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<blockquote data-quote="saread" data-source="post: 1455437" data-attributes="member: 13880"><p>Herin lies the controversy of using motor oils intended for diesel engines. If you have an engine that burns a tad bit of oil (all engines burn a bit by design, some more than others), too much zinc (ZDDP) can poison your catalytic converter. I believe when the API SL standard came out, ZDDP was limited to a maximum of 800 PPM for this reason. I can't say about Penrite, but Rotella T-6 has 1200 PPM of ZDDP. Interestingly, Rotella T-6 has a JASO MA2 certification and one of the requirements for MA2 is that the oil has to be safe for catalytic converters. How that is determined is not something I could dig out. API seems to think an 800 PPM limit for ZDDP is the determining line, and JASO doesn't seem to have a limit, just a statement. If you have a bike that doesn't have a catalytic converter, there is no controversy. The extra ZDDP in diesel motor oil is not an issue. But, that's not the case with the FJR. Like RossKean, I have thousands upon thousands of miles running T-6 without issue. </p><p></p><p>Another oil filter that works is Mahle OC707, about 12 bucks on Amazon (thanks to escapefjrtist for that tip).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saread, post: 1455437, member: 13880"] Herin lies the controversy of using motor oils intended for diesel engines. If you have an engine that burns a tad bit of oil (all engines burn a bit by design, some more than others), too much zinc (ZDDP) can poison your catalytic converter. I believe when the API SL standard came out, ZDDP was limited to a maximum of 800 PPM for this reason. I can't say about Penrite, but Rotella T-6 has 1200 PPM of ZDDP. Interestingly, Rotella T-6 has a JASO MA2 certification and one of the requirements for MA2 is that the oil has to be safe for catalytic converters. How that is determined is not something I could dig out. API seems to think an 800 PPM limit for ZDDP is the determining line, and JASO doesn't seem to have a limit, just a statement. If you have a bike that doesn't have a catalytic converter, there is no controversy. The extra ZDDP in diesel motor oil is not an issue. But, that's not the case with the FJR. Like RossKean, I have thousands upon thousands of miles running T-6 without issue. Another oil filter that works is Mahle OC707, about 12 bucks on Amazon (thanks to escapefjrtist for that tip). [/QUOTE]
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