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But here is the thing, you can prevent downtime by using the motor oil for YOUR application. I'm in charge of $3.5 million worth of equipment, one of my jobs is to maximize profit while keeping costs down. If those wheels aren't turning we're losing money. If I blow up a $20,000 diesel engine...

I would never tell you to go to hell. Just to share I guess, there are basically two camps when it comes to motor oil, use what the manufacture says and change it when they say or your engine will blow up the universe. And those who use whatever they want and change it whenever they want but...

I don't know what U-Haul uses, I've heard UPS uses 10w-40, but do not know for sure. The "recommended" oil is because of EPA and CAFE regulations, that's it. That's the only reason. Years ago I had saved a open letter that a engineer at Ford had put out, he said that the only reason for the...

It is a known issue, Ford knows of the issue, if it fails under warranty Ford will repair it for free. All of my units are out of warranty. It is a known issue, by Ford. They know how to repair it. They know what's causing it. They will not do anything about it unless it fails under warranty...

Godzilla is a mutated lizard. The Ford Godzilla is a 7.3L gasoline V8 engine, single cam, push rods and lifters, cast iron block and aluminum heads, two valves per cylinder. It is basic, simple, reliable, easy to work on and made to work, and work hard. I will not go with a thinner oil, all of...

Incorrect. No gamble is being taken with the service interval and oil being used. The OLM comes on around 7500 miles saying to change the oil, I do 10k. Oil samples say go longer, I do 10k. Pictures prove there are no issues, I'm sticking with the 10k and the 15w-40 diesel oil. I have 50...

I have Forscan and a USB to OBD adaptor that is Forscan capable, have not gotten it to work yet. So far the shop I'm having install the valve bodies is having someone come and program them to the truck, I do not know what exactly needs to be programmed, all I know is it will not learn on it's own.

Thank you, I will.

And here is the bad lobe on the cam, all others are fine, just the one is bad. Even the rocker arm was loose because the lifter was to low.

So far in my two Transits I have not had any problems with them. The 6R140 on the other hand...the parking prawl is weak, my guys set the parking brake when they park against the belt so the truck doesn't rock back and forth and ruin it. The valve body in the 6R140 is junk, it wears out around...

He is long gone, he opened his own independent shop and that failed because of his shoddy work. I have no idea what he's doing now. Funny enough he used to work for a shop that I use for things I can't/won't do before they fired him for shoddy work. My fleet down there is now out of triage and...

I have not used those in a year? I really like the Baldwin/Hastings off Rockauto, but the price with shipping is a little high, these Donaldsons we will see. Been using them on the diesels with decent results, so we will see on the gas trucks.

Here is one of my oil filters cut open. I switched to Baldwin/Hastings for the last year, I am now using Donaldson oil filters as I get a better price on them with my commercial account at a Freightliner dealer. I buy them by the case.

Well you have to pull the front cover, timing set and heads. They pulled the engine from the van as it's easier that way, more room and only 10 bolt that bolt it to the transmission. Once the cam is out I'll post pictures. They said one of the rockers was loose because the lifter was compressed.

I do not know if the cams are made in China or what, Ford knows of the issue but won't cover it, there isn't even a TSB on it.

I have one 6.2 that runs great when it starts, problem is getting it started, it floods all the time. No one can figure out why. So far the 7.3 has been great, pulls great, MPG is right where it should be, only problems so far have been plugs and wires and this one cam. The 6.8 V10 is a huge...

122k I do not know if it is limited to the 2020 model year or not.

That's because you don't under stand how these things get used and abused. I do not know what specific oil other use, I do know it is the cheapest full syn they can find. Picture this, a 16,000lbs van with 5,000lbs of cargo, 6 days a week, tap the key and foot to the floor, 1/4 mile to the...

I do not know the hours on right off hand, and the battery is unhooked as the engine is out of it, heads are off. Just waiting for the special tool needed to pull the cam.

OEM, I couldn't find a aftermarket cam for it.