I follow a few threads here and a couple of YouTube channels. One channel in particular has a guy with a fleet doing hotshot work. He has around 30 trucks, 8 of them 2022’s. It doesn’t sound like he’s had any transmission issues like some of us have, but all of his 2022’s are near the 100k mark for miles. And here’s the thing, he’s been having motors fail. Yeah, three or four of them.
The issue seems to be with lubrication in parts of the top of the motor. I don’t want to start a “what kind of oil” thread…
I’ve heard Paul (YouTuber in question) uses Schaeffer, and sticks to the recommend viscosity. He claims (I’ve no reason to doubt, he’s full of experience and information without arrogance) that they change oil at or less than 10k intervals.
With the fright and pain of the transmission failure in mine near new, this has got me worried about longevity of the truck I plan to work me into retirement. I don’t do long hauls, but it still means I’ll need the truck to go to around 300k. And it should, as Paul has a ‘14 with more than 500k on it.
So how many of you have a lot of miles on your 22’s? What oil do you use and do you use a mileage interval or trust the gauge? Have you had any odd codes get thrown for cylinder misfires? Any cold start compression knock? (All issues Paul says he has on the 3 motors that have died)
Curious, as mine is a baby with just below 8000 miles yet.
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