Old truck blues
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What kind of oil are you using? A non-detergent motor oil will stay clean much longer, because it's not pulling all that crud out of your engine. A good detergent oil - Rotella T, for example - will darken up very quickly as it cleans out the crap.
And I have to disagree about it taking a turned up diesel to dirty the oil... it's the nature of the beast - stock or tuned, it's gonna be black.
And I have to disagree about it taking a turned up diesel to dirty the oil... it's the nature of the beast - stock or tuned, it's gonna be black.
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I ran Rotella T in all of my trucks and while the 93's where in their stock form the oil would still be amber on the stick after 2000 miles or more. Thats just my experience with these trucks.
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Originally Posted by JD730
I ran Rotella T in all of my trucks and while the 93's where in their stock form the oil would still be amber on the stick after 2000 miles or more. Thats just my experience with these trucks.
So I guess for the purpose of this discussion - no worries if your Rotella stays clean awhile - some do, some don't!
by the way JD - two thumbs up on the u/n ... our 730diesel is THE workhorse around the farm... dual's in the rear and a wide front = unstoppable!
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Thoughts on oil.. the reason that diesel oil turns black is that soot gets in it, no matter whether detergent or not. I 'bout have to think that there is something special about the ring pack in the older trucks that prevents the soot from getting to the crankcase, or at least delays it awhile..
My new, expensive transmission rebuild seems to freewheel in high gear, it's like there is no connection to the engine on overrun. Is this normal?
My new, expensive transmission rebuild seems to freewheel in high gear, it's like there is no connection to the engine on overrun. Is this normal?
Last edited by briankk; 10-27-2005 at 09:57 AM. Reason: left word out
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