Posted by RMinVa on August 16, 2014 at 07:52:03 from (99.196.57.15):
In Reply to: Re: Synthetic Oil posted by George Marsh on August 16, 2014 at 06:47:58:
I use 15W40 diesel marine oil in all my small engines. One is still going strong since 1990. Not having a filter is the prime reason I use this oil. It has a TBN number of 12. TBN represents how many particles the oil can suspend without damage to the engine. I've never seen oil over 12 TBN. It's worked well for me.
If your mule has a wet clutch then don't use straight synthetic oil in that. The friction modifiers will cause the clutches to slip. You can buy an oil for 4 wheelers and motor cycles without friction modifiers and it works well. Just can't do extended drains.
I've learned a lot about oil once I started studying it. I now send oil samples to be tested every 100 hours on my diesels to get a base line on how long the oil can be run with the diesel marine oil.(btw this oil still has the zink package so can not be used in tier 4 engines) Next sample will be 300 hours. At 200 hours the TBN was still above 8. Right now it looks like it'll go 400 hours unless sample shows otherwise. Hope to get 400 hours anyway.
Next reason I use synthetic oil in diesels is synthetic oil doesn't coke so I don't have to bother with the turbos getting coked. Synthetic oil can take more heat than regular oil.
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