Originally Posted by Snagglefoot
Originally Posted by Garak
Originally Posted by Shata
Thats excellent its not a SN oil either.
SN doesn't matter in a 40. Shell just isn't bothering with the SN for the entire T6 line except for the one I run.
Wait Garak, isn't the T6 0w40 SN?
The T6 0W-40 is...
Originally Posted by 1JZ_E46
I don't think I've ever seen an FA-4 oil in the wild. Wonder if it will eventually take off?
You are correct, it's pretty hard to come by. But with Walmart now stocking it, it's just a matter of time until the floodgates open.
Both Delo & Delvac have released FA-4...
Originally Posted by beanoil
Originally Posted by SubaJew
The price of CK-4 has gone up a bit, reducing the cost spread between CK-4 & FA-4.
What?
CK-4 in most places has dropped, at least in my neck of the woods.
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Do you need a 10w30? If you can run a 15w40, you'll save up front. Up to you...
UPDATE: Walmart now carries Rotella T5 Ultra 10W-30 FA-4 @ $23/gal. I picked up a gallon and sent a virgin sample out to Blackstone. I'll be posting the results in a new VOA thread once received. The price of CK-4 has gone up a bit, reducing the cost spread between CK-4 & FA-4. I recently did a...
I will also note that other posted UOAs show ~12.5 @ 100C. Considering that those samples were taken from degraded end of service life oil, I'm inclined to think that the 11.99 number on my VOA is an unexplained anomaly? FWIW Shell says it should be ~13.2 @ 100C, which would jive better with the...
Originally Posted by userfriendly
Am I reading it correctly? 11.99 @ 100C
Yes. It appears that way. I'm a bit suspect of it though. It seems a bit low compared to the specs released by Shell.
Originally Posted by SubieRubyRoo
Looks stout! Gonna use it in the Forester as well?
Where did you find the 0W40? AAP?
Nope. Forester never leaves south Florida. Sticking with the M1. It's been working well for me. Local supplier is Advance Auto.
I couldn't find a VOA for this so I had one done.
I'm going to be using this in my Carrier APU (Kubota engine) on my truck and wanted a baseline.
I'll be switching between this for winters and T6 5W-40 CK4 for summers.
The dealer didn't know what FA-4 was. Looked at me like I just landed from Mars. Needless to say, I'm not letting them touch my truck. Ever.
As for the distributor, yes, that drum price was for delivery from a distributor in OH to my shop in FL. The cost of FA-4 oil is almost double the cost of...
So my Detroit DD15 came factory filled with an FA-4 spec oil, but nobody seems to know (or want to disclose) what brand or viscosity. I suspect it's a 5 or 10W-30 since the whole point of FA-4 was to coax fuel economy from a thinner oil with a much higher shear temperature. Unfortunately, any...