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Old 10-08-2012, 11:55 PM
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Can you put a price on what's protecting your investment? Lol that's just how i was raised.
 
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Old 10-08-2012, 11:57 PM
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ok ill make sure to do that. my buddy owns a shop, so i just go borrow his rack from time to time. gotta re-tighten my e-brake also... my dumbass drove through a parking lot with it on and when i shifted gears it kicked really hard... thats when i noticed the light on
 
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Old 10-09-2012, 07:31 AM
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i run rotella 15-40 and a k&n oil filter......
 
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Old 10-09-2012, 08:16 AM
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i work at a ford dealership and i use the 15W40 motorcraft oil and a wixs filter and winter we run the 10w30 diesel oil i only gotta buy the filter oils free
 
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Lots of variety out there.
 
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Old 10-09-2012, 10:54 AM
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Just changed mine with a purolater gold filter

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I run fleetguard oil filter and Rotella T.
 
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Old 10-09-2012, 04:07 PM
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I run Rotella T6 5w40 full synthetic and Donaldson ELF7349 filter and go 10k miles between changes. The donaldson filter has the best ratings of any filter available for our trucks. Efficiency is 99% at 15 microns and 50% at 7 microns. Truckhelp.com has the best price on them but you have to buy $50 worth of stuff to get free shipping. I run mobil 1 gear lube in the diffs. If your airdog is running through the stock filter housing get a Baldwin pf7777 fuel filter.

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Whatever oil you use just make sure it is approved for use in diesels. I went over to my parents one day, my dad was finishing up an oil change on his 03 cummins and I noticed some empty jugs of 5w40 mobil 1 for gas engines. We did another oil change.
 

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Old 10-09-2012, 07:54 PM
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Ill stick with rotella and for the fuel fiters should i go with the 2 micron or the 10 micron airdog filter?

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I changed dads oil on his 1500 silverado, and put a couple quarts of 15w40 in it but thankfully i didnt put more! That crap is expensive
 

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Old 10-09-2012, 08:41 PM
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You want the 2 micron. You'll have to change it a little more often but it will filter the smaller particles

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Or you could get the 10 micron and get a remote filter kit. Install it after your airdog and put a Cat 2 micron filter on it. That way you're not clogging the 2 micron as quick and the Cat's are cheaper than the airdog filters.
 

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