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Edmunds: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze: The Dexose Oil Specification

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, May 23, 2011.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    2011 Chevrolet Cruze: The Dexose Oil Specification

    Interesting... I'd never heard of dexos oil before. Apparently, it's a new GM standard. More info at GM dexos information center.

    What's more interesting is that in the above long term entry, their dealer didn't even have any (and thus didn't put in dexos oil during an oil change) and that most of the local Chevy dealers hadn't even heard of it.
     
    #1 cwerdna, May 23, 2011
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    It would appear that GM this year is not doing any better than Toyota last year at communicating to it's owners and dealer about oil.
     
    #2 JimboPalmer, May 23, 2011
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    VW has also switched to specifying only full synthetic oil. It seems that modern engine design, poor dino oil quality in the US and the sloppy maintenance habits of US owners have all of the manufacturers worried about sludge.

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    In US of A "synthetic" could mean alot of different things, Group III base dino oils called "Full Synthetic"
     
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    Toyota had a problem a while back and I think it worried a lot of manufacturers:
    Toyota Sludge Zone

    TOYOTA ENGINES AND OIL SLUDGE - WALL ST JOURNAL - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

     
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