Good bye Shell Rotella
Unless I'm missing something...After using Shell Rotella oil's since the early 80's I just returned a case of Rotella of T-6 full synthetic for a case of Motorcraft oil for my 6.7 Powerstroke. Seems ...
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Sounds identical to the DEXOS scam that GM is running. Wife's Chevy Traverse requires "DEXOS" certified oil.
I did a lot of research on DEXOS and discovered it is not really a "standard" but more of a Licensing Agreement whereby money goes into GM's pocket so an oil company can put the DEXOS APPROVED label on their oil. If you don't pay GM the licensing fee, you can't say your oil is "DEXOS" approved no matter how high of a standard it meets.
All DEXOS approved oils I have seen BTW are either synthetic or semi-synthetic blends.
But I get what the OP is saying; why give Ford an excuse to not honor a warranty!!
I did a lot of research on DEXOS and discovered it is not really a "standard" but more of a Licensing Agreement whereby money goes into GM's pocket so an oil company can put the DEXOS APPROVED label on their oil. If you don't pay GM the licensing fee, you can't say your oil is "DEXOS" approved no matter how high of a standard it meets.
All DEXOS approved oils I have seen BTW are either synthetic or semi-synthetic blends.
But I get what the OP is saying; why give Ford an excuse to not honor a warranty!!
