What oil are you guys running?
I think it depends on the mileage of the truck as to what you should use.
My 98 has 376, 000 kms. I use 10W30 in summer and 5W 30 in winter. (gets cold up here lol)
As for brand it never really used to matter but I recently switched to penzoil (about 3 or 4 oil changes ago) as I here less negative things about it and I got a super deal on it so I stocked up on it. I don't think brand really matters but the penzoil seems to stay cleaner longer then all the others I tried.
I always used a fram filter until my last oil change when I switched to MC. soo much quieter now. I will never go back- its cheaper too
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Also change every 5000kms, no sooner. I went 10, 000kms once due to some other issues non truck related (between 350 000 to 360,000kms) and I got very lucky with nothing going wrong. I wouldn't recommend it though.
My 98 has 376, 000 kms. I use 10W30 in summer and 5W 30 in winter. (gets cold up here lol)
As for brand it never really used to matter but I recently switched to penzoil (about 3 or 4 oil changes ago) as I here less negative things about it and I got a super deal on it so I stocked up on it. I don't think brand really matters but the penzoil seems to stay cleaner longer then all the others I tried.
I always used a fram filter until my last oil change when I switched to MC. soo much quieter now. I will never go back- its cheaper too
.Also change every 5000kms, no sooner. I went 10, 000kms once due to some other issues non truck related (between 350 000 to 360,000kms) and I got very lucky with nothing going wrong. I wouldn't recommend it though.
Last edited by wilderthing; Jul 11, 2012 at 10:30 PM.



