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My previous dock neighbour was a retired chemist for
an oil company.
In his diesel he used synthetic oil exclusivly.
Alex
--- Stan Gardner <> wrote:
> I was sure synthetic would be preferrable to regular
> and put it in on one
> oil change. Someone on the dock told me it was a no
> no so I did some
> research on the web. The specs for oils called out
> for my Ford Lehman
> aren't used any more, and the oil companies do not
> say much about what
> should or should not be used in a diesel. I vaguely
> remember some
> discussion of the sulpher in diesel fuel converting
> to acid and that you
> need a specific oil designed for diesel service to
> handle this, but I found
> no reference to this. It's the only subject I have
> struck out on using the
> internet.
>
> I put Chevron Delo 400 back in. It's what was used
> in the engine from the
> beginning.
>
> Stan
> S/V Seabird V
>
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