I have 196000 miles on my truck now and was thinking of taking it in to a mechanic to do a tune up on the valves and get the turbo cleaned. I am also going to have them do the thermostat to a 190 and have them go through my wiring on my column gauges and redo them because who ever put them in before I bought must not have done it the best way and took corners and might have them look at the a/c... just wondering if any other things I should just have them check on while its in the shop?

 

I only want it down for like 3 weeks because I live in Bismarck and im taking it over to Jamestown because they have good rates and I know the people working on it has done good work on other trucks for one of my buddys.

nope didn't have a k&n filter.

 

Maybe it looks like that because of that oil seal has a small leak. Then I might as well get it cleaned and took apart and new seal put in.

That looks like a oiled filter mess

What ever filter your using I would consider up grading to BHAF. If your using a stock box then grease the filter gasket to help seal it back up. The plastic box will deform over time and start to leak dust by.