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I appreciate all the feedback. I thought I would respond to a few of the comments.
Regarding selling the truck, I have thought of this before. However, years ago I invested some into the engine and transmission (e.g. 160cc injectors, John Wood stage-1 4R100 transmission) I use to drive the truck more back then. Since the truck is old, I don't know that I can get much money back for it so I decided to keep it for now. Other than occasional cold starting drama which the 5w40 seems to help with, the engine runs well.
I do have to periodically pull the batteries. I actually did that yesterday as they were both very low. I have each one charging with my battery tender. I like to keep the fuel level at 50% or higher to minimize condensation buildup and add the diesel clean additive to the fuel with each fill up.
The truck is located outside as it is too long to fit in the garage. Living at a mountain town, we do sometimes get a wide fluctuation in weather conditions where one day it is 60F and sunny and the next day it is 20F with heavy snow.
I run the Motorcraft FL1995 oil filter. I read this is a good one to go with but if there is a better one, I am open for suggestions on that. This is a huge filter as I think it holds around 2 quarts of oil.
Regarding selling the truck, I have thought of this before. However, years ago I invested some into the engine and transmission (e.g. 160cc injectors, John Wood stage-1 4R100 transmission) I use to drive the truck more back then. Since the truck is old, I don't know that I can get much money back for it so I decided to keep it for now. Other than occasional cold starting drama which the 5w40 seems to help with, the engine runs well.
I do have to periodically pull the batteries. I actually did that yesterday as they were both very low. I have each one charging with my battery tender. I like to keep the fuel level at 50% or higher to minimize condensation buildup and add the diesel clean additive to the fuel with each fill up.
The truck is located outside as it is too long to fit in the garage. Living at a mountain town, we do sometimes get a wide fluctuation in weather conditions where one day it is 60F and sunny and the next day it is 20F with heavy snow.
I run the Motorcraft FL1995 oil filter. I read this is a good one to go with but if there is a better one, I am open for suggestions on that. This is a huge filter as I think it holds around 2 quarts of oil.