Diesel owners Question
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โSep-07-2016 05:39 PM
I replace my fuel filter / fuel water separator every 10k miles and drain it about once a month.
Do most of you have your fuel filters changed? I was talking to a group of Diesel truck owners over the weekend at a camp ground and none of the 8 of them ever heard of changing fuel filter, or draining the fuel water separator.
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โSep-09-2016 09:12 AM
Turtle n Peeps wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'm the odd ball........
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
Ever did an oil analysis? I would bet not.
Not quite sure I get this oil analysis . I spend around $52.00 for an oil change , my manual states 15K or every six months. I do a change every six months, mileage is not a factor. If I decide to get an oil analysis I save $24.00 over the cost of an oil change. Not sure that makes sense to me.
Then there is the warranty. I have read where prove of oil analysis covers you warranty if not following the recommended change intervals. I sure would like to see that in writing if there were to be a oil related problem.
What I see here every time I read about this oil analysis is getting the sample kit, filling with oil, shipping it to the lab ,then waiting for the analysis to see if I can go longer. All the while I could spend $24.00 more, and just changed the oil instead of worrying about whether I need to or not.
After 19 years of diesel ownership I have never done an oil analysis . What I have done is the recommended change intervals according to the owners manual. Have I dodged the bullet not getting an analysis to warn me of impending doom, coolant in oil, excessive wear metals etc etc. I guess I have been lucky. I would assume other then saving a little money the only other motive would be impending doom.
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โSep-09-2016 08:04 AM
rhagfo wrote:
Likely former Gasser owners that bought for the cool factor, and didn't do research. Likely think nothing of turning off directly after a hard pull! :S
Come to think about it a Diesel is like a horse, treat it nice and it will be good to you.
Definably looks like a true story for your truck.
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โSep-09-2016 04:23 AM
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'm the odd ball........
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
Well if you ever buy a new diesel you won't be doing them ever 5,000 miles! At the cost of full syn and the new filters and oil change can cost you north of $130 with a coupon to $190 without one! I was running 25,000 mile oil changes on my 2004 Ram and according to the lab reports could have gone a lot further on the oil. Always changed out the filter ever 10,000 miles.
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โSep-08-2016 08:58 PM
Turtle n Peeps wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'm the odd ball........
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
Ever did an oil analysis? I would bet not.
Not likely, I did extended change testing a couple times Black Stone stated I was likely good to 12,500 miles with Dino oil (Delo 15-40). I figured 10,000 was a nice round number.
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โSep-08-2016 08:39 PM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'm the odd ball........
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
Ever did an oil analysis? I would bet not.
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โSep-08-2016 08:06 PM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'm the odd ball........
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
Well if you ever buy a new diesel you won't be doing them ever 5,000 miles! At the cost of full syn and the new filters and oil change can cost you north of $130 with a coupon to $190 without one! I was running 25,000 mile oil changes on my 2004 Ram and according to the lab reports could have gone a lot further on the oil. Always changed out the filter ever 10,000 miles.
Don
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โSep-08-2016 07:02 AM
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โSep-08-2016 03:56 AM
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โSep-07-2016 10:56 PM
I do oil and all filter changes at 5000 miles.
WHY.
Cause I run them hard but don't abuse them.
Last car......sold it with 300K
Last truck....sold it with 180K (F150 5.4L gasser)
Last motorcycle ....sold it with 80K
Oil and filters are cheap insurance as far as I am concerned
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โSep-07-2016 10:44 PM
Come to think about it a Diesel is like a horse, treat it nice and it will be good to you.
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โSep-07-2016 10:28 PM
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