What Oil do you recommend? New tapping after 5k on oil change.

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  1. Turbrospeed

    Turbrospeed Light Load Member

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    So i usually put the regular mobil oil...cheapest from walmart...just did the oil change 5k miles ago and this mourning i hear a loud tapping noise from the engine....Last time i had this problem it was cause i ran rotella t6 mixed with lucas oil stabilizer .... ran that up to around 15k when i heared the tapping....changed back to just t6 and havnt had the issue for over a yr .... Pass couple months i had switched back to that mobil n havnt had the issue till this mourning.

    I heard that it could be the coolant temp sensor not reading correctly for the injectors to fire in the proper order but my temp sensor is only a couple months old ...got it new from freightliner.....Also my injectors are only about 2yrs old n always put hot shot secret on every fill up and sometimes howes. Is it a oil problem? What you guys think?
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Always used Delvac mineral 15-40. Never an issue.

    Newest engine take 5-30 synthetic.
     
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  4. Turbrospeed

    Turbrospeed Light Load Member

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    Where do you buy that?
     
  5. MRMTRANS

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    I use Shaeffer's 15/40 semi synthetic because of the paraffin and moly. When I first used 14 years ago, Rotella didn't add moly, but does now-at least in T4. I used T4 while breaking in a rebuild done last September then switched to Shaeffer's. The valve chatter on the T4 is a lot noisier. Shaeffer's is more expensive, but I have always run it to 30-35 k- and sometimes further depending upon the oil analysis-before changing the oil. So the cost per mile is not much more. And oil consumption should be a little less.
     
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  6. Turbrospeed

    Turbrospeed Light Load Member

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    30-35k?!? waoww thats crazy!! what about the filters??
     
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  7. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Guaranteed you didn't have issues because you ran an excellent oil with Lucas.

    You gonna keep changing oils till it quits?
     
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  8. Turbrospeed

    Turbrospeed Light Load Member

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    idk but when i removed that oil with the lucas it came out like water and noise went away with some fresh oil
     
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  9. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Then you had something else going on.
     
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  10. Turbrospeed

    Turbrospeed Light Load Member

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    I guess man maybe just bad fuel? This past fill up had lots bio diesal
     
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