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Old 11-10-2016, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by spadge View Post
@Scott a N20 should need LL-14 FE
01 was approved somewhere around 2001, 04 about 2004, aso - therefore a newer engine would require an oil of the time it was build.

Note: there also was a "LL-01 FE" which is not compatible with LL-01
FE must be something like "Fuel Efficiency".
I would have thought the same thing. But the BITOG guys (who research and debate oil all day long apparently) swear that the N20 was added to both the LL01 and the LL14 test spec; something about the N20's direct injection engine needing an additive to keep soot/carbon off the exhaust valves/stems. I'll do some additional research and see what I can dig up.
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