Like yourself, I have boycotted Shell Rotella, but for another reason. Everything I have is Diesel and I found that with Rotella I had leaks and oil usage. Switched to the new Castrol Diesel rated oil [Tection Extra, 15/40] and those problems went away.
I'm in Arizona so don't deal with sub zero winter temps, instead, summer ambient temps of 110 F + are "normal"... Shell doesn't seem to hold up under that crushing extreme as well as the Castrol. FWIW, Grant... 94 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 97 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 85 Ford 6.9 [International engine] 89 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 82 Mercedes 300D 82 Mercedes 300SD 82 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 6V92 TA DDEC 81 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 6V92 TA MUI 80 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 8V71 NA MUI 88 Suzuki Samauri..with Isuzu Imark diesel engine Other Diesel power equipment On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > I have had a long-standing personal policy to not buy Shell fuel or > products, due to an incident with one of their retail dealers back in 1998. > I recently changed oil in my '83 300D and was looking to buy Chevron Delo > but the store I stopped in didn't have any in stock. Because I was rather > pressed for time and didn't want to go running all over town, I bought what > they had which was Rotella T 15w40 (non-synthetic). > > Last winter I was using Mobil-1 for easier low-temp starting, but had noted > that it needed to be topped up every couple of tankfuls (level falling below > the ADD mark) which never used to happen with M1. Also for the past few > years, with both M1 and Delo, I've had some drips which I believe are from > the rear seal. > > With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, > and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a > Shell product. > > Any other opinions on this oil? > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
