What would happen if you mixed these two oils together 50/50. One could then have Amsoil Series 3000 5w-40 Heavy Duty Diesel and Marine, no? How compatible are these two formulas? I wonder if I'm on to something?
If this is true then why does Amsoil say it meets CI-4 & CF specs?quote:
Originally posted by Pablo:
The 5W-40 is not a diesel designed oil.
I think we are talking semantics. It does meet those specs. But the oil was not ORIGINALLY designed as a diesel oil, as in, Today we set out to make a diesel oil....as are the HDD, AME....quote:
quote:Originally posted by Pablo:
The 5W-40 is not a diesel designed oil.
If this is true then why does Amsoil say it meets CI-4 & CF specs?
After speaking with a GC chemist friend, he cannot believe the low prices of oil analysis to cover the expense of each test.quote:
Originally posted by Pablo:
If one of the worries is the lab won't have a baseline, you can send a virgin blend in, but honestly with the $20 analysis it doesn't matter much and if you are really that worried send them through Terry.
My GC freind is both a Gas Chromatographer and a German, but he has never worked for Castrol.quote:
Originally posted by Terry:
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Lubricious what does "GC" stand for ? I am assuming Gas Chromatography and not German Castrol !!!
Mass spec Gas Chrom is not easy to interpret and is expensive. Surely he is not holding the spectrograhic elemental analysis to that level of sophistication ? Wish he would contribute here and lend a hand Mass Spec wise to answer base oils questions that so many beg for and are unwilling to shed a few hundred bucks for.
Terry