rotella 0W-40 Full Sythetic ok ?

rotella 0W-40 Full Sythetic ok ?

11-21-2006, 02:11 PM

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rotella 0W-40 Full Sythetic ok ?

I know this will spark a great debate, but it's winter here in Ontario and I'm about to do the first service on the Old Goat since buying her. Guy was running Q-state 15-40 since new, but I'd like to run full Synthetic for the winter. Canadian Tire has Rotella TSB 0W40 Full Synthetic on sale, but is 0W-40 gonna be ok for the old girl ? I've been using Rotella XLA 15-40 in my 6.2 Chev for 300,000 km, and my father in law has 850,000 miles on his Detroit 550 Series 60 in his Pete, nothing but Rotella....so I'm kinda sold on Shell.....

but is the 0W too thin even in the winter weather ?....if so, I'll go to something else, not worth taking a chance.

My local Napa store sells WIX, so I'll use their filters.....

Diesel Dad.

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I have always used 15W 40 and no problems

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