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Scored a Mopar 291AA fuel filter today I found on Craigslist for $25. The guy had just sold his truck and was selling all the maintenance items that went with the 6.7L. Knowing all the issues with counterfeit filters and such, I brought along an older new 291 (17194) to compare with. First...

I purchased the OEM Fleetguard CCV filter on Amazon exactly a year ago for $54.99. Installed it last week. I like to keep ahead on maintenance items, so searched around today for another. Price has more than doubled and Amazon is out of stock. Lots of knock-off filters out there much...

According to Mobil's website, it is synthetic, not a blend. Mobil has great rebate deals every year. I purchased 4 gallons of 5w-40 ESP full synthetic for $7.75 a gallon in April of this year after Napa's sale and Mobil's rebate of $11. The extreme rebate was $9 a gallon at the time. Shell...

Try a farm store such as Rural King. Shell has a farm store rebate until year end. save-with-a-rebate.html

Rotella T6 has a farm store rebate: $7 a gallon rebate, $20 for 2.5 gal, $40 for 5 gal. Rural King has T6 2.5 gal for $53.00. So $13.20 a gallon after rebate. $3.30 a quart or 21 cents an ounce. And farm store people are the salt of the earth in my opinion.

Valvoline premium blue, until 8/31/21, has a Farm store promotion. $5 a gallon rebate or $20 rebate for a three gallon purchase. My local farm store is Rural King and premium blue is $14.99. Ask for a price match with Napa's sale and pay $7.33 a gallon.

Check out Great Deals & Money savings tips in Forums. Purchased T4 for $7 a gallon and change this year. Have never paid more than $8 a gallon or $10 for a quality filter. My last purchase of oil three months ago was at Napa for Mobil Delvac ESP full synthetic with the rebate for less than $8...

Good article with some caveats at the end about how you operate your vehicle. Extreme heat and older/worn engines certainly will benefit from a higher viscosity oil. However, a new engine might work harder with a higher viscosity oil when tolerances are tighter and thus wear the engine down...

I purchased two Donaldson filters from Amazon last year for $20 and four gallons of Mobil Delvac 1 5W-40 at Napa a few months ago for $7.50 a gallon. Oil was on sale for $20 with a $12 a gallon rebate. Also received a $5 discount for signing up for the Napa mobile app. Always a rebate from...

Shell has some nice rebates through Farm supply stores through 31 October 2020. Search Shell Rotella rebates to find all the info. I bought a 5 gallon pail of T4 at $7.20 a gallon. At my local Rural King, I requested a price match with Walmart ($59 vice $63 at Rural King) and used my Harvest...

I also have a 2011 2500. P2196 popped up about a month ago. Haven't noticed any change in mileage or engine performance. Getting tired of my check engine light coming on with 30 minutes of driving after clearing the code, so ordered a Denso 2345090 (supposedly OEM with Mopar part #68067170AA)...

My 2011 manual says to "check in Park." The dipstick says to check "in Neutral." Per Brockman, doesn't matter. Reads the same in both positions. I do prefer to have the truck in park when standing in front of a running engine.

I’d jump all over this deal if I had a Menards within a days drive. From their website, T6 is on sale for $19.95 minus a 11% Menards rebate ($2.19). And it also qualifies for a $7 a gallon Shell rebate. Total cost: $$10.76 a gallon. Offer ends at midnight, but can buy online and pickup in store.

I’ve posted a few times about buying Delvac for $4 a gallon with Mobil’s $7 rebate and a price match of Walmart’s $10.47 a gallon. With a little effort, no reason to ever pay more than $10 a gallon for quality named brand oil.

From my limited knowledge, Rotella T6 is the only 100% synthetic Shell oil and comes in 5w-40. T5 comes in 15w-40 and 10w-30 and is a synthetic blend. What % of a blended oil is synthetic? Nobody knows since it isn't posted on the label or websites. So I am assuming you are referring to...