Originally Posted By: Rat407
Here is a summary of what Terry Suggested.
1) wear control decreasing, not wear I want to see in bearings and pistons at 10,000 miles. Stanadyne, water and fuel to blame.
2) what oil filter in use this run AC? It may not be filtering out water as well as it needs to.
3) elevated water content 2X higher than it should be and hypermiling may not be getting enough heat in engine.
4) Stanadyne may be too high a treat rate @ 4 ounces to 15 gallons of fuel. Why I stopped recommending it years ago, it's too solvent and strong and hard on softer metals. Iron highest ever too. SN tin trace very problematic if we are wearing into bearing overlay.
5) AEL is not a great protector of soft metals and allowing elevated acids growth. Water makes that even worse.
6) RLI would be my first pick. LE and Schaeffers are alternates. I am not against Amsoil but in 10,000 miles it's allowing more wear than I want at this seasoned 46,000 miles.
Look forward to your input, does Amsoil make a tougher oil that we could experiment with if you prefer not to use the suggestions above?
Thanks for posting this, we were using Stanadyne too, and that was my concern, what effect was it having on the oil. If Stanadyne is too solvent and strong, maybe you could use something with less solvent and detergent-based?
I saw this in Oreilly's, and was thinking of trying it. We live on a farm and have tractors. We were using Stanadyne as well, but, I was concerned about using it all the time with the solvents.
The Peak additives are claiming to be detergent-based, it caught my eye in the description that it says it extends the lube oil life. Maybe because it isn't so high in solvents that would break down the oil otherwise?
https://www.peakhd.com/product/diesel-fu...jector-cleaner/
https://oreillyauto.com/detail/peak-4561...dasdb16/4609981