RotellaT syn (1 Viewer)

[landtoy80]

I have about 1900 mi on the Rotella T syn oil and its only down about a 1/2 qt
With dino oil I am usually down a qt. I have been hard on the throttle to see how it holds up. With M1 I would of used several qts of oil.
One strange thing is the oil pan seep leak from the front pan hump stopped leaking. I don't know why.
Is this oil miracle oil?

 

[Beowulf]

>> One strange thing is the oil pan seep leak from the front pan hump stopped leaking. <<

How would you know?

-B-

 

[RavenTai]

IIRC Rotella is mainly a group III, Group III's are dino oil that has gone through further refining and is marketed as "synthetic" (most synthetics fall in this category) it is a well liked oil and relatively inexpensive good compromise if a full synthetic is too expensive for you

do some searching on BobIsTheOilGuy.com it is talked about fairly often over there, should be some analysis results also

I have been running Chevron Delo 15-40 sience I bought the cruiser and it has not consumed or leaked any that I can tell, thicker oil same nice for this engine at least in the mild south

 

[cary]

[quote author=RavenTai link=board=2;threadid=12907;start=msg119018#msg119018 date=1078975517]
IIRC Rotella is mainly a group III, Group III's are dino oil that has gone through further refining and is marketed as "synthetic" (most synthetics fall in this category) it is a well liked oil and relatively inexpensive good compromise if a full synthetic is too expensive for you

do some searching on BobIsTheOilGuy.com it is talked about fairly often over there, should be some analysis results also

I have been running Chevron Delo 15-40 sience I bought the cruiser and it has not consumed or leaked any that I can tell, thicker oil same nice for this engine at least in the mild south
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We have another oil Guru!!!!

Cary

 

[RavenTai]

nope not an oil Guru, just a disciple, you can pick up a lot @ BITOG in a few months and a little home experimentation, so far my experiments just show what does not work :-\ , part of the problem was my crappy '01 chevy that gave bad #'s no matter what I did, I am hoping the cruiser will do better

 

[cary]

I will save you the time. Check out my UOA of M1 0w-40. It appears both the big 6 and the v-8 Toyota motors produce very low wear numbers.

Cary

 

[cruiserdan]

Great,


"Bookends".................

 

[landtoy80]

Why would my oil leak stop and use less oil?

 

[RavenTai]

I would assume the heavier weight, thicker oild leak less and seal rings better, or were you running a 40 wt before? anway M1 is made to the thin side for each viscosity if your motor has a place to loose oil M1 will find it

Dan, maybe i have not slept recently enough but I dont get it ??? , but something tells me the green guy is in order just in case




must sleep......

 

[cruiserdan]

Simple,

Two oil fanatics = "bookends"

 

[RavenTai]

 

[cary]

[quote author=landtoy80 link=board=2;threadid=12907;start=msg119644#msg119644 date=1079053249]
Why would my oil leak stop and use less oil?
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Some people have had oil consumption issues with the M1 0w-40, don't know why. Seems the Shell Rotella Synthetic 5w-40 doesn't have the problem (but it is a group III oil). You may also want to try the new Mobil 1 5w-40 SUV oil which is Delvac 1 repackaged. It is a little thicker and formulated a bit differently.

Cary