Hello,
I find myself with a pail of Triax Fleet Atlas (a 20w-50 HDEO, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKZY3TJG/). From poking around, I see that this brand is regarded around here with suspicion, at best. Reading the various posts, I have to agree the company seems rather... questionable. Oops. So now I'm wondering what kind of trouble I've gotten myself into...
I had a look at the pail to confirm API licensing, figuring if it met criteria for my desired spec, it should be fine to run just the one pail of it. And indeed, I see "API licensed CI-4 Plus / CI-4" in big letters on the upper right, and the API donut on the bottom (see attached photos, as my product branding differs slightly from the Amazon product gallery). Well, okay, I guess it's certified, right? Wait... what? Certified SAE 15W-40? Sold and labeled as 20W-50, but certified 15W-40 on the donut?
So my question here is... is this a situation that can possibly be legitimate? For example, maybe there is no API C test for 20W-50, so 15W-40 is the best they can go for? That doesn't sound right to me, from what I know and from trying to research the spec, but I don't really know much about the rating process. So, does this situation make sense to anyone, or have I just been bamboozled?
I find myself with a pail of Triax Fleet Atlas (a 20w-50 HDEO, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKZY3TJG/). From poking around, I see that this brand is regarded around here with suspicion, at best. Reading the various posts, I have to agree the company seems rather... questionable. Oops. So now I'm wondering what kind of trouble I've gotten myself into...
I had a look at the pail to confirm API licensing, figuring if it met criteria for my desired spec, it should be fine to run just the one pail of it. And indeed, I see "API licensed CI-4 Plus / CI-4" in big letters on the upper right, and the API donut on the bottom (see attached photos, as my product branding differs slightly from the Amazon product gallery). Well, okay, I guess it's certified, right? Wait... what? Certified SAE 15W-40? Sold and labeled as 20W-50, but certified 15W-40 on the donut?
So my question here is... is this a situation that can possibly be legitimate? For example, maybe there is no API C test for 20W-50, so 15W-40 is the best they can go for? That doesn't sound right to me, from what I know and from trying to research the spec, but I don't really know much about the rating process. So, does this situation make sense to anyone, or have I just been bamboozled?