Vehicle:
2014 RAM 3500 HD
Engine:
6.7L Cummins Turbo Diesel
Engine oil capacity:
12 quarts
Oil type:
Valvoline Premium Blue 15w40
Oil additives:
None
Gas Additives:
None
Make up oil added:
half a quart somewhere in the middle of the run.
Oil filter:
Mopar OEM.
Air filter:
OEM factory air filter. I changed it after this oil change.
USE: highway/city @ 90/10. The truck is used exclusively for hauling freight with a gooseneck 32 foot flatbed around this great country of ours. It frequently hauls at maximum towing capacity of 30,000 pounds but usually around 15-25k depending on the load.
The truck idles for 5-10 minutes during cold start (depending on temps) and idles for 1-5 minutes before each and every shut off to cool down the turbo and other components, as recommended in the owners manual. Other then that, I always sleep at a hotel, so it never idles all night long at truck stops.
@ about 20,000 miles, the water pump failed for some unknown reason, leaking coolant all over the place. Luckily, I was literally 4 miles from a Ram dealership at the time and limped the truck there for warranty repairs. The dealer was shocked that the pump failed as they've never seen it before.
I'm not sure where the potassium and sodium are coming from. It can't possible be from the water pump leaking, so it's definitely a strange phenomenon. I put on 2,000 on the new fill while waiting for the results of this UOA and after seeing the results, I decided to do a quick flush and dumped the Valvoline out in favor of fresh juice. I left the oil filter in place though.
Any thoughts or comments about what could possibly be going on in the new engine? Break in leftovers?
2014 RAM 3500 HD
Engine:
6.7L Cummins Turbo Diesel
Engine oil capacity:
12 quarts
Oil type:
Valvoline Premium Blue 15w40
Oil additives:
None
Gas Additives:
None
Make up oil added:
half a quart somewhere in the middle of the run.
Oil filter:
Mopar OEM.
Air filter:
OEM factory air filter. I changed it after this oil change.
USE: highway/city @ 90/10. The truck is used exclusively for hauling freight with a gooseneck 32 foot flatbed around this great country of ours. It frequently hauls at maximum towing capacity of 30,000 pounds but usually around 15-25k depending on the load.
The truck idles for 5-10 minutes during cold start (depending on temps) and idles for 1-5 minutes before each and every shut off to cool down the turbo and other components, as recommended in the owners manual. Other then that, I always sleep at a hotel, so it never idles all night long at truck stops.
@ about 20,000 miles, the water pump failed for some unknown reason, leaking coolant all over the place. Luckily, I was literally 4 miles from a Ram dealership at the time and limped the truck there for warranty repairs. The dealer was shocked that the pump failed as they've never seen it before.
I'm not sure where the potassium and sodium are coming from. It can't possible be from the water pump leaking, so it's definitely a strange phenomenon. I put on 2,000 on the new fill while waiting for the results of this UOA and after seeing the results, I decided to do a quick flush and dumped the Valvoline out in favor of fresh juice. I left the oil filter in place though.
Any thoughts or comments about what could possibly be going on in the new engine? Break in leftovers?