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williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: oil

Everyone keeps wondering what oils are the same. Someone once told me to check the "Mil-Spec" number on the container. If they match, it is okay to use. I don't know if this is true- John H. can you help on this? I heard this while working in the trucking business. 

                   

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John Hauck

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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: oil

Bill S:

  

 I don't have the slightest idea.  That is why  I asked the question earlier.    

  

 john h

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 [quote]   Everyone keeps wondering what oils are the same. Someone once told me to    check the "Mil-Spec" number on the container. If they match, it is okay to    use. I don't know if this is true- John H. can you help on this? I heard this    while working in the trucking business. 

                       

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lucien

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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: oil

[quote="williamtsullivan(at)att.n"]Everyone keeps wondering what oils are the same. Someone once told me to check the "Mil-Spec" number on the container. If they match, it is okay to use. I don't know if this is true- John H. can you help on this? I heard this while working in the trucking business. 

                   

                                                  Bill Sullivan

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That's only if the application requires an oil or fluid that meets a mil-spec ("military specification" I believe). I.e., certain brake fluids in general aviation aircraft, etc.



The engine oil grades we use in our Rotaxen are specified by the American Petroleum  Institute (API) and aren't generally milspec grades. 

I.e., SF, SG...SM and so on are API service grades for automotive engine oiles of the type we use in our 912's,



It's all spelled out in painful detail on the API website, for instance for motor oils:



http://www.api.org/certifications/engineoil/categories/index.cfm



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