When changing customer's engine oil, they were told that the dirtiest quart of oil was in the filter. Don't cheap out. As they used to say "Pay me now, or pay me later" Fred. I have oil (diesel) in my blood! And you can see where it gets in!
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 9:54 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I've never had an oil related failure on a large engine (once on a > lawnmower maybe) so I don't worry about it too much. The farm tractors get > changed once every 2 years but we're talking less than 100 hours of run > time, synthetic 5w40 in the '98 Ford and 15w40 diesel oil in the 1952 > Farmall. That Farmall's engine is completely iron, I'm not worried about > acids particularly, I'm leaning on the relatively high TBN of diesel oil to > absorb the acid... > > In a month or so I'm going to replace the leaking oil pan gasket on the > Farmall. I had been debating not changing the filter at that time but now > I'm thinking I ought to, there might be some contamination during the job... > > -Curt > > On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 08:20:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I change my oil and filter every 12 months regardless of miles. Keeps the > acids, etc. at bay. > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 3:25 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I would, simply because 1.) it’s cheap; and 2.) the filter could be > > breaking down from age, especially if it’s one that uses glue to hold the > > pleated paper together like the fleece filters in the M112. > > > > -D > > > > > On Aug 17, 2022, at 4:21 PM, greg via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > I put only a few K miles on between changes. IIRC back in the day the > > > advise was to change filters every other oil change. > > > > > > Is it necessary to change an oil filter by time rather than mileage? > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
