Originally Posted By: CT8
Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Shorter OCIs do not reduce wear rates.
To the contrary, it is actually the aging of the oil, developing the TBC barrier, that reduces wear rates.
Read my normalcy article and the SAE study referenced therein.
With short trip use changing the oil sooner gets rid of the moisture fuel dilution etc.
Was Dnewton refering specifically to short trip scenario? IDTS. It was a more generic usage for the Diesel Cummins engines, and that is nicht short tripping http://g.augme.com/7243
Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Shorter OCIs do not reduce wear rates.
To the contrary, it is actually the aging of the oil, developing the TBC barrier, that reduces wear rates.
Read my normalcy article and the SAE study referenced therein.
With short trip use changing the oil sooner gets rid of the moisture fuel dilution etc.
Was Dnewton refering specifically to short trip scenario? IDTS. It was a more generic usage for the Diesel Cummins engines, and that is nicht short tripping http://g.augme.com/7243