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Old 01-19-2011, 10:16 AM
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I might have to swap those out
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe_Jirinec
I might have to swap those out


Its not easy... Its not fun... So if there not leaking then dont bother.



Your collector will be different on the OBS, as this is a superduty set up, but you can see the black soot on the up pipe from the leaking up pipe gasket.
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 02:04 PM
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Dude awesome info I appriciate it. Where would I pick some of this doughnuts up
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 02:26 PM
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Ford sells them, as does NAPA... I am sure our vendors can get them as well... Maybe hit up RiffRaff Diesel, I get alot of maintance things from him.


You can get nice Brass ones from Beans Diesel Performance
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:14 PM
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Would it be a bad thing to go from motorcraft oil to rotella
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:45 PM
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Nope... I run Delo, but mostly because wal-mart has it on sale from time to time and I have about 30 gallons of it at home.

I have to do an oil change this weekend and will pick up what ever is cheapest at Wal-Mart, or maybe my local Orileys...LOL

Biggest thing, Diesel rated 15-40...
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:47 PM
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Let me know what store you work at if you want, I will swing by and you can look over my truck and I can scan yours if you want.
 
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Old 01-20-2011, 05:30 PM
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Ill get u the filters for way cheaper Haha. But that will have to be Outta the store. But for sure

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So I think I figured out why my fuel milage sucked. Fuel filter was black and air filter was impacted with dirt
 

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Old 01-20-2011, 06:31 PM
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That will help! Fuel filter should be changed every 8-10k max, oil every 3-5k and air filter as needed.
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 05:46 PM
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No, run rotella as soon as you can, we run 15w-40 in all three of our powerstrokes, along with lucas oil stabilizer, but dont run the lucas stuff in the winter, its like honey when its cold. in summer I run one or two quarts of the lucas oil stabilizer.
 


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