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Deere & Company
Company and Product Information
Corporate Office:
Deere & Company
Moline, IL 61265
Website(s): www.deere.com
Deere & Company, incorporated in 1958, operates through three business segments: agriculture and turf, construction and forestry, and financial services. The agriculture and turf segment manufactures and distributes a line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts. The construction and forestry segment provides a line of construction equipment, and forestry machines and attachments. The financial services segment primarily finances sales and leases by the Company dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. Its products are marketed primarily through independent retail dealer networks and retail outlets.
Source: Reuters
John Deere Plus-50™ II
SAE 15W-40 Premium Engine Oil
Product: John Deere Plus-50™ II Premium Engine Oil
Viscosity Grade: SAE 15W-40
Labeled: API CJ-4/SM
Manufactured For: Deere & Company, Moline, IL
Purchased at: South Plainfield, NJ
Date of purchase: 6/27/2018
Website(s): www.deere.com
Test Results and Assessment:
The results of the tests conducted on this sample meet the SAE J300 specifications for the SAE Viscosity Grade listed on the product label, and are consistent with the listed API Service Categories.
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Note1: Although laboratory tests alone cannot be used to establish if engine oil meets an API Service Category, they can be used to determine if it doesn't. Note2: The specification for cold cranking viscosity includes only a maximum value; the minimum value shown in the “standard” area of the chart is truncated for illustrative purposes.
| PHYSICAL TESTS (click for test details) - a | Standard | John Deere Plus-50™ II |
| TBN, mg KOH/g (ASTM D2896) | 9.67 | |
| Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 12.5 to <16.3 | 15.3 |
| Viscosity @40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 122 | |
| Viscosity Index (ASTM D2270) | 131 | |
| Viscosity @-20ºC mPa s (cP) (ASTM D5293) | 7,000 Max | 5,726 |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (click for test details) - a, b | ||
| Additives | ||
| Calcium, ppm | 1,459 | |
| Magnesium, ppm | 898 | |
| Phosphorus, ppm | 1,200 Max-c | 970 |
| Zinc, ppm | 1,056 | |
| Molybdenum, ppm | 259 | |
| Barium, ppm | <1 | |
| Boron, ppm | 279 | |
| Silicon, ppm | 7 | |
| Potassium, ppm | 1 | |
| Manganese, ppm | <1 | |
| Titanium, ppm | <1 | |
| Copper, ppm | <1 | |
| Sodium, ppm | 1 | |
| Vanadium, ppm | <1 | |
| Contaminants | ||
| Silver, ppm | <1 | |
| Aluminum, ppm | 2 | |
| Chromium, ppm | <1 | |
| Iron, ppm | 2 | |
| Nickel, ppm | 1 | |
| Lead, ppm | <1 | |
| Antimony, ppm | <1 | |
| Tin, ppm | <1 | |
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