[Vwdiesel] Risks of straight weight

Jim Arnott jrasite at eoni.com
Wed Oct 5 21:41:49 EDT 2005


http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Oils/Mobil_1_0W-40.aspx

I stand myself corrected. (But I'll continue to use 5W40 Rotella 
synthetic. 0W anything makes me nervous. Even at -20 F.)

Jim

On Wednesday, October 5, 2005, at 06:08 PM, Libbybapa at wmconnect.com 
wrote:

> In a message dated 10/5/05 5:55:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
> jrasite at eoni.com writes:
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>
> gas rated Mobil 1
>
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>
> I have heard that from several people that Mobil 1 is not diesel 
> rated.  It says on every bottle of Mobil ! that it is rated CF.  The 
> n/a diesels only require CC and the TDs require CD, so it exceeds the 
> requirements of both, as engine oil ratings are sequential.  What am I 
> missing?
>
> Andrew

The first lemming to lead his peers off the cliff is a bold and 
decisive leader.


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