Shell Rotella T?

[BSwope]

Ok fellas i change my oil with Shell Rotella T(first oil change 5K) and put around 1500 miles on it and check it and it looks like its around 1-2 quarts low! I look under the truck in the garage and nothing, crawl under the truck to look for leaks and find nothing, what gives? I mean when i changed it it was full and i checked it the same day when i got home from a small trip and was fine! Any ideas? Its still in the safe zone but its not full like it was when i first changed it!



Thanks

Buddy

 

[Cummins724]

Are you sure that the truck was parked on level ground? Also... How long did you wait after running the engine to check the dipstick?

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

More to the point, how many quarts did you put in on the change?

 

[MChildress]

I cant complain about the oil. I have been useing Shell Rotella T since 95. Check your oil in the morning or after it has sat a while not running. It takes a little while for all the oil to run back in the pan. If you put in 12 quarts its full.

 

[JH8128]

Check the oil after the truck has sat for a while without running, about 4-5 hours. Synthetic oils will stay up in the engine so you will usually read low. I would not sweat it. Rotlella T is good oil.



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[betterthanstock]

This proves that the T is a synthetic oil , even though it comes from petroleum, it behaves like a true synthetic by clinging to parts longer than mineral oil.



JH8128, I like a post by an amsoil person not bashing a competing brand. Oo.

 

[BSwope]

Yup fellas i put 12qts in and it was sittin in my garage when i changed the oil and i waited a good 2hrs (after runnin) before i checked it again! Thanks for the replys also! I will check it tonight, sat for about day 1/2 and ill let ya know where its at.



Thanks

Buddy

 

[JHardwick]

I've heard the "leave it sit and then check it theory", but I don't buy it. If you have to leave the oil drain back for several hours to check the level, you'd "dry sump" the darn thing running down the road.

 

[JH8128]

we are talkig a quart to 2 qts low not 2 gallons low. Synthetic oil will remain up in the engine longer than DYNo therefore it will check Low on the stick not DRY. It is not a theory it is reality with synthetic oil.

 

[Arkapigdiesel]

we are talkig a quart to 2 qts low not 2 gallons low. Synthetic oil will remain up in the engine longer than DYNo therefore it will check Low on the stick not DRY. It is not a theory it is reality with synthetic oil.

It clings to parts longer, yes. But to say that synthetic oil remains entrapped in the engine longer than dino oil and will cause it to read low on the dipstick is stretching it a bit.



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[JHardwick]

It is not a theory it is reality with synthetic oil.

I still don't buy it. I shut my truck down and check it. I want to know whats in the sump while I'm driving.