I am buying a merecedes diesel soon and was wondering what the difference is in the White and Purple containers for Rotell T?

I was at Wal-Mart two days ago and looked around in their oil section. I saw that new purple color gallon bottle of Rotella. I took a closer look and it is all synthetic Rotella, 5W40 viscosity. There was no price on the bottle so I took it to their oil change section (next isle) and ask a sales person for a scan. It came out at $18.88 per gallon.

This must be an excellent oil for diesel or even gasoline engines, for that matter. But it is more expensive than Mobile 1.

I just bought 4 gallons of the 5w40 syn. Ouch! $80.00 or so.

Going to try it in both 300's in about a week when the oil is due.

I'm excited about the increased fluidity at cold temperatures. It reads like its an awesome diesel oil.

Don

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Greetings,

I saw this new on the shelf at the local Wal-Mart as well, so please let us know how it runs out for you. Very curious to see if it's free flowing in cold weather and whether it cuts consumption.


Charles

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Yes, definitely let us know what you experience in terms of cold starting, power, warm-up time, and leakage. I haven't checked our local Wal-Mart, but tomorrow is Black Friday...

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I bought this oil as well and will put it into my '85 300D w/ 140k this weekend. It doesn't burn a drop of oil between changes, so i don't think I'll notice any difference in that area. I do expect to see improvement in regard to cold starting and soot control though. The only thing about it is that I have been unable to find any data online at either the Shell or Rotella websites. I'm sure that it's good stuff, but some imperical data would be nice.

Wow, it looks like lots of people have bought this new Rotella. Can anyone tell me what the C rating is? I think Mobil 1 is a CF, but regular Rotella is a CH-4... thanks, Bob

CH-4 is the rating of the new synthetic Rotella.

Man, I'm beginning to dislike Wal-Mart. I just got back from the second one in two days, and not only do they not have the new Rotella, they also don't have the 5 quart jugs of Mobil 1 for around $16 either. oh well, guess I need to make my rounds of some real auto parts stores, and/or truck stops.

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Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

I finally found a Wal-Mart, pretty far away, that carries synthetic Rotella, so some Wal-Marts do have it. Either mine is considered too far south to have it, or they sold out, or ?? Who knows? I paid $18.88 a gallon as well.

http://www.rotella.com/

...Enjoy.

Alec.

It could be in demand considering it's a new product, etc. Our local Supercenter didn't have it. I'm going to try it in another 1500 miles or so when I'm due for my "winter" oil anyway. If I get too much leakage I'll probably switch to Mobil 1 15W50 in the spring, and if I leak the Mobil 1, I'll switch back to the Dino Chevron Delo 400.

Any info / thoughts on whether the oil change interval could be extended ? ( sacrilege !!) I notice at 100 degrees C the specs say the 5w-40 is slightly more viscous than the 15W-40. So I guess you don't lose any high temp protection with the syn Rotella.

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