Miles Lubricants CI4 Plus Oil

[verk]

Hi TDR Forum. In searching for CI4 oil I came upon this oil on Amazon for about $60/5 gal. including shipping if Prime customer. Amsoil, the only other CI4 that I can source lists for $41.85/gal although they are offering 25% discount or free shipping. Can anybody comment on this company or how they feel about using oil from an unknown company ? Following link contains some properties https://mileslubricants.com/uploads/spec_docs/MILES%20ALL%20SPEC%2015W40%20CI4%20PLUS%20pdf.pdf

 

[verk]

For those that are not aware, there is a good TDR write-up of oils available below although many offerings have been superseded with later API ratings. This article was interesting to me because it mentions desirable properties.

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/TDR57_Oil.pdf

 

[JR]

You should research the new CK4 spec. It has ISB specific tests regarding tappet weight loss and cam lobe wear that CI4 oils were not required to test for. There's also 3 or 4 ISM specific tests required to meet the spec. Real world results has shown the current oil specs are indeed more than capable over the last 13+ years. Oil change intervals have literally doubled if not tripled compared to the CI4 days, and that's with the introduction of EGR no less. Largely due to the performance of the new oils. Fleet owners with dozens if not hundreds of trucks run fleet spec oils such as Mobil Delvac or Rotella T3, economical entry level bargain oils with good results. Oil related failures are all but unheard of, I wouldn't hesitate to run any of the big name companies. They've all accumulated millions of miles of testing before CK4 was even released and can be had fairly reasonable if you look for the sales. Tractor Supply has a sale on 5 gallon pales of both T4 and Delo 400 right now at $60. I've seen them even cheaper with manufacturer rebates from time to time.

 

[ZBrooks]

I've gotten to the point that if the oil meets the Cummins certification CES20086, I'm not going to worry about it. I bought a 55 gallon drum of Purus CK-4 oil for $8/gal. So far, so good.

 

[Killer223]

i've ran my 04 well over 200K on tractor supply travellers 15/40. i change it around the 7500 mark. sometime 9K sometime 5K just when i have time really. buy on sale and its around 8$ a gallon.