If you use Rotella oil in your diesel engine, Heads up on coming changes to their CJ-4 rated oils!
Shared from a friend who sent me this:
If any of you use Shell's Rotella T5/T6 CJ4 diesel oil, Shell announced that beginning August 1, this year, (6 days ago), they're replacing CJ4 with 2 different oils, to help meet the EPAs newer 2017 stricter diesel emissions. For the first time, they're splitting the oil into 2 categories:
• CK4 - heavy HTHS, up to 4.2 (40W) for heavy duty and off-road diesel's - backward compatible with CJ4 and earlier oil requirement
• FA4 - newer, low HTHS (3.5 in 30 weight), thin viscosity for stricter emissions and fuel economy requirements
For those of you who may want to buy some extra CJ4 oil while it's still available, heads up as it will disappear just as CI4+ did some years ago, at lease for Shell oil. When CJ4 oil first came out, there were some issues with wear protection, it was tweaked over time as BITOG VOA's showed over a 2 year period. It's possible the same issue happens again. Maybe not, who knows?
More information can be otained from Rotella's web site at:
http://rotella.shell.com/rotella-products/pc-11.htmldisclaimer: I do not use Rotella oil but figured anyone using it would want to know of the upcoming changes....
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