So it's common? Here I thought It's just a curse on farmers.
I think it probably has more to do with age than anything, mine only leaks from the drain plug, regardless of what type of sealing washer I use. It's frustrating!
So it's common? Here I thought It's just a curse on farmers.
It's bad threads old bean. Try some phlon.I think it probably has more to do with age than anything, mine only leaks from the drain plug, regardless of what type of sealing washer I use. It's frustrating!
That's funny, cause my leaks "went away" once I started parking on gravel!!!The threads "shouldn't" matter with the sealing washer between the pan and bolt. It gets tight enough to compress it. I don't know really, just ignored it. Driveway is gravel
I guess it wouldn't hurt to look at it a little closer though. Would be nice to fix it.....
The threads "shouldn't" matter with the sealing washer between the pan and bolt. It gets tight enough to compress it. I don't know really, just ignored it. Driveway is gravel
I guess it wouldn't hurt to look at it a little closer though. Would be nice to fix it.....
I recently bought 3 gallons of shell rotella synthetic 15w-40 on sale for $60. I wanted Chevron or cenex sae 30 but couldn't find it. Unfortantely an oil pressure Gage I Jerry rigged from a tractor started leaking so I lost most of it so I guess it wasn't meant to be. I just refilled it with fleet farm 30 diesel oil and it's happy. At first I thought the expensive oil took out my rear seal so I was adding f&f B4 I figured it out so my expensive oil prably isn't much left.Simple questions:
Which one is better for the 6.9 IDI ?
Any advantage of using one over the other ?
Anyone use the Rotella of either "blend" ?
Reason for asking is that I'm due for an oil change and I can get a gallon of Rotella 15w40 for $12.50. The Synthetic is obviously a little more expensive.
Not sure how quickly the synthetic turns black. Again I am.guessing that it would stay cleaner longer but in have no idea as I have ZERO experience with the regular vs synthetics in the diesels.
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A good diesel oil keeps the very small soot particles in suspension so that they can be drained out at every oil change. Getting black is a good thing.
To go along with that. Imo, how fast the oil gets black is more of a indication of engine condition, than quality of oil. (To an extent)The ability to hold the soot in suspension is a major part of the spec for diesel oils. There's a saturation point though - comes sooner on an older/tired or hard-working engine.
I used to use Rotella 15W-40 but switched to Mobil 1 5W-40 full synthetic a few thousand miles ago. My "new" engine (40,000 miles on it) uses less Mobil 1 5W-40 full synthetic than it used Rotella 15W-40.
A good diesel oil keeps the very small soot particles in suspension so that they can be drained out at every oil change. Getting black is a good thing.