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Originally posted by oilburninokie
Where did you come up with that?
What is wrong with Rotella?
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Do some searching on this forum about oils. Rotella is, as Doc Booth puts it, "ordinary" oil. It's very likely better than the no-name Wal-Mart and McParts oils, but it's just a notch under the really excellent diesel-specific oils like Delvac-1300 and Delo-400. If you're going to use dino oil in a diesel, I'd only use one of those two. But that's just me.
Also, Rotella "synthetic" isn't synthetic, it's a Group III (hydrocracked dino) base stock, not a true Group IV/V synthetic like Mobil, Amsoil, and Red Line oils. I dislike deceptive marketing and lose respect for manufacturers that resort to those tactics (Castrol SynTec and Valvoline are also Group III 'synthetics' - I wouldn't use them either.) The Group III stuff is probably better than most dino oils, but it can't tolerate extended drains, which is one of the main benefits of synthetics in the first place! Why pay twice as much and have to drain at the same interval? True synthetics let you get all the benefits, but offset the cost with extended drains. Sorry, didn't mean to get off on a synthetic rant, but I'm a big proponent of them... I use Delvac-1 and Mobil-1 in my cars.
