I was at one of the local auto stores today, Repco, a big chain through most of Australia and New Zealand. They are everywhere.
They also have their own house brand oil, which I was looking at, Repco 5W-30 Full Synthetic, rated API SN/CF and ACEA C3.
Reading the fine print on the back it says “Where the manufacturer requires SAE 5W-20, SAE 5W-30 or SAE 7.5W-30 viscosity“
Now it is possible that they have recently update J300 to include a 7.5W-x winter cold starting grade, and I have just missed it. But googling around I can’t find it. Or maybe some tech who was writing the back label was taking the p1ss, knowing nobody else in the office or the printers actually knew anything about oil, and was seeing what they could get away with.
Well it’s now printed by the thousand and on the shelves at hundreds of stores across the county. Good work !
They also have their own house brand oil, which I was looking at, Repco 5W-30 Full Synthetic, rated API SN/CF and ACEA C3.
Reading the fine print on the back it says “Where the manufacturer requires SAE 5W-20, SAE 5W-30 or SAE 7.5W-30 viscosity“
Now it is possible that they have recently update J300 to include a 7.5W-x winter cold starting grade, and I have just missed it. But googling around I can’t find it. Or maybe some tech who was writing the back label was taking the p1ss, knowing nobody else in the office or the printers actually knew anything about oil, and was seeing what they could get away with.
Well it’s now printed by the thousand and on the shelves at hundreds of stores across the county. Good work !
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