tropartic
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Typical Properties: Values are representitive of current production SAE Number Grade ------------ 10W-30
Stock Number 42970
Specific Gravity .8670
Flash Point COC, C (F) 226 (439)
Pour Point, C (F) -37 (-36)
cP @ -25C 6086
cSt @ 40 C (104 F) 79.0
cSt @ 100 C (212 F) 10.71
Viscosity Index 148
Sulfated Ash, % 0.8
the numbers above are from the Philips 66 web site (search on "Tropartic" and you'll find it.
I'd guess it would be fine motor oil.
Brian A
Stock Number 42970
Specific Gravity .8670
Flash Point COC, C (F) 226 (439)
Pour Point, C (F) -37 (-36)
cP @ -25C 6086
cSt @ 40 C (104 F) 79.0
cSt @ 100 C (212 F) 10.71
Viscosity Index 148
Sulfated Ash, % 0.8
the numbers above are from the Philips 66 web site (search on "Tropartic" and you'll find it.
I'd guess it would be fine motor oil.
Brian A
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tropartic
Trop-Artic is great oil. I have used it since ~1968 b4 it got hard to find and I switched to Valvoline about 2 years ago. TA keeps an engine extremely clean inside unlike many other oils. I have seen an engine back in about 71 with 100K+ on it that was run with TA since day one. It was an oil field rig that had the oil changed every two months. It was almost clean enough to eat off of... Not really but WOW! No carbon or varnish. The engine looked like it had just been assembled. Every vehicle that I have used it on since has been the same, -clean as a whistle.
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