Mine use to whine in the winter as well. I pulled the line and flushed w/Amsoil ( had a little left on the shelf), had quite a bit of Royal Purple on hand , - ran that thru her right behind the Amsoil/ reconnected / topped off w/RP. She hasn't made a sound since, that was 2 winters back.

Grease in the winter will freeze as well. When I worked out in the field, they used nothing but Amsoil in the winter. Amsoil was the only grease that wouldn't freeze lol.

 

I have always had pretty good luck with Lucas products so I am going to try that first and if not, then will try some Royal Purple stuff. Thanks!

 

Two posts in seven years?.....must be the strong silent type.......

 

[QUOTE=

Truck 1: 1986 F-250 137K miles (about 3K on a partial fluid change, fluid still dark)
ISO Code Before: 21/18/14
4-6um- 1,006,050/100ml
6-14um-160,340/100ml
14-21um- 5,539/100ml
21-38um- 2,616/100ml
38-70um- 154/100ml
>70 um- 0

After 289 Miles w/Magnefine filter
ISO Code After: 18/16/13
4-6um- 159,870/100ml
6-14um-50,720/100ml
14-21um- 3,385/100ml
21-38um- 1,231/100ml
38-70um- 154/100ml
>70um- 0

Note the reduction in the small particles. Considering the Magnefine is a 35um (absolute) filter, all that small stuff must be ferrous and is being intercepted by the magnet. Note also that this was only 289 miles!


Truck 2: 2005 F-150 16K miles (full fluid change/flush 5K previous to test)
ISO Code Before: 20/17/12
4-6um- 545,820/100ml
6-14um-107,520/100ml
14-21um- 2,001/100ml
21-38um- 154/100ml
38-70um- 0/100ml
>70um- 0

After 552 miles w/Magnefine
ISO Code: 17/15/12
4-6um- 68,110/100ml
6-14um-22,320/100ml
14-21um- 1,365/100ml
21-38um- 546/100ml
38-70um- 137/100ml
>70um- 0[/QUOTE]

Ummm yeah. This makes TOTAL sense to about <5% of the readers here. If you're going to post your brilliance...explain it.

 

Dude...you dig up a thread going on two years old to bag on a reputable forum member and you can't even copy the quote correctly???

 

I'm not bagging anyone. I just think if this kind of tech-heavy stuff is posted, it needs to be explained especially by senior/reputable members. Usually it's the newbies who who post stuff like this without explaining what they're posting because they don't know but want to seem like a master mechanic. I have no idea what um ratings are nor what signifigance they carry but would like to...and quoting is not my strong suit.

 

Hell, I explained it pretty good back then, - guess it didn't take ? Well, there's not much more to it.

 

Ever hear the expression, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." You seem to want to sit back and demand your meals, and to be hand fed without lifting a finger for yourself. The information was presented to a tech-savvy crowd, so it was assumed that no further explanations were needed.

Your answers could have come a coupla ways:

1- It's spelled G-O-O-G-L-E. Type in, "what is UM?" and see what comes up. About 10 seconds worth of work. You could also have tried, "what is ISO code?" Ten minutes of reading... all would have been revealed.

2- Ask a reasonable question with some respect.

Remember this. At least $150 was spent getting those definitive, objective lab results. You got them for free.

 

So sorry to offend you James! Wellllll not really.