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timbersavage

05-03-2006 18:26:20




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Hi folks
Am running amsoil 15-40 in a piece of forestry equipment powered by a 268 ford diesel, this unit gets 25-35 hard hours of work a week. I have been doing an oil change every 300 hrs., not sure if this is often enough and would like some insight from any AMsoil gurus out there. Thank you all




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ErnieDD

05-04-2006 16:18:56




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 Re: AMsoil in reply to timbersavage, 05-03-2006 18:26:20  
At this point it becomes important as to what filters you are using. How big the oil sump is another factor. The value of the equipment is another and how tight the engine is another. Is the injector pump turned up and are you alway pulling 90+% so there extra soot going into the oil? Amsoil makes a 2 stage filter for stretching oil life.

You are saving fuel because of better lubrication of synthetic, and saving engine wear. Another savings is your rig is working when it could be in the shop for oil changes. If you work during winter you have better cold weather starts.

Not all oil filters are the same, do your research, use a good air filter and spring for a oil test or two. Amsoil offers oil tests.

My brother just sold his 1996 Camry with 380K miles on the clock. It ran amsoil for most of its life.

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dej(JED)

05-04-2006 05:20:01




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 Re: AMsoil in reply to timbersavage, 05-03-2006 18:26:20  
Why guess on it. Take a sample of the new oil, about a pint and a pint out of your system. For about $25 a sample you can have it tested by a Preventive maintance lab and they will tell you how much off of spec the used is at that point.
As a rule if it is out greater than 15% on any test, then change it.



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davpal

05-03-2006 21:02:26




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 Re: AMsoil in reply to timbersavage, 05-03-2006 18:26:20  
If it were a car going down the road averaging 60 mph it would be equivilant to about 18,000 miles of driving. It would depend more on if you are in a dusty enviroment and the oil gets really dirty or not. If you keep nice filters on it you could probably go 500 hours or more. If it is extremely dusty enviroment the 300 hours is probably a good idea. Amsoil had a test Kenworth truck with 400,000 miles on the oil that they just kept changing the filters on and adding oil when it needed it. The oil analysis showed the oil had not chemically broke down. Usually your conscience makes you change oil more than the actual need for it. good luck.

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