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Never had a PSD 6.7 break a crank / never heard of it happening / the V10s are retired / its the Godzilla 7.3 gas now. I prefer gas over diesel but diesel is the best option for my company. The B10 life of the PSD6.7 is 500k miles and the B50 life is 1mil. Cummins 6.7 has a B10 of 250k miles and...

just run it. its totally fine--totally cosmetic

Vietnamese people overall have high ethics and work standards. They are a developing nation and establishing themselves as an alternative to China for manufacturing. I am not aware of any major exported products not meeting standards. China can and does have excellent manufacturing...

Unfortunately the humidity is way too high here for swamp coolers----tried those years ago. Where I can raise prices I already have. The reality of inflation is a given. Its alarming. The guy causing double digit inflation doesn't even remember why or how and that its his fault. Everybody hold...

I truly dont think filters matter much. Never had an engine oil related failure and to keep overhead low have always run the cheapest filter I can get. Doesnt matter much anyways on the cummins 6.7ISB. Cummins only rates the engine for half of the lifespan as a Powerstroke or Detroit Diesel...

I am laughing a bit about burning the waste oil---haha. Winter is 65F here at worst. Homes here don't even have furnaces or "true" heaters. Almost all of the heat is just the AC compressor running backwards--aka a heat pump which is used a couple of days a year at most. Even my swimming pool has...

The cost is nothing actually. I have my own shop and full time mechanics. They are on salary so there is no more or less cost to me. Our SOP us to have the trucks checked twice daily--lights--safety equip and all fluid levels. Most of the trucks don't consume much oil. Also we have been...

This is where I will take oil samples and see what the lab says. To me the add mark is the proper level and the amount above that is only there for a safety margin. On the PSD 6.7 from high to low mark is 2qts. Oil samples at max OCIs show the oil still has a lot of life so I'm interested to see...

Most everything I buy is bid out. I buy everything in bulk including having my own diesel fuel tanks (3,500 gallons). Ironically having my own ranks costs more per gallon than the local filling stations but its the only way to keep my staff from stealing fuel. I control the quality of what gets...

Just going over my company books and in just the last 4 months I have seen a 14% increase in operating costs across the board. Next month all Florida companies take another huge hit because voters decided to increase min wage by $1.30 per hr to $10.00. Every 12 mos per State law it will increase...

---Should have gone gas......you will thank me later....$$$$$$$ for repairs and maint....trade before the warranty ends and / or buy an extended warranty

Thank you. Excellent point. I am adding the vent to tube to our inspection points!!! I was hoping it was just the vent tube.....but alas its actually the seal. When my shop changes the oil and does a full service the while truck is inspected and documented. One of the things is to grease all...

$3.98 each / lowes priced them the same as the smaller extra guards at $3.98. The larger filters are always more. Currently this filter Lowes has at $23.XX each. Someone messed up and priced all of the orange cans the same both on stores and online. I was in my local lowes and bought all 5 of...

The Powerstroke 6.7 Diesel oil pump flows at 18 gallons per min. I would expect all of the filters for this engine to need a robust design

A veh runs as long as the cost / benefit of repairs makes said repairs desirable. My trucks I need a min of 500k but really closer to 700k from before rotating them--about 3 years on average.

Thank you sir for the work!!! I've always wanted to see the inside of once of these. I got 250 of them from Lowe's for $3.98 online. They messed up and priced it the same as a small Fram OC. They have it at $23.xx now. The filter bug has bitten me and while at the store I picked up a Fram...

OCIs do not increase or decrease with age. I highly suggest you follow the intervals for normal service use in the owners manuals. If i maintained my fleet to the level you are I would go broke. I wish I had as much money as you do to literally pour down the drain--well in this case the used oil...

T There is always an outlier......

Hello, I own a towing company and always run cheap filters. Fram jobbers and OCs are my fav for 3 decades now. I scored 250 Fram PH10890 filters from Lowe's online when they mis-priced them at $3.98 instead of $22-23 each. That's a better price than from my distributor. I run them on Ford PSD...