LLY: Rotella T6 good for my duramax

Lb7joezay

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Well I have been using rotella t6 synthetic motor oil on my 05 Chevy Silverado 2500hd lly 210k miles. I live in Texas so it's always hot. What's everybody's input on the oil?


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BOBBYDIESEL 14

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I personally like the t6 I noticed my truck seems to run quieter and its reasonably priced and available everywhere. Also more for people in the north it makes a difference starting in cold weather.

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eaust96

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I use it in my lly and I have yet to find an issue with it. Works great even being a thicker oil in a colder area in the winter


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Dozerboy

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Hard to beat delo400 or delvac 1300. The duramax is very easy on oil. If you want to run a syn because it makes you feel good fine, but isn't necessary.


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Awenta

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Switched to this from mobil 1 5/40. Works the same and it's cheaper.


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Burn Down

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Oils cheap insurance imhop... I have always ran t-6 in my truck since new. 100+ in the desert to -40f in alaska my truck has seen some pretty good temp swings. Plus I have a oil temp gauge and honestly it scared me a few times how hot these truck can get 240+. Now I need to work on my oil cooler setup lol.
 

Chevy1925

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I change oil twice a year. Cheap Dino oil in the fall for winter time and full syn come spring for summer time. Use to only run rotella. Now I buy rotella, delvac, or delo. What ever is on sale
 

THEFERMANATOR

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So far it is the ONLY oil I've run that I don't get the typewriter tick with. I was running mobil 1 5w40, but I actually get better oil pressure and no tick with the t6 oil. Nothing against 15w40, but I can't fit full size batteries into mine since it's a swap, and the synthetic helps it to spin over faster with the smaller batteries.
 

TheBac

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Poor Tom. Been moving threads all night

The frustration I had with taking a fall and twisting my ankle/ messing my knee up had me a bit angry Thurs night. :eek: Guess it came out in that post.

But I have noticed that people on Tapatalk have more trouble finding the correct section than those on computer.

Oh yeah, Ive used Rotella (syn or dino) since I bought BBT. Racing, towing, regular driving, its never let me down. Change in spring and fall.
 

zakkb787

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The frustration I had with taking a fall and twisting my ankle/ messing my knee up had me a bit angry Thurs night. :eek: Guess it came out in that post.

But I have noticed that people on Tapatalk have more trouble finding the correct section than those on computer.

Oh yeah, Ive used Rotella (syn or dino) since I bought BBT. Racing, towing, regular driving, its never let me down. Change in spring and fall.

Uh oh! Hope you're okay.
 

THEFERMANATOR

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The frustration I had with taking a fall and twisting my ankle/ messing my knee up had me a bit angry Thurs night. :eek: Guess it came out in that post.

But I have noticed that people on Tapatalk have more trouble finding the correct section than those on computer.

Oh yeah, Ive used Rotella (syn or dino) since I bought BBT. Racing, towing, regular driving, its never let me down. Change in spring and fall.

I'll trade you. I go in on the 26th for shoulder surgery. The place that read my mri read it wrong, said I had a cyst, went for a 2nd opinion, and turns out I have a 16mm tear in my rotator cuff. Been dealing with it for 3 months because they said it was just a cyst. That's not counting the 12 bad discs in my back(unrepaireable they tell me), my other shoulder, bad hip, bad knees, and bad ankles.