What Oil Weight Are You Using?

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Originally Posted by vdubkilla

HAHA sounds pretty shady ! Can't you get it shipped right to your door thru a distributor ? mine comes out of Pennsylvania and is almost always here in 24 hours which is super convenient as it's only 1 day shipping from Pa.

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I can but at the time i had just finished the swap and wanted it quick. i have never gone back since.

Rotella t6 5w-40 here. I went from brad penn 20w50 to the rotella. I wish i had my oil pressure gauge when i was running the Brad Penn. Cold start its roughly 70-85. Driving im 70, idle 30. Mind you i got my oil squirters pluged up, so its getting extra oil pressure

My local walmart just got the 5 quart 0W40 Mobil 1 European formula in.. $25!!!! I'm stocking up.

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Originally Posted by Si Speed 317

My local walmart just got the 5 quart 0W40 Mobil 1 European formula in.. $25!!!! I'm stocking up.

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Damn thats wassup

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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So what oil should I use in my built Motor? Try the rotella t6? Or 0w40? And why?

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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I like the rotella because it was designed for turbo diesels so it has additives that will help with boost, it's affordable, and widely available. Also, bobistheoilguy has lots of good reviews/tests involving it, and they generally don't like mobil 1 over there.

Hmm. Turbos use engine oil s their cooling and lubrication so being about to tough out the environment it creates is a must. But what about say me where I'm supercharged and my blower has its own oiling system? What weight would you recommend for.me

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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Wouldn't you use the same weight for turbo superchare or na? You should also take in consideration your bearing clearances when choosing an oil weight. Turbos require little pressure for oiling, which why (ball bearing) use a restrictor. Even some journal bearings should use one depending on their oil pressure from the motor. I personally saw a precision 6266 journal, -4an feed with no restrictor completly fall apart from the bearings inside.

The rotella contains zinc additives, same with brad penn, which is great protection for motors. (bearings, cams, rockers etc)

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Originally Posted by boosted_teg

Wouldn't you use the same weight as turbo? The rotella contains zinc additives, same with brad penn, which is great protection for motors. You should also take in consideration your bearing clearances when choosing an oil weight.

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I'm unsure of the whole weight of oil situation. Zinc additives are what I heard are good and ive put a zinc additive in the oil as a part of the oil change routine. I've mainly used 5w30. what oil weight should I use it I had for the rotella? I live in md it's a range on cold winters being sometimes 20's-50's ferinheight and 80-100F in summer.

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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Originally Posted by Adm_rsx

Hmm. Turbos use engine oil s their cooling and lubrication so being about to tough out the environment it creates is a must. But what about say me where I'm supercharged and my blower has its own oiling system? What weight would you recommend for.me

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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Originally Posted by Adm_rsx

I'm unsure of the whole weight of oil situation. Zinc additives are what I heard are good and ive put a zinc additive in the oil as a part of the oil change routine. I've mainly used 5w30. what oil weight should I use it I had for the rotella? I live in md it's a range on cold winters being sometimes 20's-50's ferinheight and 80-100F in summer.

s4 IG-petefromthestreets
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I'm not an expert and would never claim to be. But in my opinion, 5w40 is a great weight for boosted k series motors, especially for us that live in areas that can get quite cold in the winter. The heavier 40 weight will help with the added stresses of boost, and ideally we want to maintain that 5w so the oil, when cold, gets through the engine as quickly as it needs to. Bobistheoilguy.com has a TON of info on all kinds of oils, if you really want to do some research that is a great place to do it. I like the rotella because it comes in the 5w40 weight, which is something that is not very common, it is readily available, affordable, has good additives, and the people on bobistheoilguy really like it :shrug: