Seems to be semi synthetic, in this article is small sentece in section “ADVANTAGES” :)
http://lubrindo-group.com/pdf/AERO%20DM.pdf
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Anyone have any idea Total Aero DM 20W60 is mineral or a semi synthetic base?
“An ‘oil man’ told me that the Total 20W-60 is a licensed formula of Phillips”
But I thought Phillips was 20-50W ?
Is this the Exxon Elite sludge? It was horrible. No matter how regularly the engine was run, it was making the watery sludge. The oil analysis was no different to Aeroshell (I did several cycles of comparisons, swapping between them) but the sludge was obviously not a good thing.
Peter wrote:
TOTAL oil (whether or not it is AeroShell and re-labelled) is rarely seen outside France, I think
TOTAL / ELF (the two brands are the same company) oils are quire popular at Czech flying clubs. Some engineers claim that Total is much more prone to forming gel-like deposits inside the engine than Aeroshell. I cannot judge it with certainty but I held a piece of this gel in my hands.
An ‘oil man’ told me that the Total 20W-60 is a licensed formula of Phillips, nothing to do with Shell. He recommended it and I have been using it since maybe 25 years.
TOTAL oil (whether or not it is AeroShell and re-labelled) is rarely seen outside France, I think.
Total Aero DM 20W-60
https://www.aircraftspruce.eu/total-aero-dm-20w-60.htm
Has this oil been out a long while? I can’t say I have noticed it before. Also does anyone know if its a semi synthetic oil?
I changed from aeroshell multigrade to total when my maintenance organisation were told to buy from distributors rather than direct from Shell.They are large consumers and didn,t want to deal through a middle man.I,ve had no issues with the Total product it appears to me to have a thicker consistency when checking the level.Its much more available to purchase and cheaper in the South East UK since Shell became distributor only they must have lost a lot of business.vbr Stampe
I got this reply from a US oil specialist:
“Everything I have been able to ascertain is that it [TOTAL oil] is rebranded aeroshell 15W-50”
