Recent content by MontanaAndy

Gee! the high pressure spring came WITH the oil pump FROM MELLING... In the same box! I woulda thought that the company that designed and built the pump might have known what their product should run.... They even mentioned it in their little installation pamphlet...... The bypass filter idea...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I bought this old truck for a work rig around my place. About a year ago, I found a study (on-line) that the state of California did in small, medium and larger trucks, using oil analysis and different filters, there were able to successfully go to 15,000 miles...

Hi All! I've heard that running synthetic oil in an older engine can loosen lots of crud to get in the filters.... Here's my little story... I own a '94 Chevy K3500 with a 5.7 in it with just over 200K miles on it. Last year I had the engine out to fix a cracked frame, and while the engine was...