Preachermike,
White jug Rotella T dino 15w40 was the "oil of preference" for both the crotch rocket boys and the Goldwing guys for a lot of years until the blue jug stuff became available. They still debate whether blue jug Rotsyn is really needed in their engines or not, so it is likely about the same situation that we have.
White jug Rotella T dino 15w40 is plenty good enough for a normal stock Savage engine and the use of synthetic oils is an optional preference for those who think they need it.Does Verslagen or I truly really
need to pay more to use a full synthetic oil in our Savages?
No, the Savage doesn't
REQUIRE it -- but I have a personal quirk about only using synthetic oil in all my vehicles since I cooked me a crankcase of dino oil in a car and wound up scrapping the car because of the oil failure -- it ain't gonna happen to me again.
Side bar to that same thought flow -- there is a big issue going around inside Toyota car land about dino oils sludging up their engines -- Toyota has been sued saying this is a issue with their engines running hot and Toyota has a program to replace engines that sludge to failure within 150,000 miles or some such as a warranty issue.
In my opinion, Toyota should simply require the use of synthetic oils in their cars. Corvette does require it, as do several other very high performance engine car makers. If you know that is a requirement going in when you buy the car it would be a non-issue from that point forward.
the thought of pouring dino oil into a Lexus to build sludge up inside that precision engine just seems wrong to me PS if that was the final vote and Bill has done lost this here oil war
then it is time for his sentencing.
As the plaintiff, I request from the court that Bill be forced to GO CHECK HIS VALVES and then be forced TO TELL US TRUTHFULLY how far out of spec they were found to be before he adjusted them.
At 5,000 plus miles, it is time his valves got some preventive maintenance done to them. And the telling the truth part about the current clatter gaps will hurt Bill plenty enough, believe me.