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Dec 7, 2008 | 04:41 PM

Schmitty

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quick question about some oils

ok so ive been told on turbo cars rotella-t is a good oil to use i was wondering if its true?

the facts i was told is that it is thicker and will burn less oil because of that just trying to get some opinions on it thanks

Dec 7, 2008 | 04:45 PM

nftuatn

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Re: quick question about some oils

thats what i use in my diesels...i dunno about gas motors though

Dec 7, 2008 | 04:48 PM

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Re: quick question about some oils

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmitty

That's all I used in my gsx.

Dec 7, 2008 | 05:03 PM

Schmitty

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Re: quick question about some oils

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Originally Posted by nftuatn

thats what i use in my diesels...i dunno about gas motors though

yea thats what throws me off its a diesel motor oil? and i heard its good for boosted 4 cylinder cars i dont know exactly.. any one have anymore info?

Dec 7, 2008 | 05:24 PM

Corey

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Re: quick question about some oils

I'm going to move this to "tech". You'll get more help there, for sure.

BTW: This is a link from my engine builder: http://www.raw1performance.com/index.../Page1229.html

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Dec 7, 2008 | 05:28 PM

Schmitty

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Re: quick question about some oils

thanks i was in a hurry and posted wrong haha

Dec 7, 2008 | 05:35 PM

c1turbo

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Re: quick question about some oils

i use castrol gtx in my teg (matt shue recommend gtx or royal purple)

Dec 7, 2008 | 05:39 PM

thermal

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Re: quick question about some oils

I've been using Mobil-1 full synthetic since I've own a turbo 4 banger... about 7 years now. Although I've heard that Royal Purple seems to be better......