SkipBurney
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What kind of oil and fliter are you guys using. My 7.3 has 140k miles on it and I am running Shell Rotella 5/40 in my 6.0 Powerstroke just wondering if the same will work well in an IDI
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I've been running cheapo house brand 15w-40 and the Motorcraft FL-1995 filter in mine.
You can certainly try the rotella 5w40 but lots of people claim theirs drinks it so keep a close eye on your oil level so you know what to expect. I just can't justify the cost for the full synthetic oil with the high soot load in these engines.
You can certainly try the rotella 5w40 but lots of people claim theirs drinks it so keep a close eye on your oil level so you know what to expect. I just can't justify the cost for the full synthetic oil with the high soot load in these engines.
Motorcraft 15w-40 with the FL1995
SkipBurney
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I meant to say 15/40 I run 5/40 in my 6.0 Ford
Randy Bush
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I run Rotella 15-40 and CARQUEST filters.
Randy Bush
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I run Rotella 15-40 and CARQUEST filters.
Macrobb
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Mobil Delvac 15W40 with Motorcraft FL1995 filters; and I try to change it about every 3K-3500 miles.
It's a small expense, and I definitely notice it in the lifters at the end.
A bypass filter would probably help with this, though, and that would be the only way I'd run synthetic oil.
It's a small expense, and I definitely notice it in the lifters at the end.
A bypass filter would probably help with this, though, and that would be the only way I'd run synthetic oil.
Mobil Delvac 15W40 with Motorcraft FL1995 for me.
I'd love to install a bypass filter! Any threads detailing a typical installation come to mind?
I'd love to install a bypass filter! Any threads detailing a typical installation come to mind?
Macrobb
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Not sure, but you've got two options: Centrifugal filtering, and conventional filtering.
Centrifugal filtering is a bit more expensive(google oil centrifuges)... but does an excellent job, without needing to replace the filtering element - you just clean it.
Conventional filtering - find a very low-micron filter(1R0749 fuel filter perhaps?) get a head that matches it, and install a line with a small orifice from one of the two oil tap-off points(rear top of the motor, and down by the oil filter). Then just run the return oil back into the crankcase somewhere - valve cover, IP gear cover etc.
aggiediesel01
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I found it interesting that the Ford Supplemental Service manual posted up in the Tech Section a month or so ago has some line drawings of the engine with callouts of oil galley ports for specific add ons like bypass filtration and air compressors. I wonder if there's any engineering behind these labels like flow rates or priority oiling preferences ect. It's on PDF page 21. That particular drawing shows a curious valve cover and CDR tube arrangement on the drivers side for the manual being dated July '91, well before the IDIT motors.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_CBp3-R76zpN2Bsv2fvRax-ZrOWerZJ/view
nelstomlinson
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That surely looks like an International version of the engine! Just for a start, the oil pan is reversed? I suspect that the oil port uses shown are what IH used those parts for, and were driven by where they mounted stuff, not by special characteristics of the ports. On the left side, there is a location for the shutter stat, for example. That's not a Ford thing, right?
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