[Vwdiesel] Risks of straight weight

[gary]

I'm no chemist either,

I have read in the past, that another difference between gas and diesel
rated oils is the amount of Zinc, which is a high pressure lubricant.
Diesel oils have a lot of zinc, where gas oils do not because it causes
fouling of the spark plugs.

-Gary

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 01:12 -0400, Area31 Research Facility wrote:
> Do any of our oil chemists know what the dangers might be running non-diesel
> rated, ordinary 10W30 motor oil in say a 1.6 Jetta TD in cold Canadian
> winter weather 0 C (32F) to -25C maybe -30C ?
> 
> What is different about a lube oil formulation for a diesel engine than for
> gasoline engines anyway?
> 
> Rob
> Energy shortage?  Impossible!  In most of the developed world, the exception
> being England, electrons literally swarm out of the ground.
>