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Author:  artickid [ Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Synthetic Blend Oil

I found an off brand, Farm Rated, oil at Mills Fleet Farm for $20 for 2 gallons. This oil meets the requirements in the manual, what are your thoughts of using this oil in the CRD?

Author:  dgeist [ Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Synthetic Blend Oil

artickid wrote:
I found an off brand, Farm Rated, oil at Mills Fleet Farm for $20 for 2 gallons. This oil meets the requirements in the manual, what are your thoughts of using this oil in the CRD?


What requirement did it meet, exactly? I was under the impression that the owner's manual specifies full synthetic...

Author:  Joe Romas [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:22 am ]
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Section 0, page 4 calls for Symthetic oil meeting CL/SF rating. Page 5 calls for Mobil one 0-40 and if that's not available then Mobil One 5-40 would be acceptable.

So I would guess a synthetic blend would not be acceptable. I use Shell Rotella Synthetic (blue bottle) 5-40. It's available at Wally world but they sell out of it fast. Wally for a while had the new Mobil One Turbo Diesel oil but I've not seen it for a while.

Author:  Kniggit [ Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:56 am ]
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the mobile 1 5-40 TDT is at all the local AutoZones...

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