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Fordoholic
new to diesel truck world
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06silvercrew
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Welcome! I too am pretty new around here, I too just bought an 06 and had the same feelings as you. And of course, everyone I talk to "knows it all" and says the 6.0 is such a piece of junk....blah blah blah. My close friend is the Main diesel tech at the local Ford place, and has given me heads up on everything. Change oil religiously every 3K miles to preserve the injectors, and use ONLY motorcraft oil (NO ROTELLA!) and the fuel filterS religiously every 15K miles.
PLENTY of us run rotella (and other oils) and we TEST our oil to confirm
things are ok. I change my oil every 5k and almost EVERY report ive gotten
back says i could safely run the oil longer.
70k on 04, and never had a problem...its run motorcraft oil for less
than 7k miles !
06silvercrew
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And good for you! I was just stating what I have been told by him and many others. Didnt say thats what everyone HAD to do.
WD40
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(My close friend is the Main diesel tech at the local Ford place, and has given me heads.)
Sounds like the tech needs to read the diesel owners manuel about changing the oil.
Sounds like the tech needs to read the diesel owners manuel about changing the oil.
ill give you THREE guesses (1st two wont count) WHY your friend
wants you to change the oil EARLIER than NECESSARY and REFILL
w/ HIS <hint: exclusive & overpriced> OIL...
probably wants to sell you one of his 39 dollar filters too (available @
walmart...in EXACTLY the same box & packaging for 15 bucks) !
tonkadoctor
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Oh, Oh, I know, I know
...... You can save $32 if you get the oil and filter at walmart..... $3 per each gallon of oil and $20 on the same exact oil filter in the same exact Motocraft box....... FWI you can save another $1 if you get the Fram filter which is the same exact filter in an orange box.I run Rotella and nothing but Rotella, have for over 20 years. I Change at 10 - 12k miles, (which is a month for me). I go to wally world, pick up the oil and filter and carry it to the Ford dealer unless I'm at a Super Walmart that does oil changes..... I can't stand being gouged on prices at the dealership.
06silvercrew
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Yeah, you guys got it all figured out. Im a GM and ASE MASTER tech and I take my truck to the ford dealer to get my oil changed 
I was simply stating what he preaches and many others do about the rotella. I like rotella and use it daily in the duramax's, and have for years.
I was simply stating what he preaches and many others do about the rotella. I like rotella and use it daily in the duramax's, and have for years.
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06silvercrew
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Yupp, your right! Us tech's at the dealership make a ****in KILLIN on the parts mark-up
And we LOVE to make .3-.4 tenths of an hour on an oil change 
Dumbass
BamaSixGun
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All right guys. This is supposed to be Ken's intro about himself and it is turning into a name calling session.
Let's remember we are here to help each other out.
Let's remember we are here to help each other out.