Choice of engine lube oil

[Tranona]

Answer;

Nope you are not missing anything Castrol Tection Turbomax is the correct spec for your Ford application 15W40 ACEA E5 oil, Cyril Snare at Mermaid had some funny ideas about oils, and Viv Cox is still all tangled up in US SAE stuff, we have been trying to break free of SAE for years.

The first part of your answer is absolutely fine. It is the second part which is completely irrelevant, and having read all the rest of the thread, I am still none the wiser as to why you made that comment!

As I think I pointed out, most of what you have posted is also irrelevant both to the original question and to most of the users here.

It is always helpful to have contributions from subject experts, but they are only of value if they are relevant!

 

[Quandary]

I read all of this thread, some of it twice? I have finished up with even more confidence in Vyvs recommendations for boat diesels so it was not entirely a waste of time.

 

[vyv_cox]

Thanks very much to those who have posted supporting me in these 'discussions'. I am most grateful.

 

[mersey]

I can state as a matter of fact that old Perkins 6.354/236, Ford Dover/Dorsets' and older 60 and 70 Series Volvos and Cummins service approval specifically extends retrospectively to triple nickels and VTA 903's of the 60's and 70's, all are totally suited to ACEA E5.

What about for the HT6.354 (horrizontal turbocharged) version?

Thanks!

 

[Latestarter1]

What about for the HT6.354 (horrizontal turbocharged) version?

Thanks!

All 6.354's aspiration is irrelavant.

PS Thank you for all your messages of support, particularly the one headed 'Good for you'

'I have noted that the statements about it by the normally sensible Viv seem rather 'religious', ie require faith rather than logic to believe.

 

[Tranona]

PS Thank you for all your messages of support, particularly the one headed 'Good for you'

'I have noted that the statements about it by the normally sensible Viv seem rather 'religious', ie require faith rather than logic to believe.

Am I missing something or are you making this up?

I have re-read the whole thread and cannot see a single post that expresses those sentiments.

Or do you have a coven of secret admirers who only communicate silently with you?

PS you can't even after all these attempts spell his name correctly!

 

[gandy]

Yes I am paranoid about lube filters, dependent on application, manufacturers own or Donaldson, Baldwin, Fleetguard and Mann & Hummel. Other makes mentioned do not come close and certainly not major players in the filter market as referred to here, could never meet Ford Motor Co quality certification and for a limited time JCB learned the hard way, they used one of these companies for their own brand lube filters, however clogging led to premature oil pressure relief valve opening, taking out many engines. No apologies in a word junk.

Interesting to see praise for Mann Hummel. Not that I've anything against them in fact that's what I use. It's just that they are the absolute cheapest filters, so I'm surprised to see them set above Fram or the other makes you dislike.

 

[Danny Jo]

At risk of thread-drift, I was intrigued to find that the alternatives to Yanmar-badged oil for my 3YM30 (at around £30 per 4l) were also the cheapest (at around £12 per 4l). I hunted without success through garages, motor spares factors, specialist oil dealers and, dare I mention it, Halfords for an oil that met the Yanmar spec (API SJ/CF).

At last I found it, by W5, in Lidl.

 

[mersey]

All 6.354's aspiration is irrelavant.

PS Thank you for all your messages of support, particularly the one headed 'Good for you'

'I have noted that the statements about it by the normally sensible Viv seem rather 'religious', ie require faith rather than logic to believe.

Thanks, much appreciated. Just wasn't sure with as I've seen some diesel oils saying specifically for turbos, so didn't know if it would be different or not.

Can I also ask if you know what would be correct for the Perkins P4, and Rootes-Lister Blackstone TS3 (a very odd one, I know!) ?

Cheers!

 

[Latestarter1]

Thanks, much appreciated. Just wasn't sure with as I've seen some diesel oils saying specifically for turbos, so didn't know if it would be different or not.

Can I also ask if you know what would be correct for the Perkins P4, and Rootes-Lister Blackstone TS3 (a very odd one, I know!) ?

Cheers!

PM me, the TS3 is a very special case, without exactly the correct stuff this lovely motor, nothing odd about it,will run like a bag of nails unless oil is right. In trucks flames out of the exhast was a sure sign of being run on incorrect lubricant. Off the top of my head it has to be somthing like a heavy duty straight 30, not even sure that CF2 is OK without checking my files.