How often do you change oil

[Joe917]

Mercedes OM366 every 10000 km. Would be interesting to see how much life is left in the oil. Almost all our oil changes are on the road.

 

[pugslyyy]

Mercedes OM366 every 10000 km. Would be interesting to see how much life is left in the oil. Almost all our oil changes are on the road.

Yeah I don't see a lot of value putting fancy oil into my vintage of Fuso - there is nothing really that complex in there (like a heat exchanger, etc) that would really benefit from synthetics. IMHO far better to just change it regularly than put in expensive stuff and try to make it last longer. 5 gallons of Rotella + a filter and it's done.

 

[Stryder106]

5 quarts of Valvoline Max Life, 1 quart of Lucas, 1 K&N oil filter every 3,000-3,200 miles, or before and after a big trip. 184,000 miles later, my Chevy 5.3L bottom end still shines like new. Trans-fluid every 10,000. Differential and transfer case fluids every 20,000 or at least once per year. I typically only go ~8,000 miles per year.

 

[JohnRogers]

My GMC has 20k miles on a brand new engine. Don't know how many miles on the Fuso because the engine was replaced before I bought it. At least 45k

Blowby isnt only due to engine wear some engines are just heavy breathers from new.

 

[unkamonkey]

I'm not a fan of Rotella. I put it in 2 different vehicles and both burned off a significant amount of it. Both engines are still under 100,000 miles. I went back to what I could get from my local farm and ranch store. No problems since then.