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Old 06-07-2019, 07:55 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Rufus View Post
I just completed the annual 11 hour trek from storage location to summer slip. Oil consumption in recent years (conventional Rotella 15-40) was typically half a quart per engine). Changed to Rotella T6 15-40 synthetic before winter storage last Fall. Zero oil burn. Freakin' magic. I'm a fan.
Just seeing this.

A quart oil consumption across your engines after an 11 hour run?

So if you did three months in the islands and, say, ran 30 hours to get there, 80 hours while there, and 30 hours back, you would expect to see ~ 3.5 gallons of oil consumption?

Being new to diesels (<4 seasons), is this something folks see as normal and usual?

Seriously asking as my expectation is to to see minimal to no consumption over a whole season.

So interested to know what I am missing, re different set ups.

Fire away!
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