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Larry NCKS 02-11-2013 05:45:37 70.195.3.86 Report to Moderator	Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Bern, Cat and some others are now using a factory fill of 10W-30 CJ-4. In the OPs 5000 I would suggest 15W-40 or straight 30, unless he's up on the plateau where it gets chilly. I sure wouldn't use Rotella in it though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Reply]   [No Email]
soundguy 02-11-2013 05:54:59 184.247.192.120 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to Larry NCKS, 02-11-2013 05:45:37   I'm not a rotella user so have to ask? is rotella a bad oil or something?   [Reply]  [No Email]
Larry NCKS 02-11-2013 06:07:00 70.195.3.86 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to soundguy, 02-11-2013 05:54:59   Evidence would suggest that Rotella is a sludge maker just like Pennsoil used to be (and maybe still is) in a gasoline engine. The are better oils out there than Rotella!   [Reply]  [No Email]
n2diesel 02-12-2013 05:36:00 67.76.87.205 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to Larry NCKS, 02-11-2013 06:07:00   Shell Rotella T 15w40 and Delo 400 15w40 are the finest off the shelf oils today...these companies stay on the cutting edge. Ive been buiding diesel engines since 1970.Neither of these oils build sludge.Any oil will lose its additives thru the crankcase vent when run past their service limit.   [Reply]  [No Email]
flyingace 02-11-2013 07:01:57 208.101.209.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to Larry NCKS, 02-11-2013 06:07:00   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see The 'evidence' usually turns out to be studies conducted by the competition.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Larry NCKS 02-11-2013 09:31:34 70.195.3.86 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to flyingace, 02-11-2013 07:01:57   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see I disagree! The evidence is in engines opened up for one reason or another.   [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 02-11-2013 06:27:11 184.247.192.120 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to Larry NCKS, 02-11-2013 06:07:00   i can remember way back when i may have used it a couple times.. but none in the last 10ys. it's not a comoonly sold oil here. mobile delvac and delo and motorcraft and valvoline plus the store brands are what you see mostly here. mobile is probbaly the most common..   [Reply]  [No Email]
Brian in MA 02-11-2013 07:37:02 70.91.218.113 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to soundguy, 02-11-2013 06:27:11   I have been using Rotella exclusively in all my diesels for as long as I can remember. I know several contractors and truckers who have been running it for millions of miles too in on and off highway diesels. There is always something better, but I haven't seen the sludging problems that are reported. Rotella is a common product around here, it's in every farm, car and truck store, and until this post today I had never heard that it wasn't a good product.   [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 02-11-2013 09:18:45 184.233.213.50 Report to Moderator	Re: Ford 5000 diesel. What oil? in reply to Brian in MA, 02-11-2013 07:37:02   that's why i asked.. I hadn't heard anything about it either. in fact.. the last time I heard about a truly 'bad' oil was quaker state.. adn that was decades ago. I run walmart or tractor supply oil in my tractors mainly. a couple get different oils ( motorcraft, and 1 is on syn, as are my trucks.. etc.. )   [Reply]  [No Email]