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Corporate Office:
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Houston, TX 77210
Website(s): www.citgolubes.com
CITGO, based in Houston, is a refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. The company is owned by CITGO Holding, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. For more information, visit www.citgolubes.com.
The Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) is an independent resource for information and insights on the quality of lubricants in the marketplace. Our mission is to serve the consumer of lubricants by randomly sampling and independently testing lubricants taken from the field. Test results are posted along with the brand names on the PQIA website. This webpage provides an analysis on the brand detailed below.
The following are the test results for the sample examined.
Manufactured By: CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Houston, TX
Purchased at: Paw Paw, MI
Date of purchase: 11/15/2016
Website(s): www.citgolubes.com
The results of the tests conducted on this sample meet the requirements for DEXRON® III/MERCON®.
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Note: Although the laboratory tests conducted cannot alone be used to establish if an Automatic Transmission Fluid meets all of its labeled specifications, they can be used to determine if it doesn't.
| PHYSICAL TESTS (click for test details) - a | Standard | CITGO TRANSGARD |
| Flash Point in ºC (ASTM D92) | 170/177 Min-c | 212 |
| Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 6.8 Min | 6.9 |
| Viscosity @40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 34.5 | |
| Viscosity Index (ASTM D2270) | 165 | |
| Brookfield Viscosity @-40ºC mPa s (cP) | 20,000 Max | 14,160 |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (click for test details) - a, b | ||
| Additives | ||
| Calcium | 4 | |
| Magnesium | 0 | |
| Phosphorus, ppm | 136 | |
| Zinc, ppm | 2 | |
| Molybdenum, ppm | 0 | |
| Barium, ppm | 0 | |
| Boron, ppm | 50 | |
| Silicon, ppm | 0 | |
| Potassium, ppm | 0 | |
| Manganese, ppm | 0 | |
| Titanium, ppm | 0 | |
| Copper, ppm | 0 | |
| Sodium, ppm | 0 | |
| Vanadium, ppm | 0 | |
| Contaminants | ||
| Silver, ppm | 0 | |
| Aluminum, ppm | 0 | |
| Chromium, ppm | 0 | |
| Iron, ppm | 0 | |
| Nickel, ppm | 0 | |
| Lead, ppm | 0 | |
| Antimony, ppm | 0 | |
| Tin, ppm | 0 | |
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