general maintenance questions

Hootbro · Oct 28, 2015

avolnek said:
where in the holy hell are you getting oil changes for $10 or $15!?

My dad did his at the dealer with both fuel filters it was $300... (obviously going to be higher with fuel filters i know...)

I think he means paying $10 to $15 extra for them to do just the front drive shaft grease. That is least how I read it.

cc rider · Oct 28, 2015

I was referring to greasing the drive shaft. I always change my oil myself.

avolnek said:
where in the holy hell are you getting oil changes for $10 or $15!?

My dad did his at the dealer with both fuel filters it was $300... (obviously going to be higher with fuel filters i know...)

mike456 · Oct 28, 2015

they'll charge you but there won't be an grease in that joint

avolnek · Oct 29, 2015

mike456 said:
they'll charge you but there won't be an grease in that joint

Fact! been told by multiple dealerships my trucks havent ever had this grease fitting!

mike456 · Oct 29, 2015

i was planning to do a tire rotation along with air filter and grease, my thoughts were diagonal or X pattern, my mechanic says front to back? any thoughts?

loveracing1988 · Oct 29, 2015

mike456 said:
i was planning to do a tire rotation along with air filter and grease, my thoughts were diagonal or X pattern, my mechanic says front to back? any thoughts?

Always cross the non drive wheels. So fronts cross to the back and backs go straight forward. A FWD car would be the opposite.

mike456 · Oct 29, 2015

my mechanic cant find points to grease on tie rod ends

sredbeard · Nov 2, 2015

I have not found 1 fitting yet and the dealer said I won't either

Road King · Nov 3, 2015

Due for my first oil change, and the dealer included lifetime free oil changes when I bought the truck

But, I'm sure they plan to **** me on the fuel filters, so after a little poking around, I found this set on Amazon for under $100.

Decent price for the set - can't seem to find them anywhere else for cheaper.

Question; will the gauge automatically reset once I change the filters or is there a procedure to reset the gauges?

mike456 · Nov 3, 2015

its gotta be easy, the morons at my shop do it in ten seconds

i have my oil analysis, printed and rescanned with my personal info deleted but its saying the file is too large to attach to this forum?

Rotzilla · Nov 4, 2015

Road King said:
Due for my first oil change, and the dealer included lifetime free oil changes when I bought the truck But, I'm sure they plan to **** me on the fuel filters, so after a little poking around, I found this set on Amazon for under $100.

Decent price for the set - can't seem to find them anywhere else for cheaper.

Question; will the gauge automatically reset once I change the filters or is there a procedure to reset the gauges?

No you have to use the arrows in the evic to reset. Very easy to do.

Road King · Nov 4, 2015

Rotzilla said:
No you have to use the arrows in the evic to reset. Very easy to do.

Awesome, thanks!

mike456 · Nov 9, 2015

so i got the blackstone report back last week

did my first oil change at 3,000(dealer claims to have used synthetic)
second at 6,500(my shop mobil1)
third today 11,500(my shop mobil1)

the actual mileage was 4,800 from second to third oil change(got nervous about idle time), blackstone stated that my oil looked good, but was equal to that of an oil that had 6,900. there was active additive left.

said i can run close to their average interval next, dont know what that means

i dont know if im used to the truck or its just psychological but i feel like i lost power since around 10k

Hootbro · Nov 9, 2015

mike456 said:
so i got the blackstone report back last week

did my first oil change at 3,000(dealer claims to have used synthetic)
second at 6,500(my shop mobil1)
third today 11,500(my shop mobil1)

the actual mileage was 4,800 from second to third oil change(got nervous about idle time), blackstone stated that my oil looked good, but was equal to that of an oil that had 6,900. there was active additive left.

said i can run close to their average interval next, dont know what that means

i dont know if im used to the truck or its just psychological but i feel like i lost power since around 10k

Can you redact your personal info and post Blackstone's actual report? There is other info and their exact wording of things that can say a lot more.

SouthTexan · Nov 9, 2015

mike456 said:
i dont know if im used to the truck or its just psychological but i feel like i lost power since around 10k

You are not going crazy. As per your diesel supplement.....

"Because of the construction of the Cummins® turbocharged
diesel engine, engine run-in is enhanced by
loaded operating conditions which allow the engine
parts to achieve final finish and fit during the first 6,000
miles (10 000 km)."

There is a definite change in performance once the engine is run-in which is why I tell people not to judge the Cummins performance based off of a test drive on a truck with zero miles on it. Mine was about 8,000 miles when I noticed it, but that is because I tow regularly. It may have taken longer for you since you idle a lot.

mike456 · Nov 10, 2015

i tried to attach the pdf to a post but the file is too large?

Road King · Nov 10, 2015

So I changed the fuel filters this weekend (after oil change). Saved a bunch of greenbacks doing it myself, but boy-oh-boy did I get diesel friggin' everywhere, lol.

Even with the handy drains built in, I still managed to spill it all over. Just be aware, that when you think the filters are drained, they are in fact NOT! heh

mike456 · Nov 10, 2015

ive got 12,000 miles and over 800 hours on the truck without draining the fuel filter once, does that seem odd to anyone

Hootbro · Nov 11, 2015

Here is mike456 oil report he sent me.

Mike, is this report correct that there is 11,338 miles on the sample or was that intended for overall vehicle miles?

mike456 · Nov 13, 2015

no, i have an amended report, hold on i will forward

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