Dexos 5w20 Discontinued?

[40+]

It's pretty sad when we can land people on the Moon 44 years ago - land vehicles on Mars - and send space exploration vehicles out of the solar system.... but we cannot come up with 1 common oil to use.

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[coleracing77]

The moon landing was filmed on a stage in roswell N.M. GM sponsored it!!! LMAO

[CMayne]

The moon landing was filmed on a stage in roswell N.M. GM sponsored it!!! LMAO

Filmed by Bigfoot Entertainment and put out by Unicorn Distributing no less.

[40+]

"The moon landing was filmed on a stage in roswell N.M. GM sponsored it!!! LMAO"

Didn't Charlton Heston play Buzz Aldrin?

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[Gregg Atwood]

FYI- from http://WWW.GMdexos.com with regard to 5w20 dexos:

Greg, I just received the detailed information so including it here, so that you can look up the actual service bulletin from June. We do expect another Service Bulletin to come out from Powertrain Engineering shortly, so you can watch for that.



Direction from Powertrain Engineering is that dexos1® 0W20 is suitable for Service fill where dexos1® 5W20 was used. This will allow our Dealers to inventory one less Oil Viscosity.



This is from a Service bulletin released on June 27, 2013

Document ID: 3471215

#13-00-90-001: Information for Engine Oils Used in 2014 Model Year Vehicles - (Jun 27, 2013):



Question: Can Service Agents stop using/selling other oil weights in lieu of dexos1™

0W20 oil?

Answer: That’s an individual decision that GM Service Agents will need to make based on

the vehicles they are servicing. GM Powertrain has approved the use of 0W20 oil for

applications specifying 5W20 oil.



Again, please let us know if you have further questions.



Mike K.



http://www.GMdexos.com

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From: dexos
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 2:56 PM
To: grega@tracymotors.com
Subject: 0W-20 dexos(R) to replace 5W-20



Greg,



I ended up talking with Chris Crosby @ CCA on your question.



He is going to send me the actual service announcement where they talked about 0W-20 replacing the 5W-20 (it was an announcement in June timeframe about the 2014 trucks), but you are definitely ok to move to the 0W-20. Chris actually mentioned that the supply chain of 5W-20 is running low.



It doesn’t sound like a technical bulletin has been issued, and Chris couldn’t tell us when something might appear in print.



I will forward that information on when I receive it, but please let me know if you have further questions.



Best regards,



Mike



Michael E. Kunselman

Center for Quality Assurance (CQA)

Phone: +1 989 496-2399 x255



http://www.GMdexos.com



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[WhoParted]

Sorry to bring up this old post but does anybody have any documentation saying that Dexos 5W20 has been replaced by Dexos 0W20? We had a customer come in last night and wanted something in writing. Nothing in Global Connect messages or in SI.

Thanks

[Denise Trimble]

We got info on that last year too. If I can revive my old computer, I will try to post the info

[Bailo1]

Wow, I finally get to help someone on this forum!

Check out SI: 13-00-90-001

Question: Can Service Agents stop using/selling other oil weights in lieu of dexos1™ 0W20 oil?

Answer: That’s an individual decision that GM Service Agents will need to make based on the vehicles they are servicing.GM Powertrain has approved the use of 0W20 oil for applications specifying 5W20 oil.

[WhoParted]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you

[Bailo1]

No problem. Finally, my incessant email hoarding pays off