Posted by sotxbill on June 30, 2013 at 12:19:30 from (76.183.14.170):
In Reply to: Cummins 8.3 oil posted by Jackers Donk on June 30, 2013 at 05:36:20:
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First off.. use a diesel rated oil. Cummins did a lot of research on oil and wear and that is why a lot of the heavy duty diesel oils are as good as they are today.
Second.. using a good diesel rated oil, big over the road trucks can run over a million miles between overhauls. So.. I can not tell you how important it is to run a diesel rated oil.
Thirdly.. run a 15w40 diesel oil like shell rotella, or mobil delvac or chevron delo.
If you do winter work then bumping up to a 5w40 oil will be even better but cost more.
Did you hear the part about run a diesel rated oil??
BTW.. walmart and most all autoparts will sell the diesel rated oil, but you have to look for them and they are almost always in gallon containers as an 8.3 usually holds 5 gallons of oil and uses a fleetguard fl3000 filter.
hd diesel rated oils are designed to last 10,000 miles between oil changes.. and gas oils do not have enough additives to last this long.. so ....
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