quick question about some oils
Dec 7, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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quick question about some oils
ok so ive been told on turbo cars rotella-t is a good oil to use i was wondering if its true?
the facts i was told is that it is thicker and will burn less oil because of that just trying to get some opinions on it thanks
Dec 7, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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Re: quick question about some oils
thats what i use in my diesels...i dunno about gas motors though
Dec 7, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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Schmitty
ok so ive been told on turbo cars rotella-t is a good oil to use i was wondering if its true?
the facts i was told is that it is thicker and will burn less oil because of that just trying to get some opinions on it thanks
That's all I used in my gsx.
Dec 7, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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thats what i use in my diesels...i dunno about gas motors though
yea thats what throws me off its a diesel motor oil? and i heard its good for boosted 4 cylinder cars i dont know exactly.. any one have anymore info?
Dec 7, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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From: Hampton, VA
Re: quick question about some oils
I'm going to move this to "tech". You'll get more help there, for sure.
BTW: This is a link from my engine builder:
http://www.raw1performance.com/index.../Page1229.html
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Dec 7, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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thanks i was in a hurry and posted wrong haha
Dec 7, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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From: Richmond, va
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i use castrol gtx in my teg (matt shue recommend gtx or royal purple)
Dec 7, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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I've been using Mobil-1 full synthetic since I've own a turbo 4 banger... about 7 years now. Although I've heard that Royal Purple seems to be better......
Dec 8, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Re: quick question about some oils
I've always used Mobil-1 or Amsoil.
Dec 8, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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I've always used Mobil-1 or Amsoil.
im using mobil 1 right now and it seems fine i was jusr seeing if what i heard was true and if so i was gonna switch to rotella t