Your engine and transmission have a lot of moving components that put out a lot of heat while active. Keeping up with proper oil and fluid changes prevents those components from grinding together and overheating. Ohio Diesel uses premium oil and fluid so your truck gets nothing but quality.
About Our Oil & Fluid Services for Trucks & Fleets
Ensuring the oil and fluid levels for your engine and transmission are essential to ensuring the various moving parts within are properly lubricated and as frictionless as possible. This prevents the build-up of friction heat and subsequent damage, which can severely impact the functioning of the engine and transmission and the resulting performance of your truck, not to mention resulting in costly repairs from the damage caused.
When you bring your truck in for an oil and fluid change with Ohio Diesel, you’ll be getting nothing but the highest quality throughout the entire process. We’ll perform a complete change of your oil filters alongside a complete flush and change of the engine and transmission oils and fluids. Ohio Diesel uses top-quality premium liquids from trusted industry suppliers that will give your engine and transmission the smoothest lubrication possible.
We know it’s not always possible to come in for an oil change with the experts at Ohio Diesel, however, we can help you with a few tips on choosing the right oil that’s best for your truck’s engine.
Choose the Oil That’s Right For You
While you can get oil changes done at the shop, unless there’s a problem, then you’ll often have to top off your engine oil yourself. As such, it can be daunting trying to choose the right oil for your rig that both meets the requirements of your truck and your standards.
The core thing to keep in mind is to use whatever oil is recommended by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Regardless of the price, using the OEM-recommended oil will ensure the best performance for your truck’s engine and lessen any problems.
Another thing to look at is the numbers present with the oils. These inform you of the oil’s performance at certain temperatures and general viscosity. Take 5W-40 for example. The numbers on the left indicate the performance of the oil at colder temperatures, with lower numbers performing better. The right-hand number is the most important, as it will correspond to the OEM-recommended oil viscosity. However, note that higher viscosities sometimes aren’t always the best. Lower viscosity oils can sometimes have better performance than higher ones, particularly in engine models manufactured in 2012 or later.
