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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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For your concern on oil pressure, did you change brands of oil filters?
 
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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Nope. Castrol GTX 10w 40 and Fram Tough Gaurd filter. Same as I used last time.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by kejobe
Nope. Castrol GTX 10w 40 and Fram Tough Gaurd filter. Same as I used last time.
Thats kind of heavy oil for these trucks especially for winter use..
(fram filters are not very good BTW... they are paper and cardboard filters inside and are notorious for coming unglued internally...)
Fram was sold to the same company who bought the autolite name (Honeywell)....and I believe they moved all manufacturing to third party out of the country like they did with most of the spark plugs.
 

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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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Isnt 10w40 whats recommended though?
 
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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5w-30 for winter, 10w-30 for summer.
 
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