Oil changes often?
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If an oil change fixes it then I think maybe your oil is getting diluted by fuel. I’d get an oil analysis.
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Also, I know we do oil sampling/analysis at least once or twice per year.
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I had a number of trucks like this, I got rid of a few of them but the two I kept I sent over to the Cummins shop and they pulled the pan and bearings, the thrust surfaces on the bearing were worn down. The fresh oil acted as a seal of sorts as explained by the head mechanic, when the truck was under a heavy load the crank would ride the thrust surface hard and cause the oil seal to disappear, when it was on a a lighter load, the oil pressure was a lot lower until the next oil change.
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