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Shell Rotella Oil
Does anyone use or recommend Shell Rotell oil?
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I HAVE A 300TD 1982 I HAVE ALWAYS USED IT, CAR HAS 138K ON IT--IT HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD FOR A DINO OIL--I USE 15-W-40 HERE IN FLORIDA, JUST MY THOUGHTS--DENNIS
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I use Rotella-T synthetic, however, I do believe that I have been convinced to switch to Mobil 1 when the current Rotella supply runs out.
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I use the Shell Rotella T in most of my diesels. It's a top rated dino oil and I can get it at a good price at almost any Wal-mart.
TimK
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85' MB 300D Turbo 85' GMC Suburban 6.5L Diesel Turbo 2000 VW Beetle 1.9L TDI Diesel Turbo 67' Land Rover 2.5L Diesel - No turbo So what do you do when it's so cold out your fuel gels? Smear some on toast and have another cup of coffee until it warms up outside. |
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Shell Rotella Oil
I use Amsoil 15W-40 diesel Synthetic Oil,Great oil ....http://www.lubedealer.com/garret_turner
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Not another oil thread I have been using it since I got my Benz for almost 2 1/2 years with good results...
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I use it
I will only use shell rotella 15W-40 from now on in North Carolina Climate. CAstrol 20W-50 is too heavy for winter here and car does not run at proper temp to give any heat in cabin.
Tried Mobil One heavy duty diesel rated oil and I had more oil consumption than with Rotella. The Mercedes dealer mechanic here highly reccomends Rotella unless I want to pay high dollar for synthetic and he personally told me not to do so since I still had to change my oil every 2500-3000miles with synth.
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1982 300SD Light Blue 2002 Honda Accord SE 1974 Toro Wheel Horse Tractor 2000 Toyota Tundra Pickup |
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i use it, except in the winter iw ill use synthetic
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198? 300D ???K - Future DD 1989 300TE 285K - traded in '12 1984 300SD 186K - Sold in 08 1978 300SD 330K - Died in 05 |
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At this point I will use any oil, once I poored in some oil from 1988, that has just been sitting around for a while...
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glad to see u using dino 15/40 in sunny fla.! but.. pleez turn OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK
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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP |
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The Shell Rotella T 5-40 has given me very good results in both my Benz and my VW and my '68 F250 gasser. It's not a bad price and seems to do the job.
Kevin
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I've heard good stuff about it from a bud of mine that wrenches on Cummins' for a living.
I run Castrol in my SD with a Heingst (sp?) erl filter. I believe a quality filter has a lot more to do with the life of the motor than simply oil. Sticking to a quality oil and you should be fine. Valvoline, Castrol, or Shell are all great dino oils. I run 15W40... I dunno if running 20W50 would be better.
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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look. '85 300SD 245k '87 300SDL 251k '90 300SEL 326k Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford. Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG] |
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Willrev,
Your mechanic is full of crap that you have to change oil every 3000 miles when using synthetic. Even MB recommends much longer oil changes when using synthetic oil. People that had oil analysis done have reported that 10,000 mile oil changes or more is sufficient. Does your mechanic do the oil changes for you? Does he own a big boat? P E H |
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Capslock is off sir, Thanks--Dennis
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