Shell Rotella T in everything question...

[nlemerise]

I have a couple of diesel vehicles (Ford 7.3l, VW 2l, Cat 15l all three are turbo'd) and a couple of Volvo gassers (turbo'd V70XC and 960) which I run 5-40W Rotella T synthetic diesel oil in and I am more than pleased with the performance of the oil in all of these vehicles.

Two weeks ago I just bought an absolutely mint 1986 Suzuki Samurai (1.3l w/ 80k miles) gasser. I'd prefer to run the same oil in that engine as well, for simplicity sake. Anybody see a reason why I shouldn't run the Rotella T syn oil in the Suzuki? My instincts say that there is no reason, but I am far from an expert on these matters...I live in northern Nevada and we see subzero occasionally in the winter and near 100 in the summer. Your advice is welcome and appreciated

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ON EDIT: I run 5k mile change interval in all the engines other than the Cat 15l...

 

[bepperb]

Sounds good.

 

[StevieC]

Sounds good to me... I would love to have a Samurai, they are indestructible. A guy in our area has one and the thing has a bajillion miles on it and it looks brand new because he rustproofed it.

 

[hpichris]

I wouldn't hesitate to run Rotella in the Samurai.

 

[MrBudWrench]

Here is a scenario for you. We run the Shell ROTELLA® T Multigrade CI-4 PLUS 15w40 combined with FG ES filtration and with the blessing of the engine manufacturers are pushing the trucks to 15k on oil changes for our application. Receiving the tap from the EM's was a long process. We have Cummins and Merc. Benz engines from 210hp to 510hp and again have not had one oil related engine failure. Using the Shell product you mention in all of your vehicles should not be an issue.