I agree. We ran Chevron Ursa for many, many years and many, many hours with zero oil related failures yet a lot of the oil snobs would be quick to discredit it as "inferior" whether they understood the application or not. We still run conventional 30 wt. Rotella in or gensets, not because "it's the best", but it suits the application and it's readily available in quarts and gallons.
Makes my point I suppose. I have been driving a 6 liter F-250 for twenty years. Started out with regular Rotella, don't think there was a diesel rated synthetic yet. But, have been using synthetic every 5000 miles since.
Chevron makes good products and their additive branch Oronite makes cutting edge stuff.
I know of a gent that has 300k on a 6.0L. However it was deleted right away. And he is the only guy I know with a high mileage 6.0L..
I bet that was the winter grade. I saw it for around that price today, it was winter grade. Regular was $7.49.
Mine is stock. I replaced the coolant with that red caterpillar stuff to keep the cooler from getting stopped up. Other than that it's the way it came from the factory.
I know that Amsoil is not the only one that can allow extended drain intervals. Before I used Amsoil, I used Ultron synthetic, which uses a diester base oil. I stopped using them when they decided to sell only in large quantities for fleets. I will add this comment: the Project Farm test also included oil analysis. That analysis showed that Amsoil had a larger concentration of anti-wear additives than the others tested. No doubt that is why the wear scar was smaller and the power draw was less. No magic, just sound formulation.
I imagine he did a lot of repairs. I did the EGR delete also, but it did not save the engine. I had a head gasket failure, turbo failure, charge pump failure, multiple injector failures and some electronic failures that happened with zero warning. I got tired of being stranded. I got rid of that thing with around 130,000 miles.
Actually no. Last I heard he has done a water pump and a transmission only.
Sounds like a lucky guy. Few have had good luck with the 6.0l Ford/Navistar engine. Interesting tidbit: when my head gasket was repaired, the head bolts had a part number that was 5 generations removed from the original part number. It seems Ford knew they had a problem and were trying to get bolts that would not stretch. I used my truck intermittently to pull an 11000 lb trailer, so I did sometimes work it hard.
Yes, it's literally the only one I've heard of without major issues.
One can spend a lot of money "bullet proofing" that engine! I am skeptical if it ever is really bullet proofed, since so many different areas of problems seem to be at issue. The head bolt issue is hard to get around, as there are only 4 head bolts per head. I think the new 6.7l Ford-built engine has 10. So far, mine has given me no problems except a water pump that failed under warranty.
Damn. Sorry for your loss.
There's probably 100,000 trucks on the road running Delo, Delvac or Rotella compared to every one running Amsoil. They can claim whatever they want, but in field results out-weigh any hype Amsoil can print.
Not here the regular is $14.99 no winter stuff on the shelf . And I had to take the jug up to the service counter no price on the shelf . The quarts had a price but I would never buy a quart bottle . Way to expensive
Sorry to hear this
Exactly! If it was that great major companies woukd use it. They dont.
