Does anyone know of an oil that's semi-sythetic and meets ACEA A3/B3. Even something that's been discontinued, anything at all.
Semi-Synthetic A3/B3 oil?
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Ok Brian, I think you'll appreciate this, I'm trying to figure out what oil saab originally used in our cars. According to the manual it was 5w30 semi-synthetic and saab also requires a A3/B3 spec oil. Everything listed is a 40 weight. What the heck came is these cars?quote:
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IIRC, Maxlife 10W40.
It used to be but then went to A1/B1. The first two are the old A3/B3 and the last link is to the newer A1/B1
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DuraBlend 10w-40 carried A3 for a while. Delo 15w40 did as well. I think any name-brand semi 10w-40 would do the job. I'd look at Mobil Clean, Clean HM, Motorcraft, Syntec Blend, GTX HM, MaxLife, DuraBlend etc.
Nope, that's the thinking that led to tons of sludged saab short blocks-well, along with a few other factors....Granted I'm not using an A3 oil right no either but I've got Tection Extra 15W40 spiked with SLOB which I don't intend to let go much over 3k.
A few saab junkies have been using oilmedic.com to compile a database of 9-5 UOA's. May be time to check in on them.
A few saab junkies have been using oilmedic.com to compile a database of 9-5 UOA's. May be time to check in on them.
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