Castrol GTX Diesel 15W-40
Has anyone had any luck using Diesel Castrol in their motor home?
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- Have used Castrol for years with excellent results. As long as a oil meets or exceeds the API rating for the engine it should work fine. Oils with higher detergents will help keep the engines internals cleaner longer. Full synthetics will be of benefit in cold start situations.
- As I was taught, diesel engines are dirty engines and require a higher amount of detergent in the oil. The only real problem I ever heard of was when a really dirty gas engine was fed diesel oil it broke free the dirt and started to clog oil passages.
That was back in the day, and may no-longer hold true for todays engines/oil. - Most Castrol oils are HIGH quality. They meet the tougher European standards. The question about "luck" with oils makes no sense. NO RV'r drives enough miles to determine that an oil is good or bad. You would need many millions of miles to come to a conclusion. When was the last time you heard of an RV'r that had engine problems due to an inferior oil?
Moisheh - I think shell is used primarily because its been tried, tested, and true. You are trusting a machine worth more than most people make in 4 entire years to the maintenance you put into it.
For the $5 its going to save you, is it worth the stress?
We use it because our trucks are replaced regularly, maintained vigorously, and when speaking in terms of oil consumption of a fleet over the course of a year, these factors justify it for cost savings.
If it was my coach, I would be running synthetic mobil-1. superk wrote:
I believe the diesel trucks in the fleet for the company I work for all use castrol.
Is there some reason why we shouldnt be using it? I know its a lower-grade oil, but apparently it was better than most of the 'bought in bulk' oils.
No reason for not using it. Seems most are using Shell.- I believe the diesel trucks in the fleet for the company I work for all use castrol.
Is there some reason why we shouldnt be using it? I know its a lower-grade oil, but apparently it was better than most of the 'bought in bulk' oils.
