Differnce between diesel oil and gasoline engine oil

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04-21-2015, 11:04 AM

flainn

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Originally Posted by junker68

Well, there's the answer right there, the two examples I have in my garage and pointed out by flainn...
The gas formulated oil is in 5 qt containers while the diesel is in 4 qt containers.
I didn't even notice.
Thanks!

Good to know. I happen to think four- and five-quart containers looking very similar is deliberate on the part of the oil companies. In fact, I seem to remember hearing something about that a while back.

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