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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Post ITT why Rotella T is the best oil (an oil discussion megathread)
 
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Timmy Cruise
Jun 9, 2007
 Yep that is the case. I am running Eneos in both mazdas (skyactiv 3 and 2). I have a couple of samples to send to Blackstone.

For Canada Mazda recommends 8000 km or 4 months. Seems excessive to me.

Edit: ^ Haha. What ever happened to Nutcup?

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Timmy Cruise
Jun 9, 2007

mafoose posted:

I've heard from multiple places that rotella no longer has higher zinc content.
Supposedly they switched to something else for the cushioning effect that zinc has because the zinc kills cats quicker.

According to a racer friend, he says even race oils nowadays don't have enough zinc for high lift/high spring pressure flat tappet motors. He'll usually put in a bottle of zddp additive.

I run rotella or Dello on everything except the scion, which gets 0w-20 I believe.

How much is enough? I have seen around 1200ppm zinc from Blackstone in the last year.

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