Laboratory analysis indicates that we shouldn't long for the old "high?" ZDDP oils of the past:
Just got the results in
When I get a chance I'll add the results to my oil paper, but for now I can report it had MM-MS-DG stamped on the top of the can, which means, in the current API system it would have met SC standards of 1964 or their upgraded 1968 standards for SD (both called MS back then), and DG means a CA for diesel use. The use of the word "plus on the label might have signaled the higher level that became "SD".
Additives are strange.....
First because it uses 124 ppm of barium. That is a DEMULSIFIER that would try to separate water from the oil. Obviously discontinued as that would cause more rust and sludge. It is more often used in turbine oils to separate the water in the drain area of the tank.
The normal additives are:
Calcuim (detergent): 807 ppm (vs about 1800 top 2000 for an SN and 3000+ for a CI-4)
Phosphorous (part of anti-wear package with zinc): 482 ppm (vs a minimum of 600 ppm and maximum of 800 ppm for an SN oil today and about 1300 to 1400 in a CI-4 - limited to 1200 in a CJ-4)
Zinc (part of the anti-wear package with zinc): 517 ppm (anti-wear packages have about 10% more zinc than phosphorous in any formulation that uses ZDDP).
So this was a post-1964 oil (possibly post 1968). It has a little more than half of what today's SN oils have in anti-wear and detergent, or about a third or less of what a CI-4 oil has.
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