Rotella T6
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Rotella T6
Recently I've read about a lot of gas engines using 5w40 Rotella even though Rotella is marketed as a diesel oil. I've read that it will quite start up ticking or small knocks. On a the WRX forum almost the entire forum uses it even though the manual says use 5w30 they use the 5w40 stuff. A boss of mine ran it in his F-150 and it had 300 something thousand miles on it when it got rid of it so it can't be harming it?
I know my truck ticks a lot on start up and was wondering if it would be alright to use Rotella? It is more viscus being a 40 weight oil but it doesn't seem to stop the WRX crowd. They talk about it like its the end all be all of oil. What is it about Rotella that makes it so great? Why isn't this same technology used for gasoline engine oils?
Anyone have experience or input on this? I would like to get rid of the start up tick.
I know my truck ticks a lot on start up and was wondering if it would be alright to use Rotella? It is more viscus being a 40 weight oil but it doesn't seem to stop the WRX crowd. They talk about it like its the end all be all of oil. What is it about Rotella that makes it so great? Why isn't this same technology used for gasoline engine oils?
Anyone have experience or input on this? I would like to get rid of the start up tick.
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T6 is the fully synthetic 5w40 Diesel oil. Diesel oils tend to have much high zinc, other minerals and more Detergents. They are also formulated to suspend soot and other contaminants and diesel fuel. Makes sense that someone would want to put this higher quality oil in their gas engine. Would I do it, probably not. Would i put anything other than Rotella in my Cummins, Hell no.
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T6 is the fully synthetic 5w40 Diesel oil. Diesel oils tend to have much high zinc, other minerals and more Detergents. They are also formulated to suspend soot and other contaminants and diesel fuel. Makes sense that someone would want to put this higher quality oil in their gas engine. Would I do it, probably not. Would i put anything other than Rotella in my Cummins, Hell no.
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Just like the other guy said it helps cut down the carbon/soot build up. I run it in my cummins and truckers run it in their rigs some will say it will come back with better oil analysis than more expensive oils and some say its all a cheap oil. I look at it this way if you run it in a dozer and in a rig it has to be able to stand up to some severe duty applications so in a gas engine its got to be perfectly fine for it
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I brought this up with my father, and he thinks the only real issue with running this stuff in a gas engine is that when some of it burns (all engines burn a little oil) it could plug up your catalytic converter sooner as cats for gas engines aren't meant for that stuff.
but that's just his 2 cents, it may be fine
but that's just his 2 cents, it may be fine