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Rotella Full Synthetic 5W-40...
...now $20.00 a gallon at Wal-Mart?! A week ago it was $16.42.
Mobil 1 Turbodiesel Truck isn't looking so expensive now, eh?
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Thats a lot, I pay that for Amsoil!
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your buying FAKE Synt oil according to forcedinduction, stick with moble 1
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Umm HUH?? FAKE, fake oil? Isnt that a double negative?
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My engine ran louder on Mobil 1 than it does on the Rotella....Mobil 1 is super ultra uber expensive to use in a 617, because you can only safely go about 5k anyways till the soot levels are too high (especially on my engine)....oil changes run about $63 total with Mobil 1.....but only about $45 on rotella, I'll be using the rotella....unless I win the lottery.
I haven't been to walmart lately but the price had increased to 16.89 a gallon up from 16.24...... a $3+ jump seems unlikely. Either way its still only $17.99 at autozone, which is where I usually get it anyways. (Don't like to support evil walmart)
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I just bought some rotella for $10.50/gal
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Is it white bottle or "synthetic" blue bottle?
It is true, it's not really synthetic, it's only a group-3 oil. Many "experts" do believe it is a very good oil due to it's superior additive package. I personally don't know enough about it to say that but from what I've read, I'll use it in my car.
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The dino, white bottle stuff. When I buy synthetic I spring for full synthetic.
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The way I look at it is that the "fake" synthetic stuff is WAY better than the oils that were available when the engine was designed, so its plenty good for it.
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Shell Rotella-T not a real synthetic? Darn. I was really planning on buying some in the hopes it was a real synthetic oil.
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If I lived in the south (way south) I'd probably be running dino rotella on 2500-3000 mile changes....but it gets way too cold up here for 15w40 in the winter....so I stick with the 5w40 year round, works great and helped a lot in the winter as it flows so much better.
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Fake, as in group III is cracked dino oil that has properties similar to synthetic so they call it synthetic.
Thats why they can sell it for so cheap. |
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Either way, its better than dino. And full synthetic is way too expensive to use in a motor like the 617, where soot severely shortens the oil lifespan. If I had a 602, 603 or 606 I'd probably be using Mobil 1 since I could run it longer.
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I use this oil in everything I've got including our Kubota diesel mower. It has to be an excellent oil since it's designed for long haul truckers. Frank |
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Flat cam tappets
The additive package is the most friendly to the upper portions of our engines.
Especially since the Refinery Bas-Turds foisted the non-backwards compliant (Lubricity Wise and P wise) ULSD upon us!
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