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Old Sep 4, 2017 | 08:35 AM
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Oil Change

Hey guys there is a lot of talk about oil change intervals etc.........is there a way you can see how many miles left before a change is suggested?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2017 | 09:45 AM
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It isn't miles, It is a % of life remaining that changes based on many factors. You would need a monitor to see what the % of life remaining is.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2017 | 10:46 AM
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This earlier discussion might help display the percentage of oil life used for the diesel.

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I'm just under 1,000 miles and I've heard some say you should dump it now that's it's sort of broken in. Any truth to this or a wives tale?
 
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I'm just under 1,000 miles and I've heard some say you should dump it now that's it's sort of broken in. Any truth to this or a wives tale?
Probably an old wives tale. I waited until 1300 miles, but I'm an old man.
Being old fashioned I believe in draining out the break in oil.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2017 | 01:33 PM
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Another old fart here. I dumped oil at 1500 miles and put in 13 qts of Ford 15W40 diesel oil and a new ford filter.

Then at 5000 miles on the Odometer I dumped that oil and used Valvoline Premium Blue Extreme 5W-40 Synthetic and another New filter. The Valvoline is an approved oil for the new Ford specs.
https://www.fcsdchemicalsandlubrican...SSM2C171F1.pdf

I'll be changing oil at 5000 mile intervals and use Synthetic Valvoline 5W-40. Its probobly overkill but even at 70 years old I enjoy doing oil changes and oil is cheap insurance.

I installed a Fomoto drain valve which makes oil changes a lot let messy. Also ordered a 5 gallon plastic jug from Amazon
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I take used oil to local advance auto parts and dump it in their recycle tank.
 
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