I should be ashamed to ask but here goes. Does anyone out there have the guts to use wally oil in their CTD? I read a post on here from someone who did an indepth research on oil and filters and found wally oil to be equal or superior to many major brands. I,m just kikking around the idea of trying it after all some major oil company has to be supplying it to them and i don,t think a major company like wallmart would risk major lawsuits from an inferior oil as it has all the specs. that rotella has (i put the jugs side by side in the store today) SO TELL ME WHADDYA THINK WOULD I BE CRAZY TO USE IT?

 

Come on man! Its the life blood of your engine and its needs the best! Oil is just one thing i feel you cant cheap out on. If you use quality oil you run the truck 6000 miles between oil changes youll be set. Just my .02

 

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The Same folks who make Rotella T---Interesting?

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They had a show on today, about Gas (similar market as fuel) They stated that Exxon could put in 100 barrels of oil a day, and that they could actually recieve fuel from a Shell station for there station. All fuel is the same, it all has to meet the same specs. However the one difference was in the additives. All Gasoline (same octane) is the same, but each company puts in there additive, (chevron Techron, Shell clean run) whatever. That's what makes them different

Same with oil, if all the oils are CI-4+ they all meet the specifications for that range. We once used to do oil tests (my old boss used to be a professional tractor puller) and we would do all sorts of side line jobs. They found that Castrol had more detergant, the motor would be cleaner than the rest, however wouldn't lube as good. We found mobile to have a good mix of both, clean, luby (new word) and all else. Depends on what your funds are. They used to use oil back in the day that you wouldn't want to use for road tar. Point is, it's how much you wanna spend, and who's name you want to use. I use Rotella T because it's widely used in the trucking industry, and it's proven itself. I haven't seen a Wallys oil in 15W-40 for a diesel. But hey if it meets the specs, try it.

 

That's where I go for oil for all my vehicles. Can't beat the price and it works just as good as any other. Besides, those of us that are into our vehicles tend to keep up with maintenance better than other folks. My truck and the cars that are on synthetic go every 5000 miles, the one car still on old-fashioned oil is changed every 3000 miles. Not enough time to wear out any brand of oil.

 

I do agree that most oil comes from a few places, I would just wonder if the "off brand" is just oil that did not meet the top shelf specs. Prolly would most of the time, but if the quality drops a bit, or they have a contaminated batch, they filter it and sell it as wally.

 

If the CTD had a history of oil related problems (like the ferd 6.0) then I would suggest not using it. But since the CTD is almost bulletproof I don't think you would have any problems with it. Did you check out bobs website?
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/