About to do oil change, think this is the right oil to be using?

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05-27-2010, 12:52 PM

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good deal, do I need a certain filter number or should they have a pretty easy time finding one for a 7.3? the guys at my napa store are idiots sometimes

NAPA 1734

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05-27-2010, 01:05 PM

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Yep.. Run 5w40 year round.. Once the engine is warm the "40" number is the important number... the "5" is the viscosity when the oil is cold..
I suck my HPOP.. it only takes a few minutes.. I just don't like to leave that extra quart of dirty oil in the system.. My next project is figure out how to suck the oil cooler.. Do any of you guys out there do that ?

would the oil cooler not drain when the engine is turned off? when I re-sealed my oil cooler there was not a lot of oil that came out during removal, upon inspection of the cooler passages itself, I saw no gunk or contaminents, and this was after running it for 300K miles.

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05-27-2010, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SpringerPop

See:
Oil Filters Revealed - MiniMopar Resources
and
http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/fram1.txt

It's a lot of reading, but a lot of information, too.

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This.... This is why I come here.... for the great info and how to...

you guys are the greatest

thanks Pop.... no more Fram for me.... I had no idea

. Makes me want to change my oil tonight and give my baby a wash and wax and to tell her I am sorry for giving her a bad filter.

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05-27-2010, 04:57 PM

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would the oil cooler not drain when the engine is turned off?

You mean into the pan ?? I doubt it...

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05-27-2010, 06:02 PM

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Quick question and it applies to the thread at hand. Is there a difference between the motorcraft filters bought at Wally world vs buying one somewhere else?

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