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Good for you. It's the basics that need to be covered first.
Even on a sixty degree day the GPs are useful. The GPR should operate whenever the oil temp is below 131 degrees. It's not egineered that way for no reason.
Did it romp (shake) on first start or just run rough?
You should still change the oil so you know the right stuff is in there.
Even on a sixty degree day the GPs are useful. The GPR should operate whenever the oil temp is below 131 degrees. It's not egineered that way for no reason.
Did it romp (shake) on first start or just run rough?
You should still change the oil so you know the right stuff is in there.
i pulled the dipstick and the oil is clean like new. ive burned about half a tank of fuel so that tells me the guy used the wrong oil. my old one the oil was black shortly after starting the truck up the first time. guess i know what im doing in the morning before that drive
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i think it romped 1 time then smoothed out. not like it should be though. i can hear the difference in this truck and my old 1.
i pulled the dipstick and the oil is clean like new. ive burned about half a tank of fuel so that tells me the guy used the wrong oil. my old one the oil was black shortly after starting the truck up the first time. guess i know what im doing in the morning before that drive
i pulled the dipstick and the oil is clean like new. ive burned about half a tank of fuel so that tells me the guy used the wrong oil. my old one the oil was black shortly after starting the truck up the first time. guess i know what im doing in the morning before that drive
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Might not be THE problem, but could be involved. Have to wait and see. Like I said it has to be either ruled in or ruled out. The right oil is very important for oil driven injectors to work properly. The last thing you want to deal with is an unknown and at present what's in the crankase is an unknown. When I bought my truck used the first thing I did was change the oil for peace of mind if for nothing else.
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I don't know for sure but like I said I have ran half a tank of fuel through the truck and the oil is clean. It is not dark at all so as soon as advance opens in the morning I will be there getting the oil and new filter. Maybe the good lord is on my side with this and it is the problem.
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With the engine cold, Pull the valve covers, start it and watch the oil discharge ports. They should all flow about the same.
Could be, but I never get that lucky. It couldn't hurt to change it.
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I don't know for sure but like I said I have ran half a tank of fuel through the truck and the oil is clean. It is not dark at all so as soon as advance opens in the morning I will be there getting the oil and new filter. Maybe the good lord is on my side with this and it is the problem.
I always change all liquids (oil in axles, tranny, engine and coolant) when I got a new car. Just to bee shore it`s the right stuff.
I don`t think it will be any different with new oil. You will see that after half a tank of fuel.... the oil is still clean. It takes a wile for the engine to produce enough soot to get all that oil dirty. Especially if the oil has been changed short time ago.
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Why is it a problem that the oil is clean .......... Don`t say the oil is not wrong, but don't because it`s clean.
I always change all liquids (oil in axles, tranny, engine and coolant) when I got a new car. Just to bee shore it`s the right stuff.
I don`t think it will be any different with new oil. You will see that after half a tank of fuel.... the oil is still clean. It takes a wile for the engine to produce enough soot to get all that oil dirty. Especially if the oil has been changed short time ago.
I always change all liquids (oil in axles, tranny, engine and coolant) when I got a new car. Just to bee shore it`s the right stuff.
I don`t think it will be any different with new oil. You will see that after half a tank of fuel.... the oil is still clean. It takes a wile for the engine to produce enough soot to get all that oil dirty. Especially if the oil has been changed short time ago.
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I have just change the oil and oilfilter, and did emptying hpopres 3 times.
And now, after almost 1,5 fuel tank ..... oil is still clean. Not as new oil, but no problem to see through on the dipstick.
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just changed the oil to rotella t 15w 40. havent driven it yet. it seems to idle slightly better though.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.
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just changed the oil to rotella t 15w 40. havent driven it yet. it seems to idle slightly better though.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.
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just changed the oil to rotella t 15w 40. havent driven it yet. it seems to idle slightly better though.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.
i ohmed my gp's 6 of them were from 11 to 13, 1 at 35, and 1 at 54. i just looked at the thread about the ohms here and see .6 up to 2 so im not sure if my meter is reading wrong or if they are all actually bad. im gonna ohm 1 of my new ones to see what it has. my meter is old and has been wet so just trying to look at all options.