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The Greasy Spoon
Heavy weight oil, Rotella T, etc... Is it really beneficial?
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<blockquote data-quote="bmorecobra" data-source="post: 14860669" data-attributes="member: 70043"><p>Yesterday I had a conversation with a good friend of mine who recently had his motor built (forged internals, etc..) and he informed me that the builder advised him to now run 15W-50 oil. </p><p></p><p>Now this is not the first time I have heard this. In fact it seems quite frequent that a lot of turbo cobra owners claim that they use Rotella T motor oil which is also a heavy/thick oil.</p><p></p><p><strong>I pose this question to the oil gurus on here</strong>. Im not taking a poll as to who does and does not run 15W-50 oil but I'm very interested to hear some explanation for running/recommending such heavy/thick oil. The two reasons I have heard is these oils typically have a better formulation for engine protection, and that they cut down on engine noise (my engine is very, very noisy. the forged pistons make a ton of noise when they are warming up).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My car has a forged bottom end, teksid aluminum block, and a turbo kit on it. I am in the midst of adding an oil cooler to my car, so an oil change is in my very near future. I'd like to know if 15W-50 oil is something I should seriously consider. </p><p></p><p>Additionally Amsoil has a Dominator 15W-50 oil which means there is an outlet for a high quality 15W-50 oil out there if I do feel running such oil is necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmorecobra, post: 14860669, member: 70043"] Yesterday I had a conversation with a good friend of mine who recently had his motor built (forged internals, etc..) and he informed me that the builder advised him to now run 15W-50 oil. Now this is not the first time I have heard this. In fact it seems quite frequent that a lot of turbo cobra owners claim that they use Rotella T motor oil which is also a heavy/thick oil. [B]I pose this question to the oil gurus on here[/B]. Im not taking a poll as to who does and does not run 15W-50 oil but I'm very interested to hear some explanation for running/recommending such heavy/thick oil. The two reasons I have heard is these oils typically have a better formulation for engine protection, and that they cut down on engine noise (my engine is very, very noisy. the forged pistons make a ton of noise when they are warming up). My car has a forged bottom end, teksid aluminum block, and a turbo kit on it. I am in the midst of adding an oil cooler to my car, so an oil change is in my very near future. I'd like to know if 15W-50 oil is something I should seriously consider. Additionally Amsoil has a Dominator 15W-50 oil which means there is an outlet for a high quality 15W-50 oil out there if I do feel running such oil is necessary. [/QUOTE]
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