I posted the two filters I have taken off my suburban here http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...er_state#UNREAD
I had one of the valve covers off trying to find a leak and noticed the engine is varished up fairly good but didn't look sludged or overly caked with junk. There was some fairly large size chunks of grit in the filter that was on it when I bought it and some of the pleats were full. The guy that owned it before me only owned it 6 months but looked like the oil change had been since he owned it. I dont know what oil he used by it had a fram ultra filter on it. I am guessing the people he bought it from didn't take good care of it and judging by some of the stuff that was covered up that he didn't tell me about he was cutting his losses.
The motor runs fine and only used a quart in 2000 miles(I have only had it for 3000 miles). I had changed the oil when I got it with penzoil ultra 0w-40. When I cut the filter and found the chunks I changed it again with only having approximately 3000 on the oil. I put Valvoline white bottle 10w-40 in it and plan to do a 2500 mile run a few times to clean the rest of the chunks out.
I wanna clean it up but don't think I need to get to extream. What is the best thing to do?
I had one of the valve covers off trying to find a leak and noticed the engine is varished up fairly good but didn't look sludged or overly caked with junk. There was some fairly large size chunks of grit in the filter that was on it when I bought it and some of the pleats were full. The guy that owned it before me only owned it 6 months but looked like the oil change had been since he owned it. I dont know what oil he used by it had a fram ultra filter on it. I am guessing the people he bought it from didn't take good care of it and judging by some of the stuff that was covered up that he didn't tell me about he was cutting his losses.
The motor runs fine and only used a quart in 2000 miles(I have only had it for 3000 miles). I had changed the oil when I got it with penzoil ultra 0w-40. When I cut the filter and found the chunks I changed it again with only having approximately 3000 on the oil. I put Valvoline white bottle 10w-40 in it and plan to do a 2500 mile run a few times to clean the rest of the chunks out.
I wanna clean it up but don't think I need to get to extream. What is the best thing to do?