Oil Change....How often?
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RE: Oil Change....How often?
I change filter every 2500-3000 miles and Change crankcase oil between 5-7K miles. (recommended pattern for extended oil drain intervals)
The transmission and primary do not get contaminated by combustion acids therefore I only change them out once per year (in the winter) no matter how many miles I put on. If you read up on full synthetic (all I use) gear lubes on the Amsoil site, you'd see that they claim their syn gear lube is a lifetime product in car and truck rear ends....meaning it never has to be changed. So I have no worries at all that running my Redline Heavy duty shockproof for 10-20,000 miles or more would put my tranny at risk. The primary fluid is only there to lube the chain rollers and cool the clutch, so I don't worry about that either.
The transmission and primary do not get contaminated by combustion acids therefore I only change them out once per year (in the winter) no matter how many miles I put on. If you read up on full synthetic (all I use) gear lubes on the Amsoil site, you'd see that they claim their syn gear lube is a lifetime product in car and truck rear ends....meaning it never has to be changed. So I have no worries at all that running my Redline Heavy duty shockproof for 10-20,000 miles or more would put my tranny at risk. The primary fluid is only there to lube the chain rollers and cool the clutch, so I don't worry about that either.
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RE: Oil Change....How often?
ORIGINAL: Bill918
For those of you who are running full synthetics, how often are you changing out your fluids? I am running Amsoil MCV 20-50 in all holes. I've been doing the crankcase every 2000 and tranny and primary every 4000. Is this overkill?
For those of you who are running full synthetics, how often are you changing out your fluids? I am running Amsoil MCV 20-50 in all holes. I've been doing the crankcase every 2000 and tranny and primary every 4000. Is this overkill?
Amsoil has also came out with One-Oil for "all" cases. IMHO, I found it better to use the Gear oil for the transmission, and 10w40 for my primary. Hope this helps.
Kahuna.
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