Trucking Jobs Kansas want to change thinking, not oil When this industry started, it was common to change

your engine oil every 10,000 miles. Engines were mechanical, nothing electronic about them, so the only thing that controlled how much fuel went into the cylinder was your right foot. Trucking obs Kansas understand the im!ortance of fuel efficiency, but sometimes it"s the mentality that needs to be fi#ed first. The e#cess fuel would wash !ast the rings into the crankcase and dilute the oil. $t was hard on rod and main bearings, and that"s why we used to roll in a new set of bearings every %&0,000 miles.

Electronic engines don"t overfuel, so we no longer have to worry about fuel dilution in a healthy engine. 'earings last as long as cylinder kits or longer, and we now change them as !art of an in(frame. )nfortunately, our thinking about oil hasn"t evolved as much. When !eo!le are asked how often they change their oil, the most common res!onse is 1&,000 miles. When they"re asked why, nothing but blank stares or *the manufacturer says $ should+ or *that"s what my friend told me to do+ is emitted. Trucking obs Kansas thinks this needs to change. ,t any !oint of !otential oil change, the oil is either clean enough to kee! using it or dirty, already causing damage, so you better get it out. There is a much better o!tion- oil analysis. $nstead of choosing some random number of miles and changing oil, you could do oil analysis and not change the oil until it really needs it. $f you normally drain at 1&,000 miles, instead take a sam!le at 1.,000 and find out the oil"s condition. The lab will test for wear metals, including iron, co!!er, lead, aluminum, chromium, etc. This tells if com!onents are wearing out and which com!onent it might be. /ead and

co!!er together indicate bearing wear, while iron and chromium together could mean cylinder and ring wear. The test also will show if the necessary additives are !resent in the correct 0uantities and if contaminants 1 such as fuel dilution, soot, water or coolant 1 are !resent in dangerous 0uantities. 2inally, the test will show the oil"s !hysical !ro!erties, such as viscosity, total base number 3T'45, o#idation and nitration. $ncreasing soot levels are an indication of incom!lete fuel combustion, causing higher fuel consum!tion and loss of !erformance. When we see high soot levels, check the charge air cooler 36,65 and for e#haust restriction and low o!erating tem!eratures. Trucking obs Kansas im!lore its !o!ulation to holistically evaluate their fuel choices, that is where the conversation must start.