oil change cost

[gemini]

I have a 7.3 and would like to know what some of you are paying for an oil and fuel filter change. Thanks.. I just paid $166 at Jiffy lube

[Brian]

welcome to the forum! i get three oil changes out of that much money.
i do it myself, kinda picky about who i let touch my truck.

[Marty]

I bought like 6 oil filters (motorcraft) from FleetFilter.com and saved a ton of money doing that. I also bought the gallon jugs (did the math, it was cheaper then buying the 5 gallon buckets).

It costs me around 50 bucks I guess to do it myself and about 15 minutes of my time.

[Dave]

47.80 for rotella T 15w40 and filter walmart 80 cents for copper washer napa

[Mike Johnson]

Originally Posted by quadracer1014

47.80 for rotella T 15w40 and filter walmart 80 cents for copper washer napa

Don't ever use rotella it is cheap diesel oil. I have never heard anything good about it only bad.

[Rescuediver]

Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

Don't ever use rotella it is cheap diesel oil. I have never heard anything good about it only bad.

Odd, I've never heard anything bad about it!! Everybody I know Ford, Chevy, & Dodge around here swears by Rotella T

We are running a special in a week or so for $59.95 but normally about $75 i think.

[Mike Johnson]

A few of my instructors at Wyotech said that engines that had Rotella T ran in them reduced bearing life. One of my instructors that worked for detroit diesel said they did testing on different oil companys and with Rotella T they had were changing the main bearings out a 300,000 miles compaired to the average 500,000 miles. I just bought my powerstroke and all I'm going to run in it is Amsoil.

[Rescuediver]

Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

A few of my instructors at Wyotech said that engines that had Rotella T ran in them reduced bearing life. One of my instructors that worked for detroit diesel said they did testing on different oil companys and with Rotella T they had were changing the main bearings out a 300,000 miles compaired to the average 500,000 miles. I just bought my powerstroke and all I'm going to run in it is Amsoil.

So is Amsoil what you and everybody is reccommending??

[Mike Johnson]

Well if you want to spend a little bit of money I would run Amsoil. If you want to go cheap it cost about $40-$50 for Motorcraft oil and a filter from advanced auto parts or walmart.