John Deere Plus-50 0w-40 HDEO

[Strjock81]

Just got my VOA back from Blackstone:

MATT: The flashpoint was the only unusual finding in this sample of virgin oil. We normally expect to
see it read above 405ºF in this type of oil, so the low flashpoint here may mimic fuel dilution in your
engines. The other samples we have seen from this type of oil didn't have a low flashpoint like this.
We double-checked the results as well and they appear to be correct. Other than that, everything
looks good here. The viscosity was normal for a new 0w40 oil and no water or wear metals were
found.

Moly 54
Boron 67
Silicon 4
Calcium 1852
Magnesium 2
Phosphorus 636
Zinc 764

All other values are 0

SUS @ 210= 77.7
Flashpoint= 370 (They doublechecked this)

I think this VOA looks a little weak, what do you guys think?

 

[JAG]

Looks weak to me too. For a HDEO, that's low calcium and ZDDP. The magnesium is next to nothing so doesn't make up for the low calcium.

 

[Strjock81]

Yeah I bought a whole bunch of this stuff on EBAY dirt cheap, heard it was great oil. Now I don't know what to do with it. I added some Schaeffer's Moly EP oil additive to what I have in use in tractors here at home. Will run it out shorter than expected, drain it, and go back to Schaeffer 9000 in tractors, still try to find the perfect balance of wear protection and MPGs in our Jetta. The universal averages from Blackstone on this brand of oil were better than this, but still not great by any means.

 

[BlazerLT]

I wouldn't deem this a HDEO.

 

[ebaker]

I remember a VOA on JD synthetic that had lots of moly and ZDP.