Checking Oil
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I think you will feel better about your oil once the engine has run for a while and you get the dark black oil. I changed my oil last time and carefully poured the used oil back into the empty containers. We have 13 quart systems, which is 3 gallons and one quart. I was able to fill the 3 gallon jugs but had nothing for the remaining quart. At least I know that I was not making oil and as best I can tell, making oil has not been a subject of concern here at FTE with the 6.7.
I know what you mean about the effort required to check the oil. I'm 6' and it's pretty much all I have to reach the stick. When my back hurts I get pretty angry with the dipstick........
I know what you mean about the effort required to check the oil. I'm 6' and it's pretty much all I have to reach the stick. When my back hurts I get pretty angry with the dipstick........
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Land of the Free
i want to change my oil!! not because im worried about the level, but to get some good stuff in there (Mobil1 5w40 TDT) and to get to know what the 6.7 is like to drain/fill. and cause i like being under my truck lol
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The key is, don't slip off; which I've done.
Thankfully in my own garage instead of in public.
Yes, best to check it after a long soak.
Go drive more. You'll be at 5,000 in no time!
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The hardest part of an oil change on the 6.7 is checking the level. Just have a big pan that is open, not the ones that funnel into a hole.
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Fleet Mechanic
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thats all i ever use. but im thinking about the Fumuto valve, and running a tube directly into the oil container for taking to the disposal site. but as typing this i realized i still need the other device cause the filter is underneath like most filters. one thing i miss about the 6.4 was the oil filter. man that was nice.
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Man all you guys complaining probably have the fancy new cable type dipsticks. Try it with the twisted mess shown below that came on the job 1's. IF you could get the dipstick out of the tube at all, it is usually so seized in there you can't remove it
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Only way to get a reading on my truck is to let it sit over night. But now that I have had it for a while I know I do not need to check it very often. I measure in the correct amount of oil when I change it my truck doesn't make or use hardly any oil. I might check it once or twice between oil changes now (if that). But I change my oil every 6,213.712 miles
.Only way to get a reading on my truck is to let it sit over night. But now that I have had it for a while I know I do not need to check it very often. I measure in the correct amount of oil when I change it my truck doesn't make or use hardly any oil. I might check it once or twice between oil changes now (if that). But I change my oil every 6,213.712 miles
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What could be easier?Thanks