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Corporate Office:
Rural King Supply
4216 Dewitt Ave.
Mattoon, IL 61938
Website(s):www.ruralking.com
Rural King Supply is a farm supply store. The company was founded in 1960 and operates 80 stores in ten states in the U.S., including(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida. The heart of Rural King is the corporate office, distribution center and flagship store, located in its city of origin, Mattoon IL.
Rural King's stores offer such products as livestock feed, farm equipment, agricultural parts, lawn mowers, workwear, fashion clothing, housewares and toys, and its private label motor ois marketed under the RK brand.
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.
Packaged by Warren Oil Company, Inc., Distributed by RK
Purchased at: Champaign, IL
Date of purchase: 1/5/2015
Website(s): www.ruralking.com
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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Note: 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.
| PHYSICAL TESTS (click for test details) - a | Standard | RK |
| TBN, mg KOH/g (ASTM D2896) | 8.1 | |
| Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 9.3 to <12.5 | 10.5 |
| Viscosity @40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 62.2 | |
| Viscosity Index (ASTM D2270) | 158.0 | |
| Viscosity @-30ºC mPa s (cP) (ASTM D5293) | 6,600 Max | 6028 |
| Volatility, mass % loss, 1 hr, @ 250ºC (ASTM D5800) | 15 Max -c | 13.3 |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (click for test details) - a, b | ||
| Additives | ||
| Calcium | 2294 | |
| Magnesium | 13 | |
| Phosphorus, ppm | 600 to 800 | 731 |
| Zinc, ppm | 796 | |
| Molybdenum, ppm | 38 | |
| Barium, ppm | <1 | |
| Boron, ppm | 6 | |
| Silicon, ppm | 2 | |
| Potassium, ppm | <5 | |
| Manganese, ppm | <1 | |
| Titanium, ppm | <1 | |
| Copper, ppm | <1 | |
| Sodium, ppm | <5 | |
| Vanadium, ppm | <1 | |
| Contaminants | ||
| Silver, ppm | <1 | |
| Aluminum, ppm | <1 | |
| Chromium, ppm | <1 | |
| Iron, ppm | <1 | |
| Nickel, ppm | <1 | |
| Lead, ppm | <1 | |
| Antimony, ppm | <1 | |
| Tin, ppm | <1 | |
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