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I had called a friend of mine just after doing this and he said the same thing. Which I had already done, not intentionally already. I always run it for a few minutes after an oil change before driving to get it circulating. I could not believe the difference in the color in the .00001 mile oil change, then again the engine does have 180000+ miles on it.
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Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flow or deformation. In everyday terms (and for fluids only), we can say that viscosity is "thickness" or "internal friction". So a lower viscosity oil will provide less friction (friction in this case being lubrication quality) than a higher weight oil. So the less friction there is, the easier it is for parts to rub together producing wear. Actually, 5w20 would probably work fine in your engine in the winter time when you want a little thinner viscosity index, but for a high milage engine like yours you're better off with a 10w30 or even a 10w40 for the summer when the additional heat tends to thin out an oil. But remember that with all the additives and different blends in oil these days the oil itself is not actually 5 weight or 40 weight thickness... rather, it gives your engine the lubricating qualitys of a 5 weight or 40 weight or whatever it is that you happen to put into the crankcase. In all cases, good catch on the oil.
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About 12 years ago a buddy of mine got under his car and drained the Tranny fluid and added 5 quarts of oil to the engine. We still laugh about it today.
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About 12 years ago a buddy of mine got under his car and drained the Tranny fluid and added 5 quarts of oil to the engine. We still laugh about it today.
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I had called a friend of mine just after doing this and he said the same thing. Which I had already done, not intentionally already. I always run it for a few minutes after an oil change before driving to get it circulating. I could not believe the difference in the color in the .00001 mile oil change, then again the engine does have 180000+ miles on it.
Try that with a diesel. The Duramax is filthy looking the moment you see oil pressure after the oil change. Someone said the Cummins doesn't do that. Glad it turned out. Just another day at the beach..
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Try that with a diesel. The Duramax is filthy looking the moment you see oil pressure after the oil change. Someone said the Cummins doesn't do that. Glad it turned out. Just another day at the beach..
My old International Scout II had a Diesel engine in it (Nissan 633). Same thing... change the oil, add new, filthy in seconds. High pressure in the combustion chamber forces carbon past the rings and into the crankcase. That's why it's super important to change the oil in a diesel at the proper intervals. (or maybe even a little sooner).
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That's why it's super important to change the oil proper intervals.
There's an interval to oil changes? I just thought it was when the alarm went off....
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There's an interval to oil changes? I just thought it was when the alarm went off....
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