YOUR favorite OIL????

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  1. wwp2343

    wwp2343 Light Load Member

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    Just wonder what everybody's preference is these days and why. I've been running shell rotella 15-40 with a gallon of lucas for a couple yrs now and decided to make the switch to the t-6 synthetic now that i have an ACERT.
     
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  3. bender

    bender Road Train Member

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    Fleet oil, sold in bulk. 55 gal drums or pumped directly into your own storage tank. The oil base is the same as branded oils and the additive package mimics the additives in branded oils, so you're in essence getting the same thing for much less.
     
  4. kwforage

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    Delvac. Every spring and fall it has a $5 a gallon rebate so I stock up for $8 a gallon.
     
  5. Diesel Dave

    Diesel Dave Last Few of the OUTLAWS

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    15-40 Chevron Delo for my Kitty
     
  6. beltrans

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    15-40 Chevron Delo
     
  7. GP1500SC

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    Shaffers synthetic 5w40
     
  8. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    I had Delvac bottles in my truck when I bought it. So I figured that's what they used.

    I still use it. We just had Delvac on sale for $13 per gallon. I can get it in bulk for $10/ gal.

    Will see what comes of it. Need to build a storage shed first.
     
  9. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Might be a dumb question but has anyone (Dice1 you reading this?) done a comparison for mpg different brands of oil? Maintaining the same grade, of course.
     
  10. wwp2343

    wwp2343 Light Load Member

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    GP1500 what made you go with the Schaeffer. What does that run you a gallon? I have heard about this brand just dont know much about it. Anybody every try running lucas or amsoil?
     
  11. Dice1

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    No I have not due to being a Mobil 5W40 Synthetic man for years. I was sold from my NASCAR racing days back in the early 90s when my engine builder also worked for a major NASCAR team as an engine builder that had another brand of oil sponsoring them and they still put Mobil One Synthetic in the race car.
     
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