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4 years 6 months ago #214324
by Jeff M.
I need to change the oil in my RD6 I have a barrel of strait 30 weight oil will that work for it
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4 years 6 months ago #214327
by dpendzic
just make sure it is for diesel engines and not gas engines
D2, D3, D4, D6, 941B, Cat 15
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4 years 6 months ago #214342
by dpendzic
without going into the chemistry the American petroleum institute--API---has denoted oils suitable for gasoline as having the S suffix, and oils suitable for diesel as having the C suffix---many diesel oils nowadays have a dual certification and is ok for diesel and gas
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4 years 6 months ago #214377
by Mike Meyer
what is the difference in them
My simple understanding is there is a lot more detergent in diesel oils, I'm sure there are other important differences, but you can happily use diesel oil of the correct viscocity in gas engines but not the other way round.
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