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Old May 27, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Has he tried 5w40 synthetic? If not, there's just too many variations within our PSD's to pinpoint the cause. What worked for me has shown no change in others.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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No he runs chevron 15w4o. It seems like an expensive fix to switch to synthetic. Is the romps bad for the truck or just annoying?
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 03:59 AM
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Annoying.
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Old May 28, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by renyren
Checked icp sensor it is dry
A dry sensor does not always mean it's good
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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The OP is in the Republik of Kalifornia. Should be plenty warm for him and not need 5W40 synthetic.
I keep my truck inside a garage.. and it never gets below 55* and when i was using 15W40 oil, it romped after starting... (did this since the truck was new) ..I switched after 8 years, to Rotella syn 5w40 and I have never had a romp since..
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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I've ONLY romped on Delo. I dumped it early and I'll never run it again.....
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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At one time my truck would romp with rotella synthetic with lows in the 80s
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Well, mine never romped on dino or syn Rotella in the teens/20s, but did on Delo in the 40s. Go figger.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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Some truck don't romp on dino.A friend has an '02 that don't romp at all on dino
I have no idea if mine will romp on dino now and will probly never know
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Thus far have not had a problem with romps on dino, just a extremely mild idle fluctuation until the truck gets to full temp.
 
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Old May 29, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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Might unplug the Banks stuff and see if the romps go away. Just a thought.
 
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