesel Pusher BECAUSE he has to add a quart of oil every 1,000 miles. His theory is the oil is already c...
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Born To Travel wrote:
Railroad diesel electric engines never get their oil changed?... That's funny.. I work on the assembly line that BUILDS those engines... And yes, they hold 200 gals. of lube oil. but they get an oil analylisis regularly and if it shows they need the oil changed, they get it.. Same thing you should be doing on your rv...
I had read an article that a new low emissions diesel electric engine was being tested but one of the problems with it was that they would have to change the oil on a regular basis. That struck me strange as I thought all engines always had to have their oil changed regularly.
So I've talked to two train drivers and one guy who ran the maintenance shop for a RR line near here and they confirmed the oil wasn't changed on a regular basis, just the filter.
They did say lots of oil was added.
So are you saying the oil IS changed on a regular basis? You'd certainly know if you are building the things.
