Fighterpilot
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Is Wal-marts diesel engine oil acceptable to use in the 3208s or should I pay 1/3 more for name brand oil? Anyone know of a report on that subject? Thanks
*Interesting....It's along the lines I've heard and Wally world does want to give quality for cheapLarry M wrote:
I had a good internet connection this morning and*Googled, "Walmart diesel oil, who makes it?"** Lots of articles.* Here was the the first one.
http://www.turbodieselregister.com/tdrarticles/tdrarticle56_lubeoilspecs.html
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*Fighterpilot wrote:
I was in "sports academy" yesterday and noted thay had the Shell on sale so bought 8 gal. as a start. Thanks for the advice and did find the test link interesting. The tester seems to like the Shell as well.
I thought he didn't like the regular Shell but liked the synthetic.
Who knows?* Who is an "expert"?* If I've been running standard Shell oil and suspect that the previous owner did as well, and if I have over 3K hours on the engine with no apparent problems caused by oil, should I change to the synthetic for the supposed better fuel economy and lubrication or should I just leave well enough alone?
*We were advised by our diesel shop and friends in the marine engine industry to use Delo 400 30wt in our FL120s and Onan MDJE*generator and that's what we have been using since day one.nomadwilly wrote:
I use Chevron Delo 30W for my boat diesel. Ca'nt get anything else here but if I lived in Seattle I would probably use it there too. I use Castrol 20-50W and 10-30W for my road vehicles.