Some stinky oil!!!

[JeepHead]

So when I did my 50 hour service this summer, I put in Valvoline 10w30 conventional motor oil. This weekend, I decided to switch over to Rotella T6 full synthetic 5W40. Let me tell ya, I could barely stand to smell the thing running it stunk so bad.

 

[LittleBill21]

So when I did my 50 hour service this summer, I put in Valvoline 10w30 conventional motor oil. This weekend, I decided to switch over to Rotella T6 full synthetic 5W40. Let me tell ya, I could barely stand to smell the thing running it stunk so bad.

yea you put it in the oil fill tube. not the gas tank.

not sure what exactly your smelling

 

[Roadworthy]

I don't know what you're smelling. I run Rotella T6 exclusively in my L2501 and I don't notice any strange or nasty smells.

 

[JeepHead]

I didn't spill any on the engine, that I know. But my first drive after the oil change, I definitely smelled a nasty oil smell..... I didn't add any fuel in before either so that wasn't it. I did grease the tractor really good before this so perhaps so grease dripped somewhere it shouldn't have been.

 

[JeepHead]

I'm not the only one...

Rotella Synthetic Smell - Different

Reposted into the proper Forum. I switched over to the the Rotella Synthetic I could not miss the fact that there is a distict smell difference. In fact I smelled the blue, 1 gal. empty bottle and it sure smells different than the non-synthetic motor oil that I am used to. Please let me know...

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Fresh Oil Smell

Do you know how you get that smell of oil right after an oil change in your car or tractor? You know it's from small amounts of oil that may have got on the engine etc. but it goes away after awhile because it burns off. Well I have that smell around my B2710 all the time now. Has been doing it...

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Q: After an oil change, I get a horible, heavy oil smell. What is the problem?

From TSB 09-02-00: The odor condition is the result of certain diesel engine oil additives. These oil additives are blended with the base oil during the manufacture of the engine oil. Some diesel engine oils with the American Petroleum Institute quality rating of CH-4 or CH-4+ may be more prone to exhibiting the odor condition. The odor appears to reduce in intensity as the engine oil ages, usually after the first 300 to 500 miles following the oil change.

 

[ruffdog]

Was the seal on the oil jug intact? There have been reports of people returning oil for a refund, but it was old oil.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Costco/comments/1dj95xn/used_oil_returned_beware

 

[JeepHead]

Was the seal on the oil jug intact? There have been reports of people returning oil for a refund, but it was old oil.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Costco/comments/1dj95xn/used_oil_returned_beware

Yup, unbroken seals.

 

[newbury]

The odor appears to reduce in intensity as the engine oil ages, usually after the first 300 to 500 miles following the oil change.

I'm pretty darn sure I have not put 300 miles on either of my tractors!

 

[Sodo]

I heard that story from a friend. At the bottom of the (5 gal) pail of snowmobile oil he found a dead mouse.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Have heard that Rotella smells, but thought that was a thing of the past.

Never used any myself so no personal experience.

 

[sd455dan]

So when I did my 50 hour service this summer, I put in Valvoline 10w30 conventional motor oil. This weekend, I decided to switch over to Rotella T6 full synthetic 5W40. Let me tell ya, I could barely stand to smell the thing running it stunk so bad.

My wife can't stand the smell when I ran the conventional T-4 in the Cummins the breather tube vapor does have a smell for at least 1000 miles. Have not noticed it "as much" running the T-6 synthetic in my truck but the wife still does.

I have to use Delo or Delvac in her Cummins powered Ram. She hates the Shell smell that much.

Worst smelling oil for me is when a friend blew up 3 different engines when we were kids spinning rod bearings then punching holes in the blocks when rods broke. There is a real 'Special' smell when dirty oil gets cooked leading to total destruction.

 

[Williy]

I have never noticed any smell from the T6
that I have been using but hydrolic oil now
thats something else

willy