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Daedalus	29/08/2023 19:56:24
30 forum posts	Hi all, Does anyone know what the equivalent of Gargoyle DTE 797 might be. I think it was an old Texaco oil. The milling machine it is for was built in 1966 in Italy. I have not been able to find anything at all about what it might have been. Cheers, Daedalus.
Neil Lickfold	29/08/2023 20:49:44
1025 forum posts 204 photos	I am sure, that the 797 oil is a turbine oil and ISO32 grade oil. We use DTE ISO32 oil for the hydraulics and use 68 slideway oil for the oilers, except for the DMG mill, that uses a special grease for the linear rails. The Mobil 732 for example, is used in turbine type oil compressors and will replace what you have been using. Talk to your Mobil oil rep or local distributor , and they will give you the advice you really need.
DC31k	30/08/2023 19:50:22
1186 forum posts 11 photos	'Gargoyle' looks to have origniated with the Vacuum Oil Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_Oil_Company subsequently owned by Mobil (not Texaco). However, in here (page 18): http://www.gannonoils.co.uk/images/stories/Texaco-Equivalents-list.pdf Texaco list their own equivalent to Mobil DTE 797 as 32 weight hydraulic oil, as suggested above.

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