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Old 09-12-2019, 01:23 PM   #15
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Re: Oil confusion, please help!

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Originally Posted by bigmac73 View Post
That is not good.... do u have some documentation to support ? I might have to swap to royal purple
Does the oil have a API designation? If so they have removed the majority of ZDDP. The standards changed so in order to maintain their rating they removed the zinc. Zinc kills catalytic convertors and now that diesel trucks have them the zinc had to go.
Here are some links if your interested.

https://www.speed-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28365

https://pantera.infopop.cc/topic/eng...esting-results

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com
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