Hey guys a lot of my Subaru friends are using rotella t 5w40. I was wondering what everyone's thoughts on this were. They say its really good for motors cuz of the high amounts of zink and phosphorus.

 

Don't believe anything the Subie guys tell ya.

 

i know lol. also i was thinking a thicker oil could starve my turbo/lifters. Im not an expert by any means but diesel oil in a non diesel motor ?

 

i use havoline 10w 30 its the best for our wheather condition

 

its good mostly for built motors with loose clearances. most guys dont run it in stock motors although you could in warmer weather. and if an oil can keep a heavily modded subaru motor alive, you know its a good one. subaru rod bearings are half the size of a 4g63's.

 

hmmmm

 

Mobil 1 sucks the facts are there and research and its def not stronger then rotella t6! I just got rid of that mobil junk and changed my oil to rotella t6 synthetic 5w-40 cause i heard nothing but good stuff about it so i wanted to give it a try but im only using it since its winter out here cause 5w is low but it has that 40 and tests shown its protects better then 15w-40!

Here is the full information about this oil= http://www-static.shell.com/static/c...rotella_t6.pdf

i got about 5 quarts of it for $27 at walmart tax included!!!

the flashpoints in the oils celcius converted to fahrenheit=

Shell Rotella t6 syn= 435.2f

Amsoil Dominator
5w-20 = 437f
10w-30= 453f
20w-50= 453f

Amsoil 20w-50= 451f

BradPenn=
ow-30= 385f
10w-30 10w-40 10w-50= 400f
20w-50= 420f

Royal Purple flashpoint 400f Royal Purple Racing Oil flashpoint 420f

Castrol Syntec ow20 threw 10w-40= 392f

Mobil 1 syn
15-50= 449.6f
10w-30= 446f
5w-30= 437f
5w-20= 442.4f
0w-40= 446f


Valvoline Fully Synthetic=
ow-20= 428f
5w-20= 429.8f
5w-30 and 10w-30= 433.4f

Valvoline Not Street Legal Synthetic=
5w-30= 460.4f
10w-30= 478.4f
20w-50= 500f

Valvoline vr-1 racing motor oil
10w-30= 429.8f
20w-50= 478.4f

So i see mobil 1 is better in flashpoint then the shell im using but i only plan on using it for winter time and the shell does contain more zinc then the mobil also has a better flashpoint then most oils i stated here and i would still choose bradpenn over mobil 1 even though mobil has a higher flashpoint because it has more zinc in it and forccedperformance even said its really good to use. Amsoil 100% synthetic and racing oils are expensive and 20w-50 oils are too thick for winter time. My car is not heavily modified or built motor so no reason to run racing oil either.




Rotella t6 5w40 it's API certified SM so it's fine to use , they just market this oil more for the truck industry being they have this market tied up pretty good. they don't call it million mile oil for nothing, this oil withstands 35+ psi of boost and 18:1 compression ratio just imagine the stress thats put on the bearings.

 

Dude..you have posted this in 4 or 5 old oil threads (bumping them out of their graves), can you stop? We get it...you just found out about Rotella and think the whole forum needs to be "brought up to speed".

In short:

STOP SPAMMING

 

IM NOT SPAMMING!!! Im helping people out who had questions about rotella that nobody else could answer!!!