Re: Re: Re: Would 15W40 be too heavy for my H??

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 23, 2004 at 03:58:54 from (216.208.58.122):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Would 15W40 be too heavy for my H?? posted by Paul Shuler on February 22, 2004 at 19:43:01:

Paul: I don't think it matters a whole lot what brand of oil you use. I have used different brands but am very careful that the specs are the same. Over the years I have used Esso, Shell and Texaco. I keep updated cross reference to make sure I am getting the same grade of oil, no matter what the source.

I think over the years the 6.2 diesel was probably the most amazing engine I had. To start with that engine didn't have a great reputation for longeviety. My friends all laughed at me when I bought it in the winter of 86-87. It was an 85 model a guy traded for a Ford diesel because they had more power. What I noticed on the spec sheet on this truck, it's ratios were such that it would turn 1800 rpm at 60 mph. Every year my friends kept kidding me on when this old 6.2 was going to blow up. They annoyed me so badly on this I decided I am deiving this truck until the engine blows up, if I live long enough. That one used to get their goat. Well in 2002, the old truck with close to 500,000 miles was getting quite bad on the rust factor. During servicing one day I noticed my frame was broken behind the cab about half way to the rear spring hanger. That ended the old truck, it was held together well as I had put a steel flat deck on it. I never took it on the road again, used it around property some. Finally a guy bought it for the engine to put in an old 4x4 to plow snow with. I questioned the wisdom of putting that old engine in another truck. The buyers responce, 6.2's will run forever if you keep them under 2500 rpm. He said," if you see a Chevy diesel with 4.10 gears run the other way, it's had too many hours at 3000 rpm." He said he knew that was not the case with my truck as it had always seemed like it was idleing as I drove throughout the community.

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