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Title: Rotella Oil
Post by: JohnnyO on May 16, 2011, 08:39:49 AM

For the last oil change on the Jeep I went with Shell Rotella 10w-30 synthetic blend and a Wix filter. It is a diesel-rated oil but is also SM-rated for gas engines. Being diesel-rated it should have more ZDDP than gas-only oils and better for flat-tappet Jeep engines.

This choice was seconded by the oil geeks at www.BobIsTheOilGuy.com.

I will get a used oil analysis after 3000 miles and report back. I sent in the regular Pennzoil that I drained out to use for comparison. I had been running Pennzoil to use for two Auto-RX clean and rinse cycles.

Title: Re: Rotella Oil
Post by: mitchh on May 16, 2011, 09:16:59 AM

I hav run Rotella the past few oil changes. After some reading I found that the zink content is not what it use to be. The benifits are minimal now. I use it cause I wanted to try a 15w 40 to quiet the motor down a bit. Im going to be going back to normal dino oil.

Title: Re: Rotella Oil
Post by: Torch_Ind on May 16, 2011, 03:38:50 PM

I run rottela T oil