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SOUTHPAW26
June 5th, 2008, 08:14 PM
What kind on engine oil are you guys running in your 300 TDi? And what is the capacity?
JackW
June 5th, 2008, 08:54 PM
Shell Rotella T 10W40 - just under 8 quarts
Overlander
June 5th, 2008, 08:58 PM
Mobile one turbo diesel
cdb
June 5th, 2008, 09:37 PM
Rotella and changed every 3,000 miles.

Clark
JFD
June 6th, 2008, 05:40 PM
Motul 15W40 - 5.6 liters + 0.8 liter for filter - change every 5,000 km
130Tdi
June 6th, 2008, 08:13 PM
rotella in all my diesels because its easy and cheap by the case @ Sams Club
RyanS
June 6th, 2008, 09:40 PM
Mobil Delvac 1300 - Good oil at a decent price (Walmart). IMO, more important than oil choice is to change often due to soot contamination.
Antichrist
June 8th, 2008, 01:57 PM
I've been using Castrol (formerly Drydene) Dieselall since about 1979. They call it Tection Extra and Tection HD now.
smenzel
June 10th, 2008, 01:01 AM
Chevron Delo with 3k changes.

Sooner or later I'll start having the oil checked to see how it's wearing just to make sure I'm changing at the correct interval.
TDI Guy
June 10th, 2008, 07:22 AM
Shell Rotella T 10W40 - just under 8 quarts


I second that.....
Mark McDonough
June 10th, 2008, 11:30 AM
I used to be a big fan of castrol until they began blending their oils.

I have used Valvoline Blue with great success and am very happy with the oils performance after sending out for analysis at Blackstone labs http://www.blackstone-labs.com. The Valvoline Blue product is fairly new in the last couple of years but it is an oil engineered for Diesel engines.