I change my oil(Valvoline all-climate 5W-30) at 2500 mile intervals
religiously. I also make a lot of highway runs.
Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
'00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
----Original Message Follows----
From: Al & Jeanna Figols <ALJF@mhonline.net>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: 4.7L oil pressure??????
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:45:38 -0500
Old wives tale. If maintained correctly you should never have a sludge
problem. I operate a television news live truck (97 Ford E-350 5.4L)and
we have them idling sometimes up to 20 hours straight. The oil gets
changed every 2500 miles and tranny gets serviced about every 15K
miles. The unit I operate has almost 90K miles on it and the engine is
sludge and leak free and has never broken down. This would be
considered EXTREME(very!) duty in the owners manual. These trucks do
get quite a bit of highway mileage on them so carbon build up doesn't
seem to be much of an issue either.
If you idle your vehicle alot, be sure to change the oil more
frequently and make sure you hit the highway every so often to blow out
the moisture and carbon build up.
Al
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