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The Tuul Crib

I’m looking at some engine oil’s online as well as local. I do know that 30 weight is what I will be using. There are some of you that use shell Rotella in their engines. All of 30 weight shell Rotella that I see says diesel engines. Does this matter?:confusion-shrug:

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953 nut

That is what I use. Tractor Supply seems to have the best price.

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The Tuul Crib

Thats what lm lookin at . What about the blend for Diesel engines. Does this 

matter? Will it harm these small engines?

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pfrederi

Diesels can have ZDDP (or what ever it is) Rotella is all I use in my hard workers

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pfrederi

Lots of old gas farm tractor owners use it also.   ZDDP  is good for flat tappets.

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SylvanLakeWH

It’s what I use.

 

No complaints...

 

:twocents-02cents:

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lynnmor

I bought a new zero turn with a Kohler engine.  :hide:

 

I looked at the Kohler oil and saw that it didn't have the dreaded SN designation, so I bought a case.  SN is the oil to keep the government happy because it is low in ZDDP which supposedly is harmful to catalytic converters.

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The Tuul Crib

Ill bet the government people dont own a wheelhorse! They own ... well ... junk?

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ZXT

It is perfectly OK to run diesel oil in gas engines, especially older ones. There are no downsides that I know of. As was said, ZDDP is great for the cam and lifters and most brands of diesel oil still contain a fair amount. 

 

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gwest_ca
4 hours ago, The Tool Crib said:

I’m looking at some engine oil’s online as well as local. I do know that 30 weight is what I will be using. There are some of you that use shell Rotella in their engines. All of 30 weight shell Rotella that I see says diesel engines. Does this matter?:confusion-shrug:

The large lettering on the bottle will say diesel but read the fine print.

It will have the diesel classification listed as CC, CD or CE something like that. The C is for compression = diesel

If it also has SF, SG or SH it is the gasoline engine spec. The S is for spark = gas engine and you are good to go.

 

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nylyon

I use Rotella for everything, the diesels get T6, as do the Audi’s. 30w Rotella for the small engines

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