Recent content by 15SilvyEcotec

Silicon was 10, Aluminum 2, Iron 15, Copper 1 and Lead 1 parts per million. Fuel was trace and water and antifreeze was 0%. I will figure out how to post it all tonight. I was very shocked by the TBN of 7.5. I hope it is either just how the engine is or it is calming down from the dusted turbo...

I did my first Blackstone on my 2000 F-250 with a 7.3 and everything was awesome but they mentioned my chrome was slightly elevated at 3. I did this test because I found a ruptured intake boot 15k ago and the compressor wheel was beat up some but I have seen worse. I replaced the boot and turbo...

Thanks Garak, I notice the wording of the spec talks about old diesel and new. I know people are just cleaning the new MC oil off the shelf as soon as they stock it here. My truck has only ever had Rotella and I have the original Injectors that are knocking on 18 years old. I think Ford is...

So I noticed out of T4, T5 and T6 only the Rotella T5 meets this Ford spec in 15w-40. I could only find one 1.25qt of Motorcraft 15w-40 oil at Wal-Mart. Ended up buying it and a 2.5 gallon of T5. I could use the T5 and finish with the MC meeting the WSS spec but I do not want to mix oil so I...

I know this is a older thread but if your E-TEC has the EMM programmed for XD-100 Evinrude says you must use XD-100 or they will not cover oil related repairs. When the EMM is at this setting it reduces the amount of oil usage. You can set the EMM on the TCW-3 setting and run any TCW-3 oil...

I would add a catch can if I was him, I am at 5,400 miles on my Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and just added 1/2 of a quart but that is the same amount caught by my Elite can. I could not imagine 1/2 of a quart of oil sucked down the intake of a engine that is DI. Those poor intake valves!!!!

Originally Posted By: KCJeep Engine appears nicely broken in. Where did the sodium come from, previous run of Valvoline maybe? Nice catch! It did have one very short OCI of it when I bought it because even though it was a certified pre-owned Ford it spent its time new as a rental. I had the...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 Sounds to me like they moved hard on it, pretty good service. And the first line of the comments says it all. It DOES happen, and with every brand. Good luck with your 15! The dealer treated me well. They didnt really want to believe the 4.3 EcoTec was going...

Originally Posted By: CKN Originally Posted By: clinebarger AFM Lifter Failures are quite common, It is not a oil related failure, They fail just the same on spotless well maintained engines & Varnished abused engines. Cylinders #1/#4/#6/#7 have the AFM lifters, It is ALWAYS one of those...

The dodge is also doing the AFM thing with the Ram trucks. I have a 2015 Silverado and would like to disable/delete the AFM but the why I drive it on a flat 55 mph road it saves on gas. The truck is a crew cab and will hand calculate in the 20's always.

The failure is that I had a 2014 Silverado that I knew was going south. I would take it to the dealer and they would always say it is fine. When it got to 8,043 miles it was blowing smoke on start up, burning huge amounts of oil and sounding like it was going to go at any minute. They installed...

So it really does not take much fuel at all to lower the flash point. I notice even when they find a trace it is down some

Originally Posted By: demarpaint Originally Posted By: CELICA_XX Originally Posted By: gtrplr71 I see the ultra platinum is getting hard to find... Originally Posted By: demarpaint I wonder if Gena is reading this and can pass it along? There are people who want to use it but aren't going to...

Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker Really haven't figured out why a 0w20 would be needed except in the most blistering of cold weather. I would side with a 5w20 probably because, in general, it should be more VI stable than 0w20. At least the perception would be that. And given the abuse the oil...

The 1.6 GTDI is a amazing engine that has a lot of low end torque for its size. The fuel mileage could be better and you really have to try and keep "out" of the turbo to keep the MPG's up