GuyGuy
Veteran Member
just noticed yesterday at my local TSC store that the Rotela T-syn 5W40 is $29.99.
Is that a good price?
Is that a good price?
say what?????ymz said:See if it's the CJ-4 or the CI-4 version... according to Aaron at BoraParts, the newer one is far from acceptable on the TDI's...
VWGMDIESELFAN: prices are often much higher in Canada... for certain things...
Yuri
Do a search on BleachedBora and Rotella... one of the quotes:ta79pr said:say what?????
Hey Yuri,ymz said:Do a search on BleachedBora and Rotella... one of the quotes:
"we are seeing a lot of Rotella users lately that have cooked turbos (about 10 in the last 4-months or so). Since they changed the formula of Rotella it appears that it does NOT protect the turbo the way it did in the past. Some of the turbos we've had torn down I was told had blue heat markings internally which tends to support the claim that they are running hot. I wouldn't recommend that oil anymore for those reasons."
Yuri
Hey Yuri,ymz said:Do a search on BleachedBora and Rotella... one of the quotes:
"we are seeing a lot of Rotella users lately that have cooked turbos (about 10 in the last 4-months or so). Since they changed the formula of Rotella it appears that it does NOT protect the turbo the way it did in the past. Some of the turbos we've had torn down I was told had blue heat markings internally which tends to support the claim that they are running hot. I wouldn't recommend that oil anymore for those reasons."
Yuri
From everything I've read it's a superb oil for the 2003-and-older TDIs...silverbeast said:I’m using Petro Can full synthetic 5w40 oil since i’ve got the car 6 years ago and haven’t had any problems. What’s your input on this oil???
I read a ton of posts, I am just more confused now. I will dump the recently changed oil on the two cars if need be. But BB's posts seem to be countered with others'. Basically, the claims that the Zinc has been stripped out of the new formula CJ4 RTS is refuted by some OA printouts. However, the claims that Turbos are failing while using new formula RTS may be true just not due to Zinc....ymz said:Do a search on BleachedBora and Rotella... one of the quotes:
"we are seeing a lot of Rotella users lately that have cooked turbos (about 10 in the last 4-months or so). Since they changed the formula of Rotella it appears that it does NOT protect the turbo the way it did in the past. Some of the turbos we've had torn down I was told had blue heat markings internally which tends to support the claim that they are running hot. I wouldn't recommend that oil anymore for those reasons."
Yuri