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Old 06-14-2008, 10:08 AM
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I was reading a TDR article on oil. It stated that 15W40, Vavolin Premium Blue was a good product and that it was available in Synthetic and convential. I have checked a couple of places and can not find the convential.
1. What are your thoughts on the oil?
2. Where do you get yours?
Old 06-14-2008, 10:29 AM
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Endorsed by Cummins, great additive pack. NEver heard of anything wrong with it.
When I buy I get it at my local Cummins dealer.
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your correct! PB is one of thebest oils you can put in your cummins. you probably saw the PB extreme 5/40. THats the Synthetic version. They no longer make the Premium Blue 15/40 Convention in a CI4+ ONE GALLON JUG. The PB CJ rated stuff is readily available in most stores. You can get the old CLASSIC BLUE in 5 gallon containers ( It is CI4+) just not in CALIF!!! LOL I have been running the PB CJ stuff with GREAT results as proven by UOA's. I am not afraid of the CJ stuff anymore!
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I can still get the CI+4 here in Texas at Car Quest stores and some Advanced Auto Parts stores. It is not toally gone. Harder and harder to find though since the change to CJ
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Is everyone using 15w40, 10w40, 5w30?
Is the only difference the temp range?
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Its the only thing ill run in my truck........i work for cummins and thats the only oil we use, so i figured it was good enough for my truck.
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I've been using the PB when I bought the truck, and PBE synthetic after the engine broke in. I change it every 15,000. I'm a couple thousand from the next change, and will send in another sample. It's good oil in my opinion. I buy mine at CarQuest.
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Flying J still carries the 1 gallon jugs.
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Flying J

Flying J sometimes has a deal on the Valvoline. Have to watch their website.
Autozone has it for right at $13 a gallon here in Virginia. Motor oil prices will be increasing soon. I read in the Lube reports. Bad news everywhere.
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It is Valvoline, does any more need to be said. Valvoline is the only oil I have ever ran for the past fifty years in all my Drag cars, Top Fuel Dragsters. motorcycles, cars, trucks, and lawn mowers. I have never had a oil related failure.
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I get it at NAPA. One of my son's hot shot drivers has a secondary Amsoil filter and after 60K miles his oil tested better than Amsoil at 30K miles. He will never go back to Amsoil. PB is all I use. Due to economics I blend two PB with one PB extreme.

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So is everyone using 15W40?
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I use the Premium Blue Extreme, it's 5W-40 synthetic.

If you use the Premium Blue, it's 15W-40.
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I just clicked on the link and I see they changed the packaging for the Premium blue! Kind of cool!
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PB is good oil,but not neccesarily any better than Delo,Delvac,or Rotella.

The Cummins is known to be easy on oil,it really doesn't matter what you run within reason.


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