Ahhh...snuck up on you eh? Who wants a 20B? Who just rebuilt his motor over the weekend? Who was having a fit when Hayes couldn't get the O rings? I can see your expression when you were reading my post " Who the **** is this guy?"

 

glad to see someone else running shell rotella...a mechanic friend turned me on to that stuff and i have been running it in my truck for a while,and,i think i might run it in my rex once i get the new motor in.do you have good expierience with it?thanks
david

 

i too have seen teds car. heard of the mid 13 1/4 mile. pushed down on the fender and have it not move. what is going on under the dash under the glove box?? it looks like the wiring for my stereo...

mike

 

I like it a lot.&nbsp This is what I get for spending too much time in Wal*Mart.

Since Wal*Mart readily carries this stuff, I decided to try it since they claim "low ash" all over the container.&nbsp It's a bit pricer that the other stuff (~$1.27/quart or <$7/gallon), and it never goes on sale.&nbsp It only comes in one weight, 15W40, which is slightly thinner than the 20W50 Castrol GTX I usually use.&nbsp I've torn my engine down once in between 30k miles of use, and the internals all look fine.&nbsp I do run pre-mix with no stock OMP, so I can't comment on carbon build-up with the Rotella-T stuff.

Did you know that Shell Rotella-T comes in a SYNTHETHIC formula now? I just noticed it in the local Wal*Mart up here in Las Vegas.&nbsp It comes in a dark blue bottle, but it is pricey at ~$5/quart!



-Ted

 

isn't synthetic bad for rotaries?

 

My stock OMP is gone.
I run pre-mix everytime I fill gas.
Synthetic oil in the "crank" is not a problem.



-Ted

 

Ive read before that synthetic is not good for the dowel pin 0-rings. I dont remember where, but it was talking about synthetic leaking past the 0-rings after a good bit of miles, like 50K or something. Not really a bad problem, but its still an oil leak. Have you ever heard of this? I was just wondering if you have had any experience with it happening.

 

If anything it has to do with two things...
1) Synthetic oil presents smaller molecules - they tend to get past a lot of places dino oils can't.
2) Synthetic oil sometimes has a tendency to shrinking certain rubber seals.

I wouldn't doubt you'll end up with more oil leaks with synthetic oil, but the advantages are huge on a turbo engine.




-Ted

 

Ted,

These bolts come out with a pair of vice grips, and it's quite convenient when you want to stick your hand in there while the engine is running without getting your fingers torn up:



I think I had to find some 10 mm bolts from something else I took off to hold the pulley on with those removed though. Here's my setup:

 

I leave then in there if I ever wanted to go back with the stock viscous fan - just in case. I know it's going to bite me in the *** one day and chew my fingers up - knock on wood!



-Ted