Synthetic Oil

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How does one "fake buy" 20 weight oil without actually buying it? I would love to try it myself if I had your angle.
I think he bought 20w on line printed a receipt and then canceled the order.
Yup this is how you do it. Make multiple copies of the receipt because after you cancel the order you can print it anymore.
 

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Sorry for being pages behind. But your UOA on that 12,000 mile run had over 80ppm of iron. Thats not what i would want out of that scenario.

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Have you seen a better one from a similar scenario? Second OCI, 12k+ miles on oil, 24k on truck, a lot of very heavy towing in hot weather and mountains. The first OCI was 81ppm and only had 8k on it. We are talking parts per MILLION here... not thousands. The difference between 40 and 80 ppm is miniscule. Of course anyone wants fewer ppm of any wear metal, but that's definitely nothing to worry about. If I used my truck as a grocery-getter I might take a second look.
 

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Yup this is how you do it. Make multiple copies of the receipt because after you cancel the order you can print it anymore.
Ever heard of PDF text recognition software or OCR? When you print... choose PDF as your printer... it will save it as a PDF file. You can make whatever changes you want to that file indefinitely and print as needed. If you have Adobe Acrobat, you already have the capability. Not that I would ever do such a thing.
 

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Ever heard of PDF text recognition software or OCR? When you print... choose PDF as your printer... it will save it as a PDF file. You can make whatever changes you want to that file indefinitely and print as needed. If you have Adobe Acrobat, you already have the capability. Not that I would ever do such a thing.
Right right just like I would never show a 20wt oil receipt with 30wt in my truck.......never.

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Right right just like I would never show a 20wt oil receipt with 30wt in my truck.......never.

Never knew printers could do that[emoji106]
I mean... I knew a guy... HE said that's how one would go about something like that if they were so inclined.
 

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So slow start continue and...

ESP light was giving me ****, and finally went away

The CEL has been on since

Battery monitor on dash reads better the 50%, where does you guys read?

I'm gonna be the dummy that changes his battery and it will be something else, I guess because it is 9 years old anyhow. Any thoughts
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@BBB , this is the start I spoke of earlier , I finally found a way to post the video [emoji16]
 
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Ever heard of PDF text recognition software or OCR? When you print... choose PDF as your printer... it will save it as a PDF file. You can make whatever changes you want to that file indefinitely and print as needed. If you have Adobe Acrobat, you already have the capability. Not that I would ever do such a thing.

Like Orders......... [emoji48]


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Is that on a new battery? Before mine would drop to 9V when started
Yep , 6 to 8 months old only ...

I've looked at this and few years ago with my OEM battery and it dropped to 10vdc as well , long before it went kaput .

This battery starts really fast compared to the last year or so on the OEM battery .

What does yours drop to now ?

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Yep , 6 to 8 months old only ...

I've looked at this and few years ago with my OEM battery and it dropped to 10vdc as well , long before it went kaput .

This battery starts really fast compared to the last year or so on the OEM battery .

What does yours drop to now ?

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Mines exactly the same as yours now even when it's cold out
 

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Are our batteries h7? what is the deal with the smaller battery, no ideas?
 

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Are our batteries h7? what is the deal with the smaller battery, no ideas?
H7 is the replacement battery for my 17, I've never looked at the battery tray to see if it would take anything bigger.

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Optima makes an h7, why wouldn't that be good for hemi?

for dodge trucks?
Optima is a fantastic battery imo , I was gonna get one for mine , but parts store said they didn't carry them for my 14' application ???

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I got a duralast agm h7 in my sights. Not my first choice, but they don't have chit around here. I might make a call or two, but likely going to be more. 200 bucks, still have to look into second battery.
 

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I've never heard of a modern gas truck with a factory dual battery setup. That's crazy. Dual alternators too? If not, that's gotta be one helluv'an alternator. Was it maybe a police/fire/fleet special order or something? Our mobile maint trucks in the AF had them and were gas, but they also had external throttle controls for jump starting other vehicles on the flightline.

I'd look at how it's wired if it only has one alternator and just run it on one battery. If it's just a regular duty truck, two batteries aren't needed. If they are wired in parallel, it's real simple. If they are in a series, that's a different story, but doable.

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Optima is a fantastic battery imo , I was gonna get one for mine , but parts store said they didn't carry them for my 14' application ???

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If the h7 is a replacement battery for you're truck and Optima makes one and you're parts store is an optima dealer you need to find a new parts store. We special order stuff all the time, if we don't get it that day it will be the next day. The h7 is a fairly popular battery, not like you want something that's one off.

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