Recent content by craftyone

I’m no oil, lube or fuel expert but I do carry bulk anything/everything into/out of refineries, lube and oil recovery plants, blending facilities and have talked to operators, lab folk and anyone that was around, asking the obvious questions most rednecks would ask in my position and my...

Sure do appreciate all the input here!!!!

What am I looking for re a bad or unusable filter? Is there some way to know or tell?

2003 F250 7.3 @ 177k miles No towing, light use. Live in Louisiana. Been using T4 Rotella & FL1995/a Motorcraft filter every 5k miles. During the recent happening I used Walmart SuperTech a couple of times and even mixed with T4 when I couldn’t find T4. Had a NAPA oil test done and everything...

Worked for 3 different carriers all of which run T4 exclusively.

170K miles. Was a light tow'r from 0-40K, now just a light duty chore truck. Now that I bring my rig home it doesn't see highway miles either. Was using Rotella until couldn't find it. Now using Super Tech 15w40 HD Diesel w/ Motorcraft filter. Was changing every 3000m but have seen some talk...

Thanks! Yeah if I lived in Alaska or North Dakota I’d probably look more into it but I think for my location and limited use I should be good. Plus I’d be 100% synthetic the next change and I always thought synthetic was the was to go with an older engine.

Have an oil change coming up. Recently came into a buttload of Delvac syn 10w30 (see below) via a foreclosure sale. Been running the Walmart Super tech 15w40 since 150k (0-150k = Rotella 15w40). Would like to eventually transition to the Delvac if it’s not a problem but still have a 2 gal jug...