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    The one thing mentioned in all this and I'm very much a believer in, is on all diesels, I highly recommend looking into a oil bypass filter. It takes roughly 10% of your oil from you stock oil filter head and puts it through another filter slower allowing it to filter the oil again alowing it to clean it better and collects alot of the soot that builds in the oil. Soot can be abrasive to the engine and all the moving parts. Then it put it back into the engine a bit cleaner than it normally woud be filtered. If this filter ever gets full and stops the flow, nothing will hapen to the engine, it just keeps filtering like normal until you change it out with a new filter. Normal oil filters will filters around 30 to 40 microns. This is good for normal filtering and flow, but leaves smaller micron material and soot. (I use the Amsoil bp100 bypass filter and it filters it to around 2 microns.)

    There are bypass filter system out there that are bolt on and use, but you can actually make a home made filter system of your own. Usually you can get all the parts needed via most parts stores. Most diesel engines 'use to have this as standard' by manufacture, but yeras ago they stopped to reduce weight and cost leaving it up to the buyer to install if they want. I always thought the was stupid of them, but I'm not a manufacture.

    If you never put one one, it won't hurt if you change oil and filters when needed, but if you do it will help. The choice is yours. Most people who do, using lab testing of the oil, can extend the miles between oil changes. But changing filters are still important on a constant mileage.

    I bought from NUC Motorsports years ago, and attached is the installation paperwork for you. They are out of business now. You can get the idea of the parts needed and set up from it. We did this for my friends Ford 6.0 truck, and modified it to fit. All parts were bought from his local NAPA auo parts store.
    Thanks for this bypass filter info looks good

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    Just got 12 quarts of ams oil signature series 15-40 and filter ... buddy's a dealer gonna give it a go. Supposedly 25k with there filter


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmycampbell111 View Post
    Just got 12 quarts of ams oil signature series 15-40 and filter ... buddy's a dealer gonna give it a go. Supposedly 25k with there filter


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    Might I suggest if your doing the 25k, consider a lab sample report to conform your within specs. I know Amsoil is respected by many, but it's not a cheap engine repair if something happens. Maybe, say at 15k a test and if it returns good, then go for the gusto ... Or wait until the 25k and confirm its good to go ... and then feel better going the 25k each change. Cummins aren't cheap.



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    Quote Originally Posted by AnOldBiker View Post
    Might I suggest if your doing the 25k, consider a lab sample report to conform your within specs. I know Amsoil is respected by many, but it's not a cheap engine repair if something happens. Maybe, say at 15k a test and if it returns good, then go for the gusto ... Or wait until the 25k and confirm its good to go ... and then feel better going the 25k each change. Cummins aren't cheap.
    X2 on Cummins not being CHEAP

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnOldBiker View Post
    Might I suggest if your doing the 25k, consider a lab sample report to conform your within specs. I know Amsoil is respected by many, but it's not a cheap engine repair if something happens. Maybe, say at 15k a test and if it returns good, then go for the gusto ... Or wait until the 25k and confirm its good to go ... and then feel better going the 25k each change. Cummins aren't cheap.
    Yeah have thought about it ... where would I send it off to and what's that cost? Yup nothing is cheap these days


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    I use BlackStone Lab out of Fort Wayne Indiana. ( https://www.blackstone-labs.com ) The full test of everything is $35.00.

    On their webpage, you can order a free kit to send in the sample, when you get it, you put in about 3 ounces of oil, fill the paperwork, add the check, mail it back which is usually under $3.00. The results are emailed to you usually the day they test it. If you have questions, you can email them or call, they are very good on answering quickly. But as I stated, this is what I use.

    There are many many companies doing this out there.



    Jim


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    Quote Originally Posted by AnOldBiker View Post
    I use BlackStone Lab out of Fort Wayne Indiana. ( https://www.blackstone-labs.com ) The full test of everything is $35.00.

    On their webpage, you can order a free kit to send in the sample, when you get it, you put in about 3 ounces of oil, fill the paperwork, add the check, mail it back which is usually under $3.00. The results are emailed to you usually the day they test it. If you have questions, you can email them or call, they are very good on answering quickly. But as I stated, this is what I use.

    There are many many companies doing this out there.
    X2 on Blackstone
    $28 for regular test
    $10 for TBN test
    Test kits are free and include free postage if use USPS

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    Thanks for the info guys. I just ordered a test kit from Blackstone Labs.

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