Rotella T5
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Cargo Master
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Rotella T5
Has anybody tried Rotella T5 semi synthetic yet ? I was at wally world this week end and it was on sale for $11.50 a gallon so I picked up 4 . Gotta wait another 700 miles till I try it.
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i just changed mine...i was using 15w40 motorcraft. i really have not noticed any difference in sound or start up...i have only had it in for about 800 miles though. im probably going to do 5w40 next...good luck
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You were up in Lead Hill thats not to far from me just a couple hrs. Thanks for the input I just couldn't pass it up for the same price as regular Rotella T.
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The price is what lured me in. I figured with the 2000 mile trip,i'll be almost half way to a change @ 5000 miles. If I don't like how it acts when the weather turns cold I can just change it in a few months. I sent an e-mail to Blackstone to see if they could give me any idea on oil change life on the T5 & they said the average oil change is 6000 miles on our motor. So the cold weather will be the deciding factor.
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I'm hoping for a little easy start in the cold also. I mean it doesn't get really cold down here but my truck sits outside in the yard at work for a week at a time with no plug ins anything to make it start easier .
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Did you get the 10w-30 or 10w-40 from wally world? I just started running the T5 10-40 and my truck seems to be a little more quiet hasn't been cold enough yet to see if it help with cold starts? I was informed to use the 10-40 instead of the 10-30.
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Theres no T-5 10-40 syn. blend around here to be found either. My wife picked up the 10-30 T-5 by accident and I asked folks here if that would be suitable to use in our trucks and most if not everybody that responded sugested using at least the 10-40 because of the weight factors. Still waiting for the 10-40 syn. to give it a try.
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