Diesel Pick-up oil change

[Bofire]

What do you guys do? How many quarts of oil do your trucks hold? How often do you change? Do you get your oil tested? Do you have one or two filters? How often do you change fuel filters? I am thinking about a new truck.
Thanks
Carl

[Mudman]

05 cummins. 3 to 5k.  45$, 12quarts. No extra filters, just a good one.  Fuel filter aftermarket a good idea.  Fords are fuel oil sensitive

[huntnphool]

Two 7.3L Powerstrokes, 16.5 quarts Delo 400 each. I change the filter every time I change the oil, about every 6k-7k.

[coachcw]

oe filters and delo oil 15-40w recommend 5k if you wanna run premium synthetics I recommend filters between services ,

[Special T]

I have had 5 dodge cummins. 05,03,99,97, and 88?? I change every 6k like clock work for the first 100k or so then about every 10K. I only use my trucks for work, long drives, get them hot and work them... Lately i've been taking them to walmart for oil changes, I use Delo fro oil. I run 2 filters for fuel in the common rails. Standard 6 mircron and then a 2 micron. makes the pumps last longer. In the cold i run anti gelling compound/ extra lubrication for the fuel system. have the vales adjusted every 15-20k for the first 100k then about every 30 or so. hope that helps

[wildweeds]

Two 7.3L Powerstrokes, 16.5 quarts each. I change the filter every time I change the oil, about every 6k-7k.

Same movie here but I also change the oil in the upper resivor and heads for 3 more quarts. See Bill Hewitts powerstroke.com and Fuel system maintence section(free video series).I did it and about crapped my pants at the horrible grease like goop that came out of that resivoir.I've done that maintenece procedure a couple of times now,I could tell a  big difference in cold starting after doing so.

[Bofire]

Thanks guys, good info.
Carl

[Woodchuck]

Duramax, 10 qts of Amsoil. I change the filter every 6-7k and all the oil at 12-14k

[Skillet]

Ford 6.0, 15 Qts, 1 OEM (Racor) filter, every 6-7K.  Haven't had it tested yet.
Fuel filters (engine and frame rail) every other oil change.
Air filter every 50K.
Drain water off of water separator every oil change.  Got into a batch of bad fuel once and I was draining it every 50-60 miles or so. 
Then you got trans filter(s), too.  My required Mercon SP fluid is high $$ synthetic stuff.

No matter what diesel you end up getting, you can save big $ at "dieselfiltersonline.com"

[C-Money]

I had a 6.9 Ford for a LONG time....10 qts of 15w-40, usually Cenex oil, and a Cenex filter. Ran it 5000 miles and changed it. I put a new fuel filter on in the spring each year. I miss that ole truck! Drove it into the ground.

[6x6in6]

'05 and an '07 Dodge
3,500 miles each. Fleetguard Filter.  Delo 400 15-40.  3 gallons.
Fuel filter gets changed every other oil change. Fleetguard filter again. I drain the filter bowl completely every time.  Every other time, I clean out the filter bowl with Brake Clean green.  You'd be surprised at the color of the brake clean coming out the drain tube to the catch bottle. 

No on the oil analysis.  People I know with other Dodge's do and go as much as 12 to 15k on an oil change before analysis start show oil break down.  I just can't do that.  Analysis OK or not, it just does not sit well with me to run that many miles on the oil.  Oil is too cheap, really.

[gutsnthegrass]

2012 F-350 6.7L
13 quarts 5W40 synthetic Rotella every 4000 miles
Ford oil filter
They recommend fuel filters every 10-15K
Drain fuel water seperator every 1000 miles.
I change the oil myself, it runs close to $100 every time with filter.
I sold my 2001 7.3L a year ago, great truck and I would change the oil every 5000 miles with Delo 15W40.

[jeepasaurusrex]

1999 F-350 with a 7.3L Diesel

I get the oil changed at Grease Monkey about every 4,000 miles. It costs me less to have it done than I could buy the oil for (15 quarts plus filter.) They vacuum out the interior, check all fluids (top off when needed) grease U-joints etc. I can't buy the materials to do it myself for what they charge.

[Wacenturion]

Two 7.3L Powerstrokes, 16.5 quarts each. I change the filter every time I change the oil, about every 6k-7k.

Same movie here but I also change the oil in the upper resivor and heads for 3 more quarts. See Bill Hewitts powerstroke.com and Fuel system maintence section(free video series).I did it and about crapped my pants at the horrible grease like goop that came out of that resivoir.I've done that maintenece procedure a couple of times now,I could tell a  big difference in cold starting after doing so.

Do you have a link to changing the upper reservoir and heads on that site.  I've watched most of his stuff before, but went back after reading your post and can't locate that specific proceedure.

Getting ready to change my oil in my 02' Excursion.  Using Shaeffers 9000 oil and a Donaldson ELF filter...thanks

[wildweeds]

http://www.powerstrokehelp.com/7.3liter/inj_tune/1of4.asp


This might  work, if not click on 7.3 and its the injection tune up series in the longetivity module. I made a vaccum canister out of a half gallon canning jar with a  homemade copper lid and some soldered tubing,I used my 6 horsepower shop vac for the suction,Worked very well.Redneck hillbilly factor of about 6.5 of 10,I used 3/4 tube for the suction supply power and 1/4 for the dip tube down into the resivoir and into the jar.My buddy who gave me this info tried a turkey baster and said it was a huge PITA.The shop vac works pretty good I think,performs about on par with the pump used in the videos from hewitts.Some negative  net reveiws on whether you really need to do the upper change,but my truck had 220k on it when I did it and I had changed the lower first and then sucked out the upper,FLAT out NASTY looking paste/grease,coked up slurry,it got better with each quart added.and I noticed a big difference in the cold weather starting ease.

Two 7.3L Powerstrokes, 16.5 quarts each. I change the filter every time I change the oil, about every 6k-7k.

Same movie here but I also change the oil in the upper resivor and heads for 3 more quarts. See Bill Hewitts powerstroke.com and Fuel system maintence section(free video series).I did it and about crapped my pants at the horrible grease like goop that came out of that resivoir.I've done that maintenece procedure a couple of times now,I could tell a  big difference in cold starting after doing so.

Do you have a link to changing the upper reservoir and heads on that site.  I've watched most of his stuff before, but went back after reading your post and can't locate that specific proceedure.

Getting ready to change my oil in my 02' Excursion.  Using Shaeffers 9000 oil and a Donaldson ELF filter...thanks