Recent content by fordrenegade

No just another reason you need to see what is right for your engine if you did not get it new. A worn engine has different needs than others even with many fleet vehicles on the road and using no tell what for bulk oils. So try any mobil syn oil in my 1984 chevy 30 series with 125,000 miles on...

All fuels right now except exxon are blended before they are ever pumped into the tanker truck. Exxon still mixes their additives as it is being loaded at the truck. I have two trucks that haul nothing but gas from the tank farm in Greensboro, NC and all gas in has a dye so they know who it goes...

You want the engineers name and number just talked with him and he will be glad to explain to you what synthetic oil will not do for a worn engine there lipadj46.

A good choice is also the S&W M&P series they feel good point well and are very reliable. I have put 11,000 rounds through mine now and no problems. I also shoot and carry a Glock 17 and 19 and also a 26. All are great so you need to pick what you feel comfortable with and will carry and...

The 3 is better but not by very much and it runs well just as the rest of the fleet. I think it was just a poor quality Citgo oil product that has been causing the problems. So far Mobile and its reps and engineers have been a great help. None of the trucks have Egr devices on them. The only 3...

The DDEC is 4 on all of my trucks one is a three if that helps any. Thanks guys

I use good oil now and most would say that synthetic oil is the way to go, but I have seen what it does to engines with 100,000 plus miles on them. It does not lube a worn engine as well as mineral oil because it gets by the rings easier. Just ask any engineer from mobile and they will tell you...

The trucks all have a new air filter installed around 30000 miles and just a few smoke but only if in hard pulling situations which would be normal. DDEC does not show on the engine tags on these trucks unless it is hidden.

I would like to know what would be a good fuel additive to use two or three times a year just to keep my fuel system clean but will not harm it as I will only be driving around 15000 miles per year.

All of the trucks in my fleet are 2000 to 2005 models and non-egr and it is very unlikely that they all can fuel/air systems giving the same problem at the same time. The trucks are all international also. They were all wal-mart trucks that we purchase as they come off lease and they have been...

We have had oil analysis done on the oil new and with 8000 miles on it new it meets cj4 specs at 8 miles they cant even tell anything other than soot is high and cant get any readings at 100 degrees celsius.

Thats what the company had a contract with them for years. The soot level is >11 and off their charts. We have switched to Mobile delvac 1300 plus oil and we tried rotella and it was only able to run 10000 miles safely in our road trucks.

I have been having some trouble with sludge in my diesel fleet and the oil manufacturer being Citgo says all of my trucks have a high soot level causing the oil sludge . I have lost 2 engines already out of 30 plus on the road. The oil they were selling me in bulk was bad to foam and even looked...

Thanks for all the feedback. I work aircraft engines the most and dont keep up much with the things that come along for cars and light trucks. I use the Ford Motorcraft 5w-20 synthetic blend like my truck came with and so far no problems. I also use wix filters so I think the two are a good...

Is all the hype of K&N air filters really that good. I am an aviation mechanic and operate a fleet of 40 road tractors in a family business. So tell me if they are what K&N says they are.