[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Rotella Synthetic oil, cheaper now!

[Don George]

I buy Mobil Delvac 1, 5-40 wt. from the distributor for about $22.50/gal.
The Fred's TDI crowd claim it's one of the best.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Rotella Synthetic oil, cheaper
now!


> There is Rotella dino, and Rotella dino with extended life additives,
Rotella
> synth blend, Rotella straight synth. The 15-40 is straight dino Rotella T
> fleet, or XLA.  10-40 is a synth blend of 60-40 synth-dino. There is
another
> one that was 50-50 too, I forget the weight.   0-40 is straight synth.
Shell
> makes more group 4 synthetic than the rest put together, but sell most of
it to
> other companies.  You have to look at the jug- the synth reads as
synthetic in
> mineral base, except for the 0-40. It isn't that bad as oil goes.
> I was really shocked when trying to buy oil in Phoenix for a diesel-
> father-in-law's 300sd (turbo).  The only thing I could find barely met
spec,
> there was no cg4 to be had at all.   It was all the "fight over price,
come buy
> mine, I have it cheaper, and it's in a fancier bottle, so it must be
better"
> stuff. I had to use some for detroit diesels the rotella T 30 weight, sold
at
> wally mart.  Was the only place I could buy it, and was everywhere from
one
> autojunkpartssuperstore to another.  I tried to find a wholesale outlet
where
> all the farmers go so I could get some real oil, but no chance man, not
laptop
> then, so no internet lookup.  How do you guys even find oil?  I'm not
surprised
> that you would go to walmart if they actually have diesel rated oil, or
buy
> some overpriced crud over the internet...
>
>
>
> On Saturday, July 06, 2002 11:04 PM, Chance Vought
[SMTP:cvaf4u at rhinocat.com]
> wrote:
> > Karl,
> > I went over to Fred's TDI forums and plugged in "Rotella".  It looks
> > like this stuff is not a true synthetic but a Group III oil.  While
> > the Wally World special at $12.83 may be good for a diesel, it's over
> > priced.
> >
> > Chance
> > 85 VW Golf 1.6 NA
> > http://www.rhinocat.com/~cvaf4u
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 12:35:17 -0400, Karl M wrote:
> > >After many times not being able to find Delvac, and when I did being
> > >gouged
> > >$28 per gallon for it, I jumped ship and started using the new Shell
> > >Rotella
> > >5W40 synthetic last fall. I've only seen the stuff sold at Mall
> > Wart,
> > >originally at $18.88  per gallon. Today, I stopped in to get some,
> > >it's now
> > >an incredible $12.83 per. Stock up while it's there, folks! Not that
> > >I LIKE
> > >Mall Wart AT ALL, but they do have this one single item.....wish I
> > >could buy
> > >it somewhere else.
> > >
> > >Karl Mullendore
> > >Westy Ventures
> > >1987 Westfalia Syncro 1.9TD
> > >
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