CAT Special Application Engine Oil Discontinued

[cdb]

For years Cat has strongly recommended it's Special Application Engine Oil (SAEO) 30W, rated CF-4 to be used in 3116 and 3126 engines exclusively. Now they have discontinued this oil and are recommending using CAT DEO's 15W-40 or 15W-30 and they are saying, get this, you can only buy it from Exxon Mobil. So it's probably Mobil Delvac. I can't get anyone at Exxon to respond so far as to where is buy it..

My CAT mechanic and a well known Cat engine surveyor said we should stay with 30W, so I am hesitant is using multigrade oils many of which are synthetic blends. For years Cat recommended against multigrades. I know some people uses Rotella T1 30W but that is only rated CF-2. Amalie motor oil has XLO Fleet 30W again rated only CF2. They do have XLO 10W-30 rated CF-4 but Amelie can't tell me how to purchase either. AMSOIL is recommending their Signature Series 1W30 synthetic blend with a superior CF-4 rating but its over $40/gallon now and i am still not sure about the multi viscosity issue.

What are people using using in their 3116 or 3126 engines now? There are still a lot of them out there.

I am attaching the memo from Cat about this. My dealer is of no help. But I bet TF members have a solution.

 

[High Wire]

My friend bought SAEO from cat years ago and it was a 5 gal bucket of Rotella 30 with a caterpillar sticker over the Shell logo. Did they add something? We still use plain Rotella T1 30 in his twin 3116 engines.

 

[FBoykin]

Following this. My Grand Banks 42 has CAT 3116 diesels. Last oil change (a year ago) use CAT SEO 30W oil as specified by CAT.

Not sure how much I like being told to switch oils after their literature made such a big deal about using SEO.

 

[ABfish]

I have a small fleet of construction equipment, ranging from 50 hp farm tractors to a 30 ton offroad truck. Various brands, including Cat and Komatsu. Some of the equipment is 25 years old and originally used 30W oil.

At one point, we kept 30W and 15W-40 on our service truck. We now put 15W-40 in every machine. We even use it as hydraulic fluid in a couple of machines, where it's allowed by the manufacturer based on ambient operating temps.

I've not seen any adverse effects in using the 15W-40.

 

[cafesport]

I think you’ll be fine using multi grades now.

http://www.catengine.info/operation...i-truck-engines-lubricant-specifications.html