farmboy555
Well-Known Member
Ok let me throw this out here, as I was asked. Any problems with just using syn. engine oil in the winter & regular oil in the summer ?? I myself use Rottella syn. yr round.
The only thing to be careful off that I am aware of is putting it in high mile/hour engines. They sometimes will have false seals in them. Basically the seals/gaskets are gone but it does not leak because it is sealed up with gunk. Synthetic oil cleans an engine far better then conventional oil does and will clean out that gunk producing a leak.
One thing thing to add, new automotive diesel engines require synthetic oils. VW Jetta & Jeep Liberty uses Mercedes diesel 0-40 synthetic oils. Also my sheet pile hammer requires synthetic oils, change 40 hrs. if non synthetic oils change 8 hrs.plus the synthetic oils are less foaming. So the synthetic oils go 5 times longer in the pile driver gear box is I run synthetic oils in all drill motor gear boxes now because of the non foaming and added life. But how much of the synthetic oil is actually dino-petro oil if any?
I am using Chevron 75-80 synthetic in Pile hammer & Drill Drives. The problem with drill drives is there is no place for the wear particles to go but into the lower bearing.Darryl,
On your drill gear box, I'm curious what you run for oil, and if have ever done oil analysis at 40-hours. You are most likely saving money on buying the oil if you can go 40-hours with synthetic vs. 8-hours with conventional oil. I know that with most of the AMSOIL oils, the break even on price is typically 2.5 to 3 times the run time or miles. In your case you are going 5 times longer.
If you don't mind, please send me the oil specification and equipment application. I have a local company that does geo-piering and they have expressed interest in synthetics as they are having to perform $40K overhauls on the machines prematurely. They are pushing the machines and realize that comes at a price. Maybe I can provide you with an other synthetic option that may reduce the heat, reduce the wear, reduce your cost and keep your machine in production with longer fluid drain intervals.
Thanks,
John