supertech 5 qt on sale for $11.77
all viscosity included
not sure for how long but they are usually $16-17

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

I quit using supertech,it caused both my om 617.951 and m104 to use a quart over 5'000 miles.I only use chevron,or rotella.

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agreed. in my diesels (f-superduty, e300d) i use rotella or delvac but i have some beater gas engine cars and several lawn mowers so i need cheap oil

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

I'll add another +1 to avoiding Supertech.

Around 180k miles the head gasket on my MR2 let go. Common problem around that time. When I replaced it I had the head and valve cover and all that cleaned up sparkly. Ran it the next 30k miles on Supertech oil, then the valve cover gasket started leaking. Yanked the valve cover, and the valve cover was covered in gunk on the inside. It had been clean 30k miles before that.

Now I run name brand dino 15w-40 HDEO in it. Mobil Delvac 1300, Delo 400, Rotella, etc. A plus is that I can run it in my diesel if I need.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

I have used supertech 15-40 in my 82 Datsun Diesel for a looooong time w/o any gunk build up. I also used in in the 240D for 16K miles w/o any problems. then went to a syn oil for the past 56K miles.

I also use it the f250 6.9 Diesel.

The oil is made by one of the major oil Co`s.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I mean yeah its cheaper but Delo or Rotella are $12/gal at Walmart so you're saving 20% vs a real oil. Worth it? I'm not so sure.

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Walmart's is Delo400 LE , not the same as Delo400

(old comparison) http://www.turbodieselregister.com/TDR57_Oil.pdf
Maybe supertech got worse since then

I got some Napa Fleet 15w40 on sale for $10 and bought several

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1985 300TD 1981 Scirocco 1.6D conv 1986 Golf 1.6D 2003 Golf TDI

Interesting reading, thanks for sharing.

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For the record, my gunk experience with Supertech was with 20w50 gasser oil. Looking like that's not a valid comparison to the quality of their diesel oil.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

Amazing article! Saving that one and passing it around to a couple friends. Thank you for sharing!

I bought a jug of Supertech 15w40 universal oil for the first run in the new engine, in case it's a leaker. Won't be installing the new engine, and now I won't have any qualms about using that oil in the existing engine or in anything else I need.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

FWIW Rural King (a farm store chain in the midwest) has house brand 15W40 diesel oil at $6.99/gal, $12.99/2gal jugs, Rotella usually $12/gal, Delo about $50/5gal minus $25 rebate. (all dino juice)

I might have done better. I found Kendall fully synthetic 5W-30 oil at the 99c Only Store this week for $2.50/qt (not everything is really 99c). Even has titanium something additive (hokey?). Not using in my diesels since they need regular changes to get rid of carbon, but fine for my other engines. The Toyota gunking experience (post 4) might not be attributable to the oil. There was a big lawsuit over that. I think something about the head drains clogging, while Toyota claimed "user error". Still, a high detergent "diesel" oil would surely help.

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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's
1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans