Anyone use Rotella T diesel oil in their gasoline e30?

[stamar]

I ran thinner oil in my m20, and it literally burned out at like a quart ever 1000 miles. lol. ruined the o2 sensor 10 30 is what i used maybe 10 40

you wont run that experiment too long. I think 15 40 is too thin for an m20.... because it is too thin except in the winter.

Just like the people in this thread, Id use it but not because its 15 40 just because its diesel oil. Id feel better about it in the winter.





for an m42 Im sure its fine to run thinner oil 10 40 is fine. or 10 30 or actually, 0 40 is the best synthetic for that one.

Im positive I would use synthetic if I owned a m42, and ran it at 7000 rpm. If you were limited to rotella you need their 5 40 synthetic.

[Vivek]

umm


20 50 would be best for you 9 months out of the year....

but its not available in this brand.

why people like this brand is it still has the old school additive zddp. also that its cheap.

15 40 would be find for an m20 but its not ideal.

So would it be bad to run the thinner oil in an m20? What about for an older (200k) m42 that I don't want to start leaking? is 10w40 okay, or use the thinner 5w40?

[stamar]

VR1 is a slightly better choice than Rotella T, because of a bit more ZDDP. There is no advantage to using synthetic oil in an M20 engine since the oil change intervals need to remain at the factory specification. That interval needs to remain the same to prevent build up of combustion blowby condensates in the oil. I.E., you can't take advantage of the longer life of synthetic oil.

An even better oil in an M20 than either of those is Brad Penn 20w50. But it is much harder to find than VR1 or Rotella T. For more than you ever wanted to know about oil (or filters) wade through what is available at http://bobistheoilguy.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHmMlU8Q-V8

mobil ones m20 test used 14k oil changes to reach 1 million miles. 15 50 w btw.
bmw recomends special oil for the m20 engine in severe usage.

Everyones car is different. I just went 7k with the m20 with full synthetic and it looks new, changed it anyway. Would be confident at 10k.
12k with synthetic in my nissan d21 truck the oil is black.
M20 engines dont have any more combustion gasses than ferrari engines unless they are worn. In truth they have less.

It was chosen to advertise the differences in synthetic oil.

[stamar]

umm


20 50 would be best for you 9 months out of the year....

but its not available in this brand.

why people like this brand is it still has the old school additive zddp. also that its cheap.

15 40 would be find for an m20 but its not ideal.

[camip]

so 20w40 would be perfect for my eta?

[dball4]

5W40 Rotella T6 in my 24v. Love it.

[Roland H]

what about a m42? 15w40 work?

M42 is pretty much the same as a 24v engine. 5w40 is advised.

[johnwoo]

what about a m42? 15w40 work?

[nates 87 325is]

I run the 15w-40 in my audi and my e30, I think its a great oil.

[reelizmpro]

Good oil, readily available at a fair price. It is a little thin for m20 but perfect for other modern engines.

[Roland H]

awe man, that 5w40 is like water! ya gotta run like 15w or 20w at least!

For the M20 yes, but not in a 24v motor. The 5w40 is perfect for M50/52 and S50/52 engines.

[stamar]

rotella standard is what used to be known as quaker state hd...

rotella synthetic is related to penzoil platinum.

[kojack]

I've run it the entire time that I've had my bike (SV650) and I've put 20K miles on the thing, I'm running it in my e30 too.

[Thehemiman]

I run it it my m20 and both my motorcycles. Hard to beat when it's a good oil and I can buy it in 2.5 gallon jugs at wal mart.

[cabin]

Rotella T6 5w-40 in both the spec.b and the S50 E30.