hey don. . .you been making runs down here to the farmers market lately???

might have to hook up for some goodies

 

Drew ,I have to go either to A town or columbia and ashville every freakin day [:@]This dry weather in SC is bringing customers out of the woodsBut its killing me!!! You otta see the load of wallys I pulled in wednesday, they are freggin huge and GOOOOOOOOD. Come on down and I will hook you up

 

come on now.... what about the rest of the class

 

when is the next time you'll be in the ATL???

 

Melondoesn't know it yet, but he will be there in September with me. [8D]Aint that right Triton?

 

I just had a day off and changed oil, fuel filter, cleaned the air filter, and changed out the rear dif and added the mag hi-tech cover. I went with the amsoil severe gear 75w90 in the rear. I will say I am glad I went ahead and changed out the oil b/c the stock gear oil looked kinda milky after only 20k miles. I think the amsoil is good oil but I agree that I dont like the way they sell it. I don't want to become some member or have to try to find some guy when I don't order enough gear oil!!! That new hi-tech cover held about 8 qts! I ordered 7 thinking 6 would do it. Anyway, had to take my greasy *** in the house and try to find a amsoil dealer close to me and luckilyhe had some 75/90 laying around. I went with the blue valvoline synthetic oil with the big "C" for cummins approved on the front that I know I can get at any Napa auto store. I think I am probably done with amsoil for a while anyway.

 

I just switched over and haven't really made a decision yet. I've got about 1300 miles on the oil since I changed it last week. The engine does seem to be running smoother, but as for an increase in mpg I really haven't seen anything. I've always had good luck with synthetics so that's why I went with Amsoil. I ran a 350 Chevy for 300k with the factory tranny, rear, and front end and had no motor problems at all with the stuff.

 

That's also one of the reasons why i don't make the switch. I like having the availability to pick up replacement oils just about anywhere. Hell, I can almost go to a local 7-11 and find Rotella T

 

Cummins official position on synthetic engine oil is on page 12
of this .pdf

www.everytime.cummins.com/every/pdf/MPG_Secrets_Whitepaper.pdf

the graph there seems to say that in very cold weather there is a slight MPG advantage
but at normal oil temperature (230 degrees F) there is a slight MPG loss
but the situation is complicated by two different viscosities tested