EASY! Cummins 6.7 2013 and up oil change

[randygk]

Thank you and all vets for your service. 73
Synthetic best for turbo vehicles.

 

[w6pea]

Thank you and all vets for your service. 73
Synthetic best for turbo vehicles.

73 to you too.

 

[skorski]

Why don't you just buy a cover from genos works grate no spill

 

[tony1461571]

Cummins12V98
Great pics on the first one with the bucket did you have the front end of truck jacked up as you had the milk bucket on a piece of 2x6.

 

[tony1461571]

Each and EVERY CTD shipped to RAM is ran for hours??? Do you have a source that states they drain the oil & refill the oil??? Interesting....

I can't speak for Cummins but I worked at the Caterpillar engine plant in Mossville IL every engine after it was tested had the oil drained. And if I remember right they were shipped with with no oil in them I worked both in assembly and engine test. I built both Truck 3406 engines and the engines for D8 and up tractors 3408 and 3412s. And the the only ones that were ran longer than 20 min or so were special test engines.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Cummins12V98
Great pics on the first one with the bucket did you have the front end of truck jacked up as you had the milk bucket on a piece of 2x6.

Thank you!

No I did not. I shimmed the bucket up to avoid splashing and it worked perfectly. I clean out the bucket and keep it in my truck toolbox for use as a wash bucket.

The bucket was from my father in laws farm.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Why don't you just buy a cover from genos works grate no spill

Not sure what you are talking about. Please give a link or part number. Zip lock bag is pennies and I don't have to take up space in my toolbox for another tool.

 

[2rrRAM2nv]

man, you guys with the fender well oil filter change have it a bit nicer. My Ram will NOT fit a filter thru the fender access unless I can get the filter at least an Inch smaller in diameter. it ain't happening. Not a real big deal since going thru the top is still pretty easy. plus I don't have to worry about having the filter partly empty when I go to install it. whatever works for you, do it.

 

[16919]

man, you guys with the fender well oil filter change have it a bit nicer. My Ram will NOT fit a filter thru the fender access unless I can get the filter at least an Inch smaller in diameter. it ain't happening. Not a real big deal since going thru the top is still pretty easy. plus I don't have to worry about having the filter partly empty when I go to install it. whatever works for you, do it.

I just changed mine for the first time...what a PITA that was #@$%! For a while there I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get the oil filter off. I miss my ol' 2nd gen 5.9 in that regard. Oil changes were a breeze

 

[Cummins12V98]

16919

I am curious did you follow the method I described?

 

[dfb]

The new trucks are synthetic from factory

 

[16919]

16919

I am curious did you follow the method I described?

Pretty much the same. I did mine from above and took off the intake. The intake gave me some trouble also but got it off close to where you did. By far my biggest slow down was the filter...you have thought they put red lock tite on that thing at the factory.

 

[Cummins2014]

Mine will always have synthetic.

Do you think it makes sense, and why, if say a person like me is following the recommended oil change intervals, and it says in MY manual every 15K OR SIX MONTHS . In my case I will be changing my oil for the fifth time in 2*1/2 years, and the mileage will be right at 20K, basically changing my oil every 5k. IMO this is waste enough but with a MORE expensive oil ( synthetic ) there is even more waste. I assume if one does not follow the manual for warranty purposes, and the engine goes south, is there a warranty in place for someone not following the change intervals. Your thoughts on that ??

 

[kthaxton]

There seems to be a misconception that the only reason to use synthetic is longer drain intervals, there is much more to it than that.

Synthetic works better in the cold, work better in the heat (has a higher flash point thus less burns off at higher temps) and it is just plain slipperier. There are other minor advantages that aren't worth getting into but synthetic is better in every way except cost.

Will you notice these advantages on a daily basis? Likely not (except extreme cold) but if you were to do a side by side test with two identical trucks over a long period, you would find less wear and likely a cleaner engine with synthetic.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Do you think it makes sense, and why, if say a person like me is following the recommended oil change intervals, and it says in MY manual every 15K OR SIX MONTHS . In my case I will be changing my oil for the fifth time in 2*1/2 years, and the mileage will be right at 20K, basically changing my oil every 5k. IMO this is waste enough but with a MORE expensive oil ( synthetic ) there is even more waste. I assume if one does not follow the manual for warranty purposes, and the engine goes south, is there a warranty in place for someone not following the change intervals. Your thoughts on that ??

Personally I would still run synthetic especially if I planned to keep the truck for the long run.

 

[Ram4Sam]

Do you think it makes sense, and why, if say a person like me is following the recommended oil change intervals, and it says in MY manual every 15K OR SIX MONTHS . In my case I will be changing my oil for the fifth time in 2*1/2 years, and the mileage will be right at 20K, basically changing my oil every 5k. IMO this is waste enough but with a MORE expensive oil ( synthetic ) there is even more waste. I assume if one does not follow the manual for warranty purposes, and the engine goes south, is there a warranty in place for someone not following the change intervals. Your thoughts on that ??

Makes perfect sense.......to me anyway. Unless you are at the extreme edge (heavy towing, extreme hot and cold, etc) dino oil will treat your engine just fine, longer than you will most likely own it.

Sam

 

[LLucas]

Genos garage oil filter cap off tool

 

[Badunit]

I'm not getting the reason for changing the oil every 6 months. I guess I can see it if the assumption is "low miles" = "a lot of short trips that don't get the oil heated up" or = "a lot of short trips that require active regens". But if the low mileage is simply due to fewer trips overall, 6 month oil changes seem excessive to me and a waste of money and resources. I suppose the only way to answer it for sure is to do a sequence of oil samples to nail down when it really needs changing for my personal driving habits.

 

[Cummins2014]

I'm not getting the reason for changing the oil every 6 months. I guess I can see it if the assumption is "low miles" = "a lot of short trips that don't get the oil heated up" or = "a lot of short trips that require active regens". But if the low mileage is simply due to fewer trips overall, 6 month oil changes seem excessive to me and a waste of money and resources. I suppose the only way to answer it for sure is to do a sequence of oil samples to nail down when it really needs changing for my personal driving habits.

Don't disagree at all, all I'm saying is I'm following the manual, does it matter to FCA what I think about oil change intervals.

 

[Cummins2014]

Personally I would still run synthetic especially if I planned to keep the truck for the long run.

I will have this present truck until about 80-100K , and it just doesn't make sense for ME to change the oil twice a year ,and spend just twice as much for oil . I agree if I was going to keep it for the long run it would make sense.