Cat235D
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Am i right by reading in my manual 15k?
Am i right by reading in my manual 15k?
Thanks for the reply, i think i will go with 5k also. 15 seems high to me
you have to stop farting on the seat to keep that new smell. LoLThat's what I usually do. just change it around 5k or so. I don't believe in going 15k miles without changing the oil.. but then I don't even have 15k miles on my 04 and its over two years old now.
Still looks fresh as the day I drove it off the lot... I just wish it still had that new truck smell.
I can't understand why I would drop $30+ to change oil when an analysis is a little inconvienent but it only takes 3 minutes to wrap the sample up and mail it off to our local caterpillar oil testing lab and it costs me $9.00 (the mailers are free). I can sample the oil 3 times for less than $30. and it saves me 100$ on oil changes.
what part of that math isn't right?
I guess the $30 for an oil change isn't correct in that math for me and the fact that I don't have a local Cat test facility. I do mine for $20 or so and the Blackstone test is $18 plus shipping. Filter from filter one for $5 or $6 and three gallons of oil for $5 each. Blackstone is like $18 for the test as I don't have a local caterpillar oil testing lab, so with shipping and all, it is the same or cheaper. Not to mention, if your test comes back and you have to change the oil, you are out $9 + just to find that out, which still covers half of my oil change where I am sure I have good oil. What part of that math doesn't make sense? I would say you need to find a better price on oil/filter changes. Then again, I can't afford a Cummins, and according to your oil change procedure, it is much more difficult than any vehicle in my fleet!
It all comes down to what works for you. I couldn't pay an escavator $5000 to dig a basement when I could buy a 14,000 lb. trailer for $3000 and rent a back hoe for $300 per weekend and do it myself...must just be my way of thinking!