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Machinist
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Derby Kansas
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
just change it........... takes ten min.
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
I run 2qts on my 4wds.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kansas
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
Ok here is the numbers
Wix 51794 Ac Delco Pf932 |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
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What type of oil should I run in the motor, the synthetic oil or the regular oil???
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kansas
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
I forgot to mention, I prefer the AC Delco. The Wix or Napa gold filters I believe filter too small of particles. I use those when I buy a truck with a good engine, but I usually have to change filters 3-4 times before I can go 3k between changes. I use the Delco for every day use. These filters were originally made for school buses with the 366 and 427 engines if you ever have to look them up. For oil I run Mobile Delvac 1300 series 15/45 add 1 can of stp, and 2 oz per qt of "Energy Release" additive. With that combination I currently have a 427 with 16500 hours on it and still runs strong! My 350 burb has 432000 miles and is a daily driver. carrys 45lbs hot at idle, doesn't even get hot running ac in town in summer. it has had the intake gaskets done at 410000 miles but that is all inside the engine.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kansas
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
I'm not sure about the cheaper models but the Napa gold is a wix filter.
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upgrading to an older model
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento, KY
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
I had an uncle that NEVER changed oil in anything...he would change the filter and top it off, but never actually change the oil. The funny part is every single vehicle he had survived 300000+ miles.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kansas
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
He was probably running the france filters. If so he probably added stp or some other lube back to the tired oil
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Yellville, Ar, USA
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
Wix makes NAPA's Pro Select filters as well as the NAPA Gold filters. Pro Select filters just have a few less pleats in the paper than the Gold.
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Ask a crop duster or a member of the CAP--- you would be shocked ------ IT JUST DOESNT MATTER ------ as long as its fresh and topped up and as long as you don't mix synthetic with mineral. Viscosities mix readily ------- Auto people lay much more importance on this b-s than av people ---- but i'm talking about people who use their planes hard, not folks with a Pitts Special who uses it 10 hours a month. A plane is a big investment, and many people rightfully treat their investment like i would treat a Lotus -- but in either case, its not totally necessary , but owners do what owners do
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
in my opinion you should shorten up the 3000 interval. it sounds like you have combustion gases getting into the oil and making it black. have you done a cylinder leak down test?
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
A-the oil should be black if it's doing it's job--change oil and filter (preferably Wix) EVERY 3000 miles.
B- make sure carb is not too rich and choke is not opening too slowly C- Ignore ALL suggestions of ANY oil additives--I cannot believe that people still buy this crap. I guess the oil and vehicle manufacturers are all idiots?? Dump your STP, etc, etc. on your Coco Puffs in the morning--it will do you more good!
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Monroe, WA
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
I agree - with the exception of ZDDP additives if you're running an oil that doesn't have the recommended amounts for your flat-tappet cam. Most of that junk just clogs oil filters.
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
oil
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chrome makes it go FASTER!
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cleveland Tennessee
Posts: 2,884
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
Junk. Put it in your lawn mower if you want. Why would you pay to rebuild your motor then run that crap in it?
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Moore, Oklahoma
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
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Most people would use only the best i agree, -- when you have 75 - 200k (or more) investment - $100 for a case of oil is no big deal -- but not all My father worked for the FAA for 30 years as a field safety investigator. I worked as an apprentice doing the same before settling down at Cessna in their experimental department. Part of the job with the FAA is dealing with the low budget operators(cropdusters, CAP people, low budget cargo operators) and type certifying home builts and things like that. In that environment you see anything and everything and you quickly learn there is more out there than hobbyists with their Mooneys and Bonanzas sitting in brightly lit hangars with checkerboard floors. In the experimental dept., we tried everything in a somewhat controlled setting to get planes to fail as well in both static and flight tests I haven't seen it all, but i have seen a wide range of oddball setups (the worst is the crop dusting field -- where a plane is regarded as a tool, no more or no less important than a tractor) I have as much respect for a horizontally opposed Lycoming 4 or Continental 6 in the durability department as i do any small block chevrolet
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Are you retired too? Nonsense! I'm in my prime Last edited by streetstar; 01-01-2008 at 08:40 AM. |
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
So.is seventy footer a cropduster?
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Location: Moore, Oklahoma
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
nope, but a 350 sbc should in theory be less sensitive to oil differences than a plane from a maintenance standpoint.
70 GMC'er needs all the reliability he can get in case he has to outrun the long shotgun barrel of somebody's angry husband/dad. But i don't think he wants to put the car wash discount in jeopardy just yet
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Are you retired too? Nonsense! I'm in my prime Last edited by streetstar; 01-01-2008 at 10:28 AM. |
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Location: Monroe, WA
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Re: The oil is not even 3,000 miles
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I guess I'm beating a dead horse here with this back and forth, you're generalizing from your experience (which is far different from mine after 10 years of flying just about everything with a prop from experimentals to warbirds) and I just don't see that it's valid. |
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