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Old 07-23-2011, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
take serious note of the last line of the oil recommendation image...
"in temps above 30C use straight weight 40 oil EXCEPT FOR 617 TURBO DIESEL..."
to me, this means the diesel should ALWAYS use multigrade oil


Jus noticed this.

Actually the superscript 2 is for 10w-40 oil use, not related to superscript 1 which was about sae 30/40 oils.
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