T6 on sale at CT
Bought some a few months ago for my BMW (car), a whole pail actually. Good oil
Terrible news everybody
CT has increased the regular price of the 5L jug of Rotella T6 from $47.99 to $50.39
It's on sale now for $42.79 at CT or $39.99 at TSC
Just show the online price off your phone or something?CTC will price match. Saved me from trying to find a TSC.
You know it wrecks catalytic converters, right?
It's a great oil with additives and metals that motorcycle/small engines love, but those same things wreak havok on cats.
Just wondering if you have any other info on this as I have been running in 2008 sierra since 39,000km and now at 366,000km and same cat, been running in my wife's 07 escape since 20,000km now at 400,000km and same cat. Do you just mean if your engine burns oil then its bad for your cat...that sounds correct. Kinda like any other oil will destroy a cat if your engine ain't up to snuff.
Just show the online price off your phone or something?
Rotella T6 contains an additive called ZDDP - Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate. It's an anti-wear additive and one of the reasons small engines love it.
Some good reading here:
https://www.amsoil.com/newsstand/classic-and-vintage/articles/reduced-zddp-and-wear-protection/
If you Google ZDDP there's lots of info out there on why/how it's harmful to cats.
Yes, it requires the engine to be consuming some oil to cause significant problems, but even without such it's reported to cause slower reaction times on various emissions components...IE, things get "lazy".
YMMV.
I am under the impression that Rotella was re-formulated a couple of years ago and it lost some zinc content. All motor oils contain "some" ZDDP, and a host of other "last chance" lubricants.
You may notice that Rotella is no longer marketed as "diesel" oil, it is now "fleet" oil. New Rotella passes the same EPA standards as everyone else.
Rotella was never THAT high in zinc content, it WAS/IS high in lead and boron.
Rotella is not GOOD oil, Rotella is CHEAP oil.
If you want ZDDP (you do in a motorcycle) buy motorcycle oil.
Motorcycle oil also has more anti foam agent than Rotella or any other car oil(again, you want that in a motorcycle).
Buy a pail for $127 when it’s on sale and apply for the $25 rebate when Shell is running their program.