Using oil
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Using oil
No oil on the ground and does not smoke. keep having to add oil every couple of days, dealer said it was from a dirty air filter does this sound right?
Any thoughts on this would be great. 7.3 02/550 fire truck
Any thoughts on this would be great. 7.3 02/550 fire truck
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Originally Posted by watty
No oil on the ground and does not smoke. keep having to add oil every couple of days, dealer said it was from a dirty air filter does this sound right?
Any thoughts on this would be great. 7.3 02/550 fire truck
Any thoughts on this would be great. 7.3 02/550 fire truck
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I personally don't buy the air filter story the dealership tried to sell you. Being a fire truck does it get floored wide open as soon as the doors open on the fire house? If so I would imagine that would cause some oil to burn before it's warmed up. Alot of diesels will have a little bit of blue smoke that is hard to see when in the drivers seat, until warmed up.
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Well you are right it doesn't get a chance to warm up. It is started then driven no waiting. But that give me the thought that maybe we should try keeping it pluged in to keep the block warm.
