Synthetic oil in Splitters engine?

[simple.serf]

Synthetic oil story. I used to manage a truck leasing company. We used RPM Delo in all of the Cummins and Detroit diesels. One customer asked about Mobil 1 when it came out. We told him not to worry about it. Oil and engine maintenance were part of his lease.

A few weeks later he came into my office and told me his story. He decided we were full of it and he changed the oil in one of their trucks and used Mobil 1. At five bucks a quart in 1973 dollars. On the way back to Dallas from Houston an oil line busted and dumped something like 14 gallons on the highway.

We never heard him talk about synthetics again.

As I said, I can only make myself run it in harder to replace stuff. Hell, I still have engines that I run Non-detergent in. (open crankcase total loss systems).

 

[MasterMech]

(open crankcase total loss systems)

Hit and miss?

 

[charly]

For 20 years I've had no issues running Amsoil, none. Very Happy.. I use their grease, etc, with all great results... I love their EA air filters,,, like a Cat,,, just vacuum them off and you good to go again. Test results have shown better air flow the K&N filters and no oily mess to deal with or the cleaning solution that you have to use with the K&N air fliters.. Nice thing,,, when it's below zero , things start and are lubed..

 

[charly]

So are you saying that synthetics caused that oil line to break or just bad karma from ignoring your advice?

Yes, that synthetic oil just wrecks everything. All my stuff seized up, wow big mistake!

 

[MasterMech]

Yes, that synthetic oil just wrecks everything. All my stuff seized up, wow big mistake!

Still waiting for all my equipment and vehicles to self-destruct.

 

[BrotherBart]

So are you saying that synthetics caused that oil line to break or just bad karma from ignoring your advice?

Karma for monkeying with our engine.

 

[simple.serf]

Hit and miss?

Yup. All 17 of them.

 

[MasterMech]

Yup. All 17 of them.

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Highbeam]

I use a 5 gal pail. Truck is tall enough it fits under the oil pan without trouble.

I also slide a 5 gallon bucket under my stock height, stock tires, F350 to change the oil in the 7.3 diesel.

T6 5-40 btw.

 

[simple.serf]

Pics or it didn't happen.

Not to go off topic, but...



There's a few more that stayed home too. The funny part is that I know a few guys who run synthetic in these too. Gets expensive really fast.

 

[MasterMech]

Not to go off topic, but...


There's a few more that stayed home too. The funny part is that I know a few guys who run synthetic in these too. Gets expensive really fast.

Somewhere there are a bunch of pics of me as a teen manning the engine show at our county fair. Those of us that have been to the Dutchess County Fair know that engine display is pretty big.

Thanks for posting those.