The 3,000 Mile Oil Change 'Myth'

[blackshine007]

indeed...

how long do u go w/o an oil change w/ using rotella?

I typically go 5000 miles. That's just being on the safe side. Rotella is inexpensive and plentiful. I could go farther, but I don't.

[Sammich]

I typically go 5000 miles. That's just being on the safe side. Rotella is inexpensive and plentiful. I could go farther, but I don't.

yea my bro in law was telling me you could actually go like 20k miles on rotella if u wanted to.

when i went to school..i put 3k miles on my truck every month for two years straight...so yea i know about doing oil changes every month regardless lol..got so good at it that it only took me 10mins to do that chit lol

[slostang]

yea my bro in law was telling me you could actually go like 20k miles on rotella if u wanted to.

when i went to school..i put 3k miles on my truck every month for two years straight...so yea i know about doing oil changes every month regardless lol..got so good at it that it only took me 10mins to do that chit lol

my dad is currently a trucker and the normal oil change interval is around 25k miles. this is due to having a 5 GALLON oil capacity, extreme duty oils such as rotella, and gigantic extreme duty oil filters. so yes under the correct conditions a 20,000mi+ oil change interval is possible.

[southside]

I typically go 5000 miles. That's just being on the safe side. Rotella is inexpensive and plentiful. I could go farther, but I don't.

Where can you find Rotella and how do you know what kind to get.If you use like 5w30 what kind of Rotella should you get?I never heard of them before.And what about fossil oils whats good about that?

[03RCode]

Where can you find Rotella and how do you know what kind to get.If you use like 5w30 what kind of Rotella should you get?I never heard of them before.And what about fossil oils whats good about that?

Rotella is all 15/40. Its designed for diesels mainly, I've never run it in any gas burning vehicle except my 500,000 mile F150. Wal Mart seems to be the cheapest place to buy it.

[blackshine007]

Where can you find Rotella and how do you know what kind to get.If you use like 5w30 what kind of Rotella should you get?I never heard of them before.And what about fossil oils whats good about that?

Shell Rotella can be found @ walmart for $9.27 for a gallon. I just found out that they do Full synthetic too.

234k before the switch, and im noticing a small leak now that I use the synthetic, but I think its just the oil pan gasket that hasnt ever been replaced, but I dont drive the truck right now anyway, so it may just be from sitting so long.

SYnthetic is a micro lubricator and most of the time will create leaks on older vehicles or at least on vehicles with higher mileage.