Oil Thread...Again

[opusd2]

Oh goody, another oil thread.

I hear a lot of positive about the Schaeffer products, but have no personal experience with them.


Never tried AMSOIL either.

Although I don't like their expensive price, my brother doesn't mind and we run their oil in most of our diesel tractors as well as diesel trucks and my Harley as well. It all get's synthetic oil at this point. But other than this, I like Delo in 15w40. Again synthetic. Nothing helps preserve engine life in extreme heat and cold as well as Synthetic, and of course frequent oil and filter changes.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

I use the John Deere plus 50, Its about $55.00 for 5 gallons, but you get a nice bucket

I have a ten-dollar Harbor Freight five-gallon bucket-pump that I use for my John Deere oil and pump it into gallon jugs to make things easier; those pumps are well worth the money, no drips, no mess, and I can pump out a thimble-full if I so desire.

I have the jugs marked at exactly the one-gallon level and I always gain from two to three quarts by buying in the five-gallon pails.

 

[Fozz]

I have always used Delo 15/40, cause Costco always has it, and I buy Napa psd filters. I might be stubborn, but I'm not sold on the synthetics. Sure, it may hold viscositly longer and at greater extremes, but the oil still gets dirty. I change my oil every 3k. For $40 an oil change, it's cheap insurance.

 

[f-two-fiddy]

I've got a different question. My 85 has over 300K miles. the PO stated that He used Rotella in it.

So when I saw the price of Rotella climbing, I tried Delo. My oil consumption almost doubled.

If i used Rotella 1 gallon jugs I'd be left with 2 qts left over. It was usually enough to keep it topped off between 5K oil changes. With the Delo I hadda buy another gallon between the oil changes just to keep the dipstick in between the add marks.

What difference would the brand have to do with consumption? Both 15/40 weight oils.


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[Agnem]

You'd have to switch back to Rotella to see if it is the oil or just an unfortunate coincidence.

 

[zukinut]

Ive always used Valvoline premium Blue in my truck? At one point i changed it with Carquest fleet oil and it didnt like it, so its been premium blue ever since. I was looking at going to Walmart and checking out the John Deere oil, but if the difference between CJ-4 and CI-4 isnt huge, then i might just stick with the PSD filter and Premium Blue. Plus my truck is due for an oil change now, so this is all very helpful. Thx guys

Bein a FIRM believer in Valvoline products. Its all i use, PERIOD. I thought i would try that stuff when i first started running diesels. Tried it in 3 different diesels, my 89, an 03 6.0 and a 01 7.3. The 01 was ok with it. The 6.0 hated it, ran horrible, was louder etc. And the IDI just ran terrible, it was loud, used oil etc. Went back to rotella and solved all the problems. I wish the valvoline woulda worked, i swear by there oils.

Will

 

[idiabuse]

This is what my family uses.
http://www.archeroil.com/productslist.asp?type=Diesel Engine Oils

We use the Arpeco™ 15W-40 Extra Life Heavy Duty Engine Oil its second from the bottom of the page.
Been using that stuff for years and its good clean awesome oil. Grandpa used it, dad uses it, and I use it. We got over 650k out of grandpas truck using this stuff, without so much as a tick. So they must be doing something right. Only time I use anything else is when Im running a cleaner like AutoRx.

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Farmers hearing the Archer story for the first time are often surprised. Archer has been producing quality lubricants for farmers since 1929. But Archer got its start in the air - not on the ground.

Back in the twenties, both commercial and private aviation were in their infancy. Little was known about airplanes, their power plants and their lubrication problems. As the airplane became more common for commercial use, it became evident that every precaution must be taken to improve its safety record if the industry was to make a permanent place for itself in the transportation world. Thorough investigation of accidents led to the knowledge that a large percentage of accidents were caused from engine failures brought on by faulty lubrication.

A new system of quality control of aircraft oils came into effect. Only oils of proven high quality could be used. Oils that were so well refined that all of the non-lubricating materials were removed and the finished product had that extra stamina built into it for aviation use. Archer developed this high-quality oil, and thus this is what launched Archer’s tradition of superior quality. (The 6082D designation on Archer product labels today specifies that the base oil meets military specification MIL-6082D for aircraft reciprocating engines.)

