Oil changes

[8v-of-fury]

Do you have a JD part # that works on our diesels?

[ORCoaster]

Blackbirds gave us this on Page 4 of this thread.


Oh if you have access to a John Deere dealer.
the part number is TY9425E

[8v-of-fury]

Sorry there has been like 563 posts about nothing to do with oil changes at all.. Hard to keep track, plus I'm on my phone so I can't see the whole thread at a time.. Only a few posts.

[DieselBalz]

Sorry there has been like 563 posts about nothing to do with oil changes at all.. Hard to keep track, plus I'm on my phone so I can't see the whole thread at a time.. Only a few posts.

Sorry bout that.

[ORCoaster]

yeah, kind of morphed into a discussion on rolling parts not lube.  And it got kind of tense a few posts. 

[R.O.R-2.0]

it gets intense all in the name of VWs!

[blackbird82]

Ha, ya. All in all. I change my oil every 4,000k or as it happens to be. every month.  I use the JD filter and usually run 5w40 Synthetic Duron XL Petro-Canada Oil. It has the JX extreme testing spec. Very good to look out for.

I also before changes, as it is usually a little lower add 1liter of diesel to the oil and idle it for 25 min.

But I need to removed the oil cooler and change the o-rings in there. leaks around my filter mount.

Peace.

Oh and it in cold cold Winterpeg today is 36 degrees Celsius and 99 percent humidity.

There goes my balls, I just sweat them off.

[ToddA1]

I also before changes, as it is usually a little lower add 1liter of diesel to the oil and idle it for 25 min.

Hmmmm...  I haven't used an engine flush in about 2 decades.  1 liter is about 20% of full oil capacity.  I wonder if it's safe to thin the oil that much.  At idle, it probably isn't a huge deal, but I wonder if adding about half a liter would be better/safer.

If you don't extend the oil changes by a rediculous number and use a quality filter, I'm wondering if it's needed at all.

-Todd

[R.O.R-2.0]

I also before changes, as it is usually a little lower add 1liter of diesel to the oil and idle it for 25 min.

Hmmmm...  I haven't used an engine flush in about 2 decades.  1 liter is about 20% of full oil capacity.  I wonder if it's safe to thin the oil that much.  At idle, it probably isn't a huge deal, but I wonder if adding about half a liter would be better/safer.

If you don't extend the oil changes by a rediculous number and use a quality filter, I'm wondering if it's needed at all.

-Todd

i like dumping in a quart of ATF.. it has soo much detergent in it, and it cleans fast.. i should have taken before and after pics of my newest 8v that i flushed like that.. i was a quart low, so i topped back up with ATF, and my oil wasnt even that dark yet.. boy, the next few times i checked my oil, the stuff on the dip stick was getting darker. and got darker every time i checked, until i drained the oil.. i ran that quart for probably a week or more. under the valve cover, it was nasty before i ATF'd it.. and it was about spotless after the treatment..

[ToddA1]

Won't ATF damage your seals?  I hear stories of it causing seals to leak.

-Todd

[R.O.R-2.0]

Won't ATF damage your seals?  I hear stories of it causing seals to leak.

-Todd

if anything, it should SOFTEN your seals.. its not like i was running PURE ATF anyways..

ATF doesnt damage trans seals, and they BATHE in the stuff..

[ToddA1]

ATF doesnt damage trans seals, and they BATHE in the stuff..

Good point.

-Todd

[R.O.R-2.0]

ATF doesnt damage trans seals, and they BATHE in the stuff..

Good point.

-Todd

im sure if you ran way too much ATF, it might soften your seals enough to make them tear..

i would worry more about diesel, or bio-diesel softening the seals of the engine, rather than ATF..

[maxfax]

Atf is one heck aof an amazing engine cleaner..   Works wonders with sticky noisy lifters!!  If you run atf through and a seal starts leaking, it was probably shot anyhow..  Especially on an older engine as it was the crud that was keeping the oil in.. 

[R.O.R-2.0]

ok, so that kinda goes along with my experiences.. cause it did have a ticking lifter before i ATF'd it.. now the lifters only tick until the oil light goes out.. maybe 3-5 ticks then silent.

because the oil in my gasser wasnt very dirty when i dumped the ATF in, then about 500 miles later, it was basically BLACK.