Engine oil Castrol or Shell

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538

4.3

Engine noise

4.2

Exhaust smoke

4.0

Warning light

4.4

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351

4.5

Engine noise

4.3

Exhaust smoke

4.2

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Shell › Engine oil

Blockhead47 26 Aug 2020, 10:18

Engine noise:

Rating 4.0

I’ve been using “Rotella-T 15w-40” (non synthetic) in my 2005 Honda Shadow Spirit VT1100C since I bought it used in 2006. It’s a fine oil.

Pros: fine oil

Vehicle: Honda

Shell › Engine oil

Nakovi 25 Aug 2020, 02:29

Rating 5.0

T6 is great motorcycle oil I've used it often.

Pros: great oil

Shell › Engine oil

CaptainShitHead1 25 Aug 2020, 00:31

Engine noise:

Rating 5.0

I exclusively use rotella in my bikes. It's cheap and good oil.

Pros: cheap and good

Shell › Engine oil

gunslinger_006 25 Aug 2020, 00:13

Rating 4.0

I have maybe 60k miles on rotella t6 in various liquid cooled metric bikes. It meets the standards that yamaha requires and is way more available than yamalube.

Pros: meets yamaha standards

Mileage: 96560 km

Shell › Engine oil

GearHeadDad 24 Aug 2020, 23:20

Rating 5.0

I have used full synthetic Rotella T in my bikes for the last decade with no issues.

Pros: no issues

Castrol › Engine oil

imprezadan 5 Aug 2020, 20:48

Rating 5.0

As an aside, all the oil used to be Castrol and has now transitioned to a VW boxed product produced by Mobil 1. THAT is the correct oil.

Pros: correct oil, VW boxed product

Castrol › Engine oil

mirrorbox 1 Aug 2020, 12:57

Warning light:

Rating 4.0

I've switched to Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 which seem to do better wrt oil pressure.

Pros: better oil pressure

Vehicle: Mazda

Castrol › Engine oil

Azcaptain26 15 Apr 2020, 05:01

Rating 4.0

Try using 5w30 castrol from walmart black container with green writing, since switched been driving 2.7k with in 2-3 month oil on the same level

Pros: oil on the same level

Mileage: 2700 km

Shell › Engine oil

Godly1n 6 Mar 2020, 15:34

Rating 5.0

My 93 loved and my 94 loves Rotella T6 5w40????????

Pros: engine loves Rotella

Vehicle: Mazda

Castrol › Engine oil

ThatBlueBeetle 11 Feb 2020, 15:15

Rating 5.0

I'm running 5qt 5W40 full synthetic oil (Castrol Edge, to be specific). The oil is changed yearly cause I never get close to the 10k miles suggested by VW for an oil interval.

Pros: full synthetic

Vehicle: Volkswagen Beetle