my uncle and i have been using mobile oil in the shop for the past 25 years. two of my suppliers just stop carrying mobile and I'm thinking about making a switch to save a little money. My uncle rather not, stating that by using mobile he feels that if we go over the hours on a service he's confident that the oil will hold up. just wanted to see if anyone had an opinion on Kendall Oil and is there any issue with switching brands, do i have to change the oil in all of my machines or can the two products be mixed when a machine needs to be topped off? let me know what ya think, thanks
I have been by the original Kendall refinery in Bradford, PA, just up the road from the Case pocket knife and Zippo lighter plant and heritage center. The local convenience stores all stocked their oils in the five gallon bucket at very good prices. I used to buy enough five gallon buckets to fill up my little Toyota pickup. It seemed to have a high detergent content and would do a good job at liberating the sludge other oils would leave, that is it would turn black FAST. Howard
I'm not an oil expert but would think that as long as the Kendall Oil meets the same specifications as the Mobil Oil it should preform correctly. Now if you are talking about Mobil 1 synthetic oil compared to Kendall conventional oil there may be some difference there. Main thing is to be 100% sure the oil you use meets all the requirements of the equipment you are using it in. Say if you are running some old Detroit Diesels you should not be using the same oil as you might be using in a 2016 Cat truck engine.
A diesel engine with worn out rings will do the same thing.
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It would, but using the same fleet on a different name brand oil and swapping to Kendall would turn the Kendall oil black early for the first few changes, then it cleaned up. Howard
The biggest contaminate in engine oil is acids resulting from combustion, both gasoline and diesel. Engine oils are alkaline based to counteract these acids, the correct additives in the correct amounts are what make a "good" oil. I have found D-A meets all these requirements consistently.