Hi,
in the Small Engines forum a lot of people recommend using HDEOs in small engines. The recommended brands/types are either not available here in Europe or prohibitively expensive(~100€ for 5L). This got me to wondering how to tell whether a given oil is an HDEO or not. The only information I could find is that the oil should have a dual API rating for both gas and diesel. Is this the only criteria? This would make it easy, since virtually any oil available here is dual rated.
What are you looking for in the description to tell if it's an HDEO? Any manufacturer ratings to look out for? I have 5l of 15W-40 SL/CF but without any truck manufacturer ratings. Would you consider this an HDEO?
in the Small Engines forum a lot of people recommend using HDEOs in small engines. The recommended brands/types are either not available here in Europe or prohibitively expensive(~100€ for 5L). This got me to wondering how to tell whether a given oil is an HDEO or not. The only information I could find is that the oil should have a dual API rating for both gas and diesel. Is this the only criteria? This would make it easy, since virtually any oil available here is dual rated.
What are you looking for in the description to tell if it's an HDEO? Any manufacturer ratings to look out for? I have 5l of 15W-40 SL/CF but without any truck manufacturer ratings. Would you consider this an HDEO?