JRH02
Silver Member
I don't get it. Is there some magic to Rotella Synth? Additives? The neighbor said so?
I run MobileOne in EVERYTHING except 2 cycles. Diesel or gas. From ATV/UTV to the splitter to the generators, etc and the big 'ol 410j. They love it. And me too. In fact I only buy 5w30 for all of it. Only the 40+ year old Kubuta engine gets 10w30 in the summer then to 5w30. Clean inside everything too, that I can see, from the top. But I've not had to go into anything. Only in the gearbox of the Kubota did I bite the bullet and buy 1 jug of Amsoil Hyd/Ger oil at $75 per gallon. The rest of the fill was 1.5g of leftover fresh Mobile1 of weights I don't use anymore. It went from noisy to only slightly noisy.
$20-$25 bucks a jug for Mobile1. I double the change time on everything. If the lube looks darker than before 2x I am suspect. And the Synth drain oil from gas engines is WONDERFUL bar and chain lube to thin stuff out in the winter.
My first step if something weird is to change the filter and to off. Check oil color ongoing. Filters are interesting and they can change your whole view of things. Have you ever busted open a filter and looked? Ever send oil samples for analysis? Just a few times on a few units will tell you. For a few bucks, when the analysis comes back good, wonderful or not. Do you have a place to submit a sample?
To me, all these wars on oils are crazy. Synthetic wins. The use is important like a gear box/hyd vs engine oil. But you watch it - engine, box and hydraulics it will save you bunches. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY $75/g engine oil.
I run MobileOne in EVERYTHING except 2 cycles. Diesel or gas. From ATV/UTV to the splitter to the generators, etc and the big 'ol 410j. They love it. And me too. In fact I only buy 5w30 for all of it. Only the 40+ year old Kubuta engine gets 10w30 in the summer then to 5w30. Clean inside everything too, that I can see, from the top. But I've not had to go into anything. Only in the gearbox of the Kubota did I bite the bullet and buy 1 jug of Amsoil Hyd/Ger oil at $75 per gallon. The rest of the fill was 1.5g of leftover fresh Mobile1 of weights I don't use anymore. It went from noisy to only slightly noisy.
$20-$25 bucks a jug for Mobile1. I double the change time on everything. If the lube looks darker than before 2x I am suspect. And the Synth drain oil from gas engines is WONDERFUL bar and chain lube to thin stuff out in the winter.
My first step if something weird is to change the filter and to off. Check oil color ongoing. Filters are interesting and they can change your whole view of things. Have you ever busted open a filter and looked? Ever send oil samples for analysis? Just a few times on a few units will tell you. For a few bucks, when the analysis comes back good, wonderful or not. Do you have a place to submit a sample?
To me, all these wars on oils are crazy. Synthetic wins. The use is important like a gear box/hyd vs engine oil. But you watch it - engine, box and hydraulics it will save you bunches. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY $75/g engine oil.