When Archer introduced this tougher oil to the agricultural community, farmers soon discovered that this oil - built to withstand the extra heat and strain of an aircraft engine - naturally lasted longer and protected better than any of the conventional oils. That quality was something they wanted in their farm engines and something to tell a neighbor about.

 

[ne buckeye]

I have changed to Mystic Oil 15W-50 or 15W-40 Syn Blend in all of my Diesels. Well - except Black Dog.... It leaks so much oil that she still gets the Walmart Super Tech 15W-40.... And I always add Lucas to my services too.

The Caterpillar, the PSD, and the newest to me IDI all have the Mystic/Lucas combo. in them and I am loving the results so far.

I buy the Mystic and the Lucas at my local Rural King Stores. Mystic comes in 2 gal. jugs for $20.99@....

Always buy the Lucas on sale there when it's $19.99/gal. too.......

I just started using the mystic 15w-40 syn blend, so far it's great for the winter starts,had any problems with it?

 

[CDX825]

Whats the rating on the mystik oil and how much did it cost?

I was hopping to use some synthetic blend during the last oil change to help with the winter use but was unable to find anything around here.

CI-4 oil is also getting scarce. I noticed wally worlds super tech 15w40 is now CJ-4.

I'm thinking about looking into New Hollands Ambra oil. I think its the only thing I can get around here thats not CJ-4.

 

[Fordsandguns]

Off topic a little here... While I understand that most of our oil comes from foreign sources I can't bring myself to buy any of the mystic products because they are made by citgo, which is owned by hugo chavez. Not saying that it isn't good, just saying that I won't help support him. Granted though, lots of oil money is probably used against the U.S. anyway.

 

[IH_444]

I use Northland or Chevron, depending what we have on hand.

The filter makes a big difference, on my 300 the oil would look black in 1000 miles with a Fram filter. I changed the oil and put a WIX on it, after 3k it looks almost as good as the day I poured it in. The 7.3 is getting one when I change the oil (it's due, but need better weather)

 

[gatorman21218]

What about castrol tection extra? noone seems to use that and i have used it with no problems

 

[swampdigger]

Petro-Can Duron all the way. Petro-Can make awesome lubricants, lots of them, for every application. Food safe hydraulic oil, to electric motor grease. You gotta love that it comes from Canadian wells, it's refined here, and packaged here--kinda like Mel's love for his oil of choice. You gotta respect that!

I think filters are a bigger issue? You guys have seen the comparison site, right? Don't put a Fram on your IDI, and you should be okay!

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html

You guys ever see Petro-Can stuff in the US?

 

[Agnem]

The History of Archer Quality





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Farmers hearing the Archer story for the first time are often surprised. Archer has been producing quality lubricants for farmers since 1929. But Archer got its start in the air - not on the ground.

Back in the twenties, both commercial and private aviation were in their infancy. Little was known about airplanes, their power plants and their lubrication problems. As the airplane became more common for commercial use, it became evident that every precaution must be taken to improve its safety record if the industry was to make a permanent place for itself in the transportation world. Thorough investigation of accidents led to the knowledge that a large percentage of accidents were caused from engine failures brought on by faulty lubrication.

A new system of quality control of aircraft oils came into effect. Only oils of proven high quality could be used. Oils that were so well refined that all of the non-lubricating materials were removed and the finished product had that extra stamina built into it for aviation use. Archer developed this high-quality oil, and thus this is what launched Archer’s tradition of superior quality. (The 6082D designation on Archer product labels today specifies that the base oil meets military specification MIL-6082D for aircraft reciprocating engines.)

When Archer introduced this tougher oil to the agricultural community, farmers soon discovered that this oil - built to withstand the extra heat and strain of an aircraft engine - naturally lasted longer and protected better than any of the conventional oils. That quality was something they wanted in their farm engines and something to tell a neighbor about.

Yes, but now aviation engines have mandatory rebuilds scheduled. No doubt the need for that high quality oil may have slacked off a bit. The last 757 I was sitting in, I watched the guy bring around a drum of Valvoline something or another and pumped it in.

 

[vegas39]

What about castrol tection extra? noone seems to use that and i have used it with no problems

I use it. I am very happy with it so far.