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Bill Gerrie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 12:45 pm: | |
I have heard that Walmart "Tech 2000" 40wt is made by Pennsoil. Does anyone know if this is true? If it is, does it contain the same amount of additives for anti-foaming, wear, etc. as name brand Pennsoil does? Bill |
Earl-8-Ky
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 8:06 pm: | |
Don,t try to save a few dollars on the most important thing you will put in your engine. Get the right oil.I use 40 weight Rotella-T |
Jayrjay
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 9:08 pm: | |
Bill, Quaker State/Penzoil (same company now)do make Tech 2000, BUT it is produced to a price line, NOT a quality line. To sell that cheap they have to shave something off the finished product. Store brand "value-leader" products usually short-change the consumer in some way, to be able to meet the low price specified by management. ...JJ |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 11:18 pm: | |
Four Roses whiskey was made under a few dozen different
names. The only thing different about the contents, was the
label on the bottle that held it.
Manufacturers want to sell their product in quantity to keep
their overall price to produce it low. Selling it for a lower price
under a different label enables them to get the higher price
for their "brand name", without question.
When guys are dumping used McDonalds french fry fat into
their combustion chambers and porting propane for more
power, it seems silly to worry about an oil that's not a
"brand name", but rated "HD" and is the required weight for
the engine. |
Brian Brown (Fishbowlbrian)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 2:22 am: | |
Is it CF-2 rated? That's what the 2-stokes need. The lower ash content and higher viscosity are critical.
Otherwise, I'm with JTNG. I wouldn't sweat the brand name.
FBB |
Bill Gerrie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 11:00 pm: | |
Thanks for the input. I have always used Shell Rotella T 40 wt and now that I have a new engine I won't try to save a few dollars once a year. Bill |
Johnny
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 1:23 am: | |
As long as it meets the requirements (here, CF-2 SAE40W), oil is oil. 358,000 miles on my F-350, & it's gotten Wal-Mart Super Tech 15W-40 for the last 50,000 of them (previously, Mobil or Castrol). My Caddy & my wife's Grand National get Mobil 1, everything else gets Super Tech. My wife just junked her Cherokee (unit-body cracks)--with over 200,000 miles, the engine ran perfectly. It got nothing but Super Tech 5W-30 since day one. |
HenryMC7
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 2:00 pm: | |
Yes, Tech 2000 40WT shows CF-2 on the label. Does anyone know where to get the ash content for the oil? I haven't been successful yet.
Henry |
Brian Brown (Fishbowlbrian)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 3:57 pm: | |
Henry, I'm pretty sure that the specifications of CF-2 are <1% ash by definition, and that's all I've seen for ash specs. ("<1% ash") on Rotella T and Delco 100's sheets.
I'd say that CF-2, since it was pretty much written by DD for their engines, IS the only criteron to worry about for motor oil for a DD.
Availablility is important, too. I get Rotella T 40wt. CF-2 for US$7.95/ gallon at Napa, same day delivery. Delo 100 is way too hard to get where I live.
How much is the Tech 2000 stuff?
FBB
Longmont, CO USA |