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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 400 and other models => Topic started by: yamasaki on 18 August 2016, 03:18:26 am

Title: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: yamasaki on 18 August 2016, 03:18:26 am
I'm using repsol rider now and going to switch to roletta T5 next oil change, is it ok? since it's alot cheaper than the repsol.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: Fazerider on 18 August 2016, 10:18:49 am
Rotella T5 is intended for use in big diesel engines so will contain more detergents than necessary in a bike engine.
On the plus side: it has plenty of ZDP which is excellent (and largely absent from SL-rated oils onwards) and doesn't have Moly which would make the clutch slip.
If it's a good price I'd happily give it a go.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: Kenyun on 16 May 2017, 09:48:38 pm
This post is tagged as 'new', but is 9 months old!...... What the hell is 'Roletta'??? :lol
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: Chrsitavorius on 24 January 2018, 05:09:03 am
We are looking for a home builder forum.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: Leupold on 06 February 2018, 10:15:04 am
Interesting for the source of information for the incoming members.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: tommyardin on 06 February 2018, 12:27:23 pm
Detergent heavy, low revving, diesel engine oil, going into very high revving, high tuned petrol motorcycle engine,  :eek  I think I will give that one a miss.
It might be alright, but, I would not  take the chance.
And is it worth the risk saving perhaps 6 or 7 quid on 4 litres of oil, if it was to foc your engine I don't think you will repair it with the money saved. :lol 

Shell Advanced 4T for me every time, either Fully Synth or Semi Synth, what ever is on offer at the time.

I change my Oil & Filter at the end of the summer each year, before hibernation, it has usually done about 2 - 2.5 thousand miles.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: mtread on 06 February 2018, 01:37:33 pm
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either Fully Synth or Semi Synth,


Begs a question I've wanted to ask. Supposing you've got a spare litre of fully synth and you mix it with semi for an oil change. Is that going to be OK? Assuming they are both 10/40 and the right spec of course.
Title: Re: Anyone use Shell roletta T5 before? how dose it works?
Post by: daviee on 10 May 2018, 05:58:22 pm
its not meant to be good practice but shouldnt cause any harm from what ive read