Posted by Dan in North Houston on November 02, 2017 at 20:22:25 from (73.55.198.248):
In Reply to: gearbox rinse posted by K Effective on November 02, 2017 at 16:23:32:
Many years ago I worked on drilling rigs, where we had many diesel motors. Usually we had Detroit diesels on the air compressors, 6V82's, 8V92's, and usually a 12V92TA or a turbo'd Caterpillar motor on the draw works, 3208 if I remember correctly. We changed the oil regularly, but our standard procedure was to drain the oil, fill with diesel, run for about 5 or 10 seconds, drain the diesel and fill with oil. Before I get crucified here, let me point out that I was 18 and was not getting paid to think - just doing what the boss told me to do. With what I know now, I would never dare do this to any of my equipment. But we ran those motors almost continuously for days on end, mostly at full throttle, only shutting them down twice a day for a few minutes to check the oil and coolant. I don't recall we ever had any major problems of any kind. I don't recall how often we changed the oil, but it was probably every two or three weeks.
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