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Archive for December 27th, 2007
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Posted by Art from Denver, CO, US on December 27, 2007
Great idea thanks
Thanks for the feed back, keep the questions coming!
Synthetic engine oil
Posted by Kevin from Hodges, SC, US on December 27, 2007
How many hours should I run 5w-40 full synthetic oil in garbage trucks . Some have 8 gal. others have 11 gal.
Kevin, before I answer I need to have more information, such as vehicle type, operations type, and oil (as not all oils are the same) Without this extra information I would stay with a conservative number of 300 hrs
Extending oil drains on the engine is quite complex, and should only be done in conjunction with a used oil analysis programme. This is the only way to establish if the engines and oil combination will allow extended service intervals to be run in your conditions.
We have a lot of success of running upto double OE drains using out semi-synthetic fluid castrol Hypuron, however the type of fluid (mineral or synthetic) is not the only determining factor for drain intervals.
