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Here's the John Deere Plus 50 report

Originally Posted By: D-Roc An "increase" of 1-4 ppm of aluminum is not really anything to drop the oil or discontinue using it for. 1405 -1368 ppm are good numbers for CJ-4...many CI4+ oils didn't have numbers that high... Your experiment is certainly interesting, but 3K miles for an oil is by...

Originally Posted By: daman Originally Posted By: Diesel24 The Aluminum went from 1ppm(Valvoline Premium Blue CJ-4) to 4ppm(J.Deere+50 CI-4). Moly went up to 99ppm from 49ppm, Zinc went down from1405ppm to 1368ppm. I will post the report as soon as I can get to Kinkos, my scanner can't make it...

The Aluminum went from 1ppm(Valvoline Premium Blue CJ-4) to 4ppm(J.Deere+50 CI-4). Moly went up to 99ppm from 49ppm, Zinc went down from1405ppm to 1368ppm. I will post the report as soon as I can get to Kinkos, my scanner can't make it large enough to read on the forum.

Just got back the results with the John Deere Plus 50 CI-4 with 3120mi on it. The Aluminum went up a bit, so I guess that will be it for the Plus 50. Blackstone commented that the Valvoline CJ-4 was a little better with piston wear than the J.Deere CI-4. Next is the Valvoline Premium Blue...

Thanks everyone for your input, I would have liked to go 5 or 6K, but like I stated I just bought the truck in June and wanted to see if there was a engine problem. Looks like I got lucky, and found a good 5.9!

Like I stated in another thread, I'm doing a experiment with CJ-4 and CI-4 Diesel Oil. My first sample was Valvoline Premium Blue CJ-4 the TBN started at 10. I just put in John Deere Plus-50 CI-4 to see which oil is better for older Diesel's. Some experts say the CJ-4 is better because of the...

Originally Posted By: turboocco Originally Posted By: JHZR2 latest tests of the standard specs by chevron showed it to be a poor performer compared to delo 400 LE (of course) AND Delvac 1300S. Rotella was pretty poor (relatively, of course) compared to the other two big names, too. I recently...