Swepco oils

[SRay]

Hello all, I know oils have been discussed several times before, but has anyone used Swepco brands?



I'm interested in opinions if anyone has used Swepco. (hopefully no oil brand wars)



I've been using these oils in my 1997 ctd with good results.



Most noticeable was the Swepco 80w90 gear oil in my nv4500. I've got 40,000 kms on the oil since putting the oil in and so far has worked great.



In the spring, my cummins blew apart the stock clutch with it's AW chassis dyno'd 283 rwhp/942 rwtq, the transmission was removed and inspected. So far (it's a '99 nv4500 with upgraded nut) it's in excellent condition, the nut still tight, gears looking good, bearings within specs, synchros shifting nicely, etc. New clutch installed and transmission put back in. (this transmission came out of a 1999 dodge dually with 400,000 kms on it. )



My brother in law and I rebuilt this transmission ourselves 3 years ago when I did the auto to manual swap. All we've done was bearings, seals, synchros and one 3rd gear (it was chipped).



Now there's 80,000kms of daily driving, many dyno runs, several drag racing, heavy hauling, and now sled pulling since the rebuild.



What I really like about this oil is it's additive package, the ability to climb up and completely coat everything in a thick film of oil rather than just splash coating. All the bearings, gears are completely coated in this blue stuff. Also as far as I'm seeing, the oil has not been a problem to the synchros.



The oil doesn't run down quickly, doesn't foam much (foam is air bubbles going through the gears) and I think cushions the gears much better against the cummins high torque vibrations than the thin oil supplied by chrysler.



I'm hoping this article would be of interest for anyone who wants to try another brand of oil.



I'm hoping to be of help by letting others know that Swepco is another good product that's not well known except by those who use it as it's not advertised to help keep cost down. I found out about Swepco by word of mouth.



As time goes on, I'll be checking my truck to see how everything is doing as power level goes up and how well the oils are doing to work with the mechanical parts.



There will be a new clutch going in as I couldn't afford an SBC clutch at the time when the old blew up, so the same brand as the previous clutch went back in.



If there are any questions or whatever, I'd be happy to discuss.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I used Swepco oil in my truck when I was an O/O put it in both rear's and in the trans. It was expensive but I never had a problem with the components that it protected. If I remember rite I picked it up in Houston Tx because CA had no distributorships. I was going to use it in my Dodge but Chevron was easy and FREE so I went with it. The thing that sold me on it was that the shop for a company that I pulled for had a 13 speed trans torn apart and on a bench. The parts were covered with swepco oil and were awaiting parts so they could rebuild the trans. I came back a week later and the parts were still on the bench I asked the mech. when are you guy's going to get around to rebuilding this trans. He said we cant pick up the parts off the bench they are so slick. Shure as hell I had to slide the gears off the SIDE of the bench because I couldn't pick them up without sliping off the gear set's. That's pretty slick stuff. I was sold

 

[SRay]

BigNasty: sounds like the mechanic working on the 13 SPD transmission doesn't like working with slick stuff. :-laf



I've got a logging buddy of mine that had the same thing with his skidder rear end that was being rebuilt. Coated in blue Swepco 80w90 and the mechanic said parts were hard to handle and very slick.



I'm hoping the blue oil helps my nv4500 live a longer life.



That's one of the problem with Swepco is not enough places to buy the stuff from. I was fortunate the guys that sell the oil to me is only 15 mins away. I sometimes buy larger quantities and sell to my friends for the same price to help spread out the oil to people.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Swepco

I was going to get Swepco because the last bit of Chevron that I had went into the wife's ride. But when the Big Boss came in to hunt. He and I were talking and I said that I was out of the gear lube /engine oil the old good stuff/and the ATF4 As a thank you for the hunt he sent me the pickup # for 2/55 gal drums of Delo 400 / 1 55 gal of 75/90 gear lube/ and 1 55 of ATF+4 So I think im set for awhile as far as lube:-laf GEE I HAD TO GO TO THE DISTRUBUTOR TO PICK IT UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They do make the Old Delo oil it's just marketed for commercial use. Its an off road lube for non DPF equipped motors