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Time for an oil change on both vehicles and fuel filters for the truck, and fill em both with fuel. There goes 300 bucks :) At least I only pay someone to do the explorer--not much cheaper to do mysefl and only do it once a year or so. On the truck it only take about 10 mines to change the oil (I put a fumoto valve on the first oil change). I know marty is glad to be back in a gasser :)
wish I was good at that stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Heck this IS the easy stuff. Flip a lever here, take a cap off there :)
What is a Fumoto valve?
It's a quick drain. I have two for block drains as well
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If I had your money I would do my neighbors while I was at it .:biggrin
Hahaha.
I wish I had that kind of money :)
If I had coach's money.....I would burn mine :Rofl
Good thing is that you didn't have put the truck on ramps or a lift......:yikes
Got that right. I do have to reach up a bit though ☺
I've been paying to have my oil changed. $22.95 is cheaper than I can do it myself.
What are you driveing ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabyanker
Yep that's why I don't do it on the Explorer. Now on the truck I'm not letting anybody touch it cause everyone uses the wrong filters and just don't trust anyone to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabyanker
09 gmc sierra. 6 quarts at around $4 each plus filter.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
How much oil does the 6.0 hold, my 7.3 holds 16 quarts!!!!!!?????:yikesQuote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
My 6.7 holds 15Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
do the 6.0s and 6.7s injectors work off of oil pressure like the 7.3s.
huh?:dono
13 to 15 in the 6.0 depending on the angle I'm parked
6.0 does. The 6.7 is common rail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
That's the only thing that scares me on the 6.7. Something goes wrong with the fuel system there's a 20+k repair bill. On the 6.0 it's only 2k for all 8 sticks :)
:Rofl What I said first time I heard this. 7.3s and apparently 6.0s fuel injection is run off of oil pressure. Low oil pressure and they wont crank or run, bad orings around the injectors will cause a miss as the cylinder will not get any fuel. Its a strange design but a very efficent one and it is a protective one, you can't run em out of oil, they will quit due to lack of oil pressure and still have 7 or so quarts of oil in them. Also, if you go too long between oil changes and the oil breaks down you lose performance because of a lower oil pressure. 7.3 powerstroke without oil pressure is scrapmetal!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by feelay
I fuel it, maintain it, run it.....and that sucker flat out will run!
Good trucks for sure!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by feelay
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Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Yep they are both HEUI versus common rail on 6.7
On the heui any hpo (high pressure oil) ) leak will cause no start, bad running, etc. And Feelay is correct---the 6.7 is a beast.
I freaked out a dude in a new corvette other day!:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Very cool. It's amazing what these 8000lb trucks can do. And the best part is to get more it only takes a bit of computer tuning :)
While on vacation this week I needed a tire for the camper. So a visit to a walmart. 5 quart jug of my oil was $18, 1 quart bottle was $2.19. I bought 3 cases.
Wally world does have the best prices on oil. Rotella 5w40 here. Almost 4 gallons at a time :)
Don't do it, we tried them on our leasing fleet. Over time they started leaking and some got knocked off. On something like his pickup might be ok but not on the big truck.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Yeah I am glad to be back in a gas truck. But I did like the power of that diesel. Maybe one day I'll get another one. I'll just make sure I know the history of it and how well it was taken care of.
The Rotella was on a roll back $10.95Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
By that time you'll be able to get a 6.7 and be done with it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by martyrm