What Is Everyone's Oil Preferance?

clintjw95 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-09-2010, 05:29 PM

Just wondering what kind of oil everone is using in their trucks? Is synthetic worth the extra money?

**nine6stroker** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2010, 05:33 PM

I just run Shell Rotella T 15w40 in my truck... I've considered switching to synthetic, but damn the cost of the change would kill me haha.

**dhanna6powerstroke** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-2010, 05:33 PM

Shell Rotella-T. I'm never gonna run over 5k on an oil change anyways, so the extra cost for synthetic is not practical IMO.

**nine6stroker** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-2010, 05:37 PM

I change mine every 3k just for the fact mine has 202k miles, so I would be paying easily over $100 per oil change if I were running synthetic.

Zaairman · #5 (**permalink**) 11-09-2010, 05:41 PM

I'm running Rotella 5w40 Synthetic. Cold weather starts are soooo much nicer with it. Plus, I'll put maybe 6,000 miles on my truck this year, so the cost isn't outrageous. And, I just saw that Autozone has $5 off Rotella Synthetic, so that should put it around $15 a gallon. Before I switched to synthetic, I was running Motorcraft 15w40. Both oils have done well for me, and Blackstone agrees.