Tag: oil analysis

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POLL: What’s your typical interval for engine oil changes?
How often do you change the oil in your truck or trucks — do you stick with traditional low-mileage intervals or extend out based on oil analysis and/or manufacturer recommendation in newer extended-interval engines? Weigh in via this poll.
October 30, 2019
Cummins Oil Check
Channel 19
Roundup: ‘Santa’s Secret Helpers’ uncovered, ‘Night before Christmas’ two days late, and extended drains: Who do you use for oil analysis?
Trucking’s biggest media fan, Robb Mariani, confirms the ‘Secret Santa Force’ rolls on 18, Sierra Sugar’s contribution to the truck-stop ‘Night Before Christmas’ canon, and a reader asks: Who do you use for oil analysis? And why?
December 26, 2018
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Navistar launches new 12.4-liter engine for on-highway applications
Navistar announced at TMC Monday the launch of its new 12.4-liter engine, the International A26, which will replace the company’s N13 engine. Kenworth also announced new steer axle options for T680 and T880 trucks, and Cummins launched a new oil analysis program.
February 28, 2017
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Predetermined oil intervals and what to check in oil analysis
As a responsible truck owner, you should change your oil at predetermined intervals. Oil analysis provides great information and is the best way to keep track of how your engine is wearing.
October 31, 2013
Oil analysis is the best way to keep track of how your engine is wearing.
Overdrive Extra
The bypass filter advantage
Part 2 in Kevin Rutherford’s series on oil-change strategy. While oil analysis gives you the information to handle drain intervals more sensibly, bypass filtration adds another dimension to save money and downtime.
August 26, 2013
The Eco-Pur from Oil Purification Systems is an example of a bypass product that filters both solid and liquid contaminants.
Overdrive Extra
Change thinking, not oil
Using oil analysis can save you money in new oil, oil disposal and overall maintenance — and can alert you to emerging engine problems.
July 29, 2013
Oil analysis can save thousands of dollars by alerting you to emerging engine problems.
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Stay in control of your warranty
Manufacturers can invalidate warranties for many reasons. Here are some tips to keep you in the clear.
February 22, 2013
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The cost-effective approach to changing oil
The best way to know when to change oil is to have an oil sample analyzed. Kevin Rutherford’s February Dollars & Sense column covers the next key step.
February 17, 2012
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How to Change Oil
An oil change not only removes impurities, but it replaces depleted additives, as well as base oil that might have oxidized and broken down from heat.
February 1, 2011
K.L. Harring Transportation and Warehousing of Bethel, Pa., uses a tank and an air-powered pump to install oil.
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Oil analysis program
Shell’s LubeAnalyst oil analysis program helps assess whether fluids and equipment are performing as intended and determine appropriate lubricant change intervals.
November 25, 2010
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Time for an overhaul
Oil analysis and other information can help you determine if an engine’s ripe for rebuilding. The same diagnoses might postpone an overhaul or eliminate engine failure.
November 2, 2010
Depending on what your shop finds, replacement of selective worn parts might be a better option than an engine overhaul costing $20,000 or more.
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Oil mixology
Grasp these points about engine oil additives and leave chemistry to the engineers.
July 1, 2010
Technicians take a field test sample of Kendall Super DXA with liquid titanium, one of the more recent and advanced diesel engine oil additives.
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