CI or CJ oil change?

[Grizzly]

Grizzly, I have a lot of CI4+ stockpiled and won't need it all since I have the new Ram disease

I can sell you some of it; it is all 15-40 Delo from Brewer's in Abq.

I'm interested. I'll send you a PM.



george

 

[rbattelle]

You might try a local farm equipment store. Not TSC, I mean a place that sells the big Deere & Case equipment used on major commercial farming operations. Last year I got 5 5-gallon pails of CI-4+ Rotella from one.

-Ryan

 

[Tractorat]

Other than price, is there any down side of full synthetic for pre 2007 trucks ?

 

[rscurtis]

Not than I'm aware of. If you have an old truck like mine, you can extend oil changes to 20K miles and beyond with oil sampling. That will save some money.

 

[jeepit]

Other than price, is there any down side of full synthetic for pre 2007 trucks ?

I run full synthetics in everything on the truck including grease!!

 

[moparguy]

Not than I'm aware of. If you have an old truck like mine, you can extend oil changes to 20K miles and beyond with oil sampling. That will save some money.

Actually you can do that with dino Delo. This is a cut/paste from one of my post in 07;

Truck has 220,000 miles. Run Delo 15w40 with Frantz by-pass (2k element changes on the Frantz) with a Stratapore main filter.

Last year I started a long term test with 5k sampling. Each time oil came back good to continue running, no unusual numbers on anything.

I finally changed oil and the Fleetguard filter at the 1 year mark with 23,000 miles on both the oil and Stratapore filter and sent in a sample, again everything good to continue running.

I did add about 4 qts of make-up oil over the year which supplemented the additive package and the Frantz kept things clean.

While according to the analysis I could have continued without a change, I just felt better changing the oil at the one year, 23k mark. I'll now likely stick with a annual change with one 10k analysis, then change at 20k.

I did do one analysis on the wifes 98 on a 10k change (no by-pass filter) and it too came back good to continue running.

I'm convinced that most folks change oil (and filters) far more often than necessary, but their money and truck.

Just an update, due to life I don't drive the truck much these days, but it's just over 250k, no problems, the wife's 98 is at 200k, no issues. Original thread;https://www.turbodieselregister.com...filter-change-interval&highlight=oil+analysis

 

[ZBrooks]

Not than I'm aware of. If you have an old truck like mine, you can extend oil changes to 20K miles and beyond with oil sampling. That will save some money.

Have you ever seen tappets from an engine that was subjected to 20k mile OCIs? They aren't exactly flat.

The 1st Source Chevron lubricant distributor in Santa Fe might still carry the CI-4+ oil. I can also get it at my local farm supply stores.