Keith Browning Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 So if you have taken any of the training or read the new materials on the 2011 Super Duty you should be aware that oil service intervals are now calculated by algorithm based in operation conditions as monitored by the PCM(?) and oil life information is displayed on the IC. It will be interesting to see the mileages this brings trucks in for servicing. But that is dependant on whether the operator pays any attention to the meter at all. And what of those windshield stickies we dutifully fill out and place on the windshield... are they outdated? I think most owners will still go by the usual mileage intervals excepting the guys that know better and test their oil samples and push it to the limit... only to have something to talk about with his buddies or on the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Stars2 was all screwed up when I was finishing the web course and Kenny was requesting my classroom... looks like I'll be on the sidelines for a while since all the local courses are full. On oil change intervals... there will be, as you suggest, that portion of humanity that resists change and will stick to a familiar schedule when servicing their truck. (When I was a mere child, I can recall Dad getting the oil changed in his 52 Dodge religiously every 1000 miles - at that time, the accepted standard) There will be the guys that get their Blackstone reports (or better, their Spamsoil reports - anyone up for having the fox mind the henhouse?). First, it gives them something to talk about other than "Did you see them bohdayshuss ta-tas" when they think their wife isn't listening... and it give them something to agonize over when one test or another is 20 parts per million too much of something or other. (I don't know about you, but I can't see me tearing a good running engine down because of a "bad" oil analysis... and you can't spell analysis without 'anal') There will be the guys that remember great grampa dropping a quart of Type A into the fuel tank of his old Jimmy 318... it was good then, must be good now... (DPF? fuck that emission BS). I'm unsure if this oil life algorithm is an offshoot of anything they have been doing with gas engines or if it is something brand new.... Lastly, there will be that portion of humanity that never looks at their instrument panel - or, if they do, they look at stuff without seeing it. The message centre could be saying "You're a dork and your wife is fat" and it wouldn't register. Sidebar.... Dwayne must have pissed somebody off... He pulled a Dodge into his bay the other day and the first thing he noticed was a message center displaying something to the effect that the exhaust filter was plugged. These could be a spendy deal.. the cat and the DPF are all one unit.... Did I hijack this thread yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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