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Prolonging the life of the B27F: what to do for the oil? 200 1978

posted by  Herb Goltz on  Fri Jul 5 08:35 CST 2002
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Hello:

I think that synthetics would undoubtedly be the way to go to keep your B27 alive. Before starting anything, though, I would be inclined to get it looked over to be sure that your cams, etc are in good working order. If they are on the way out already you may want to save your money on the synthetics until the mechanicals are sorted out.

The reason for the 15w-40 recommendation is that this is a diesel formulation and contains more detergents than other oils, which should help with keeping oil galleys open on the way to the cams.

Also, with these finicky aluminum blocks it is worthwhile to make sure that your coolant gets regular flushes to avoid costly corrosion problems.

Even with the B27's I have heard of people getting 200K + miles on an engine-- they do require a bit of extra work, though...

Good luck!

Herb Goltz, London, Ontario, Canada '89 760GLE w/164K mi






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