Recent content by Bighorn2500

I previously went to the Cummins website and put my engine serial number in the system and it gave me assembly date for the engine itself. I think mine was two months earlier than the truck assembly date out of Saltillo. https://www.cummins.com/support/manuals "ISB: The dataplate is typically...

Well at least all the pleats were installed and metal banded looking at the vintage of the filter unlike one of my older TG’s.

Yes, Think I grabbed that one last fall on Wally World rollback price or some kind of deal at the time.

Yes Adam, my brother had that replaced about 15k miles ago. I told him I wouldn’t waste my time changing his oil anymore till he replaced it. He got the point finally.

Luckily this Fram TG10060 had all the media pleats on it compared to the messed up one I had last time. This one had 4709 miles on it from my brothers 2016 Ram 1500 Hemi with 223k miles on it. This filter ran a mix of 0w20 & 5w30 Total Quartz from the AZ sale. A Wix 57060XP went back on only...

Brothers 2016 Ram 1500 5.7L Hemi with 223,880 miles on it. OCI: 4709 miles & 53% on OLM. Out: Five quarts of Total Quartz 0w20 INEO Xtra, two quarts of Total Quartz 5w30 INEO LL & Fram TG10060. In: Five quarts of Mobil 1 5w20, Two quarts of Mobil 1 0w40 & Wix 57060XP. Rotated tires & replaced...

Whatever 5w40 is on sale or has rebates when you need it especially if your only going with 5k changes. I’ve ran many different brands of 5w40 through my 6.7L and could honestly never tell the difference. VPBE, T6, Delvac 1, Delo XSP, and there’s also Farm store fleet brand 5w40 in five gallon...

Looks cheap, I’d run a Fram TG/XG before wasting money on anything Doc’s. I’ll stick to Donaldson, Fleetguard, or Baldwin.

90 octane non-ethanol at the (Lake Orion) Kroger gas station was $4.99 a gallon this morning. Regular 87 octane $3.79. I use it in the generator and lawn mower, etc. so the carbs don’t gum up.

Ram 2500 with 68RFE trans. (179,820 miles) fluid drain and refill typically at 30k mile intervals. Out: 6 quarts ATF+4 dark maroon colored In: 6 quarts ATF+4 fresh clean reddish colored.

You might want to sample again in 5k with the 15w40 you just installed and try a different lab for a more accurate fuel dilution percentage. One sample won’t necessarily do much other then make you speculate what if’s. Stick with your favorite oil and watch for consistency or trends over the...

Curious how much the Zinc and Phosphorous depleted from the original levels as that seems low even for used oil based on the universal averages as well as Ford’s recommended requirements.

Beef comes Farm store, brother & I split a 1/2 steer and put it in deep freezers. Usually get 20-30 lbs of chicken breast with it.

Yeah the specs were the same basically, two for $26.50 was a decent price to try them out. DBL’s are double that much for two usually.

2012 Ram 2500 6.7L with 179,500 miles. About 5k on the oil change, had the shop replace the oil pan gasket which was leaking/weeping when they replaced the bad turbo. Turbo actuator went out and the VGT vanes were sticking. No codes present, just weird sound that drew my attention enough to...