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| Re: [GMCnet] rotella t white bottle [message #91294 is a reply to message #91270] |
Tue, 06 July 2010 17:17   |
Ken Burton
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Yes
I have used it for years in many gasoline and diesel vehicles and motorcycles.
As far a I can tell my coach has only seen Rotella since new in 1976. My coach only had 2 PO's and one of them only had it for a year. The PO that bought it new shows only using Rotella in the records I have.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] rotella t white bottle [message #91339 is a reply to message #91270] |
Tue, 06 July 2010 22:22 |
JohnL455
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Just guessing as I don't have a new Rotella T white in hand to look at, but this appears to be 'dated' data. I would bet the current shelves are stocked with CJ-4/SM, which should have a supplemental zinc additive added to it to get the level back up. In my garage I have 2 BLUE jugs of Rotella T full synthetic 5W-40 from different times and the older stuff is CI-4/SL and the newer is CJ-4/SM so I bet the same is true for the Dino white jug. In short, even the new Diesel oil is shy on ZDDP whether Dino or full synth from the way I read it.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] rotella t white bottle [message #91357 is a reply to message #91339] |
Wed, 07 July 2010 02:45 |
Ken Burton
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| JohnL455 wrote on Tue, 06 July 2010 22:22 |
Just guessing as I don't have a new Rotella T white in hand to look at, but this appears to be 'dated' data. I would bet the current shelves are stocked with CJ-4/SM, which should have a supplemental zinc additive added to it to get the level back up. In my garage I have 2 BLUE jugs of Rotella T full synthetic 5W-40 from different times and the older stuff is CI-4/SL and the newer is CJ-4/SM so I bet the same is true for the Dino white jug. In short, even the new Diesel oil is shy on ZDDP whether Dino or full synth from the way I read it.
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You are correct. That is why I stocked up a couple of years ago just before the change. That is why I posted it here at the time so people could stock up. Still at 800 ppm instead of 1200 ppm he should be OK unless he is breaking in a new engine.
A second point is the new white bottle (dino) and new blue bottle (synthetic) have the same 800 ppm content.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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