JIGBUILDER
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- Feb 5, 2008
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I've ran oil analysis every 50k on my '03 Dodge/Cummins and I also use PS products. No abnormal wear in 177000 miles. I use Cummins 15000 mile oil change schedule most of the time now and the report says to keep doing the same maintenance schedule and the same products.
Some fodder to ponder;
My neighbor has a 100 hp JD tractor. He had to have the injector pump replaced. JD diagnosis was lack of lubricity. My neighbor has a 250 gal overhead fuel tank and a single supplier for the fuel. Every fuel supplier has their branded fuel supplement package added before transport. According to JD it can be common for a fuel supplier to miss with a package in the tanker at the time of transport. This isn't a big deal for filling a large fuel tank at the truck stop as lots of treated fuel is left in the truck stops tanks which adds some additives to the untreaed fuel. Treated fuel is also left in the trucks tanks so it adds a bit more additives.
On the flip side the tanker fills my neighbours nearly empty tank with untreated fuel. Each time he filled the tractor smaller tank the untreated fuel rose to a big enough percent that damage occured.
My older blue tractor injector pump/lines/fitting started leaking after using several tanks of LSD a few years back. The problem was the type of seals and O rings/gasket materials didn't get the proper lube packages added back from the new LSD fuel. Not all injector pumps/fuel systems had that issue. Some times the proper snake oil is required as one size don't fit all.
Some fodder to ponder;
My neighbor has a 100 hp JD tractor. He had to have the injector pump replaced. JD diagnosis was lack of lubricity. My neighbor has a 250 gal overhead fuel tank and a single supplier for the fuel. Every fuel supplier has their branded fuel supplement package added before transport. According to JD it can be common for a fuel supplier to miss with a package in the tanker at the time of transport. This isn't a big deal for filling a large fuel tank at the truck stop as lots of treated fuel is left in the truck stops tanks which adds some additives to the untreaed fuel. Treated fuel is also left in the trucks tanks so it adds a bit more additives.
On the flip side the tanker fills my neighbours nearly empty tank with untreated fuel. Each time he filled the tractor smaller tank the untreated fuel rose to a big enough percent that damage occured.
My older blue tractor injector pump/lines/fitting started leaking after using several tanks of LSD a few years back. The problem was the type of seals and O rings/gasket materials didn't get the proper lube packages added back from the new LSD fuel. Not all injector pumps/fuel systems had that issue. Some times the proper snake oil is required as one size don't fit all.
