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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kanman" data-source="post: 83479" data-attributes="member: 11876"><p>This is something as a trucker and owner operator I've delt with for years lol. I was always taught to: hood and duct tape the exhaust stack before moving it. Some places like Cat won't let you leave their facilities until this has been done. They provide canvas hoods, i provide $.02 worth of duct tape. Other places will laugh U off the docks when they see you climb up to bag a stack. I for one will never deliver a half million dollar peice of equipment and explain they can't use it because the turbo is shot... Then Again, I've never actually witnessed this occur in 20 some years of being around heavy equipment. As far as turbos and oil (any oil) IMO the best thing you can ever do is let your engine idle for a few moments before shutting off the engine. Turbos spin upto 100k rpm and beyond. As stated earlier they glide on a small film of oil. When that engine is shut off, the turbo is still spinning with no source of constant lube. The hotter the day, the longer it should be left to idle down before shutting off. Personaly I feel if you can afford synthetics, go for it! Be aware there are synthetics, and semi-synthetics which are a mixture of synthetic and Dino oil. Not a bad thing, just that I've talked to guys who thought they were buying pure when in fact it was semi. I own my own semi truck, and buy what ever oil is on sale at the time. Usually Rotella, Dello, Delvac, whatever. I just make sure I keep it changed at regular intervals. My current truck has 800k and still flys up the mountains w/ the best of them. *knock wood*</p></blockquote><p></p>

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