[quote=mike92104]Have you witnessed the “white smoke” any other time you have started it? After sitting for a month, I would assume a significant amount of condensation would have built up in the exhaust, and was probably steaming off once it was warmed up enough. If you haven’t seen it since, I wouldn’t worry about it.
As far as the turbo, I thought most were oil cooled.
The Rotella T-6 is also available at Walmart in 1 gallon jugs for $22. Chevron has their Delo synthetic diesel oil for $19 or so. I run the Rotella in my diesel liberty.[/quote]
BTW:
Thanks for the heads up about Walmart as a second source for the Rotella T-6. I was about to got there to pick a jug up, but It so happens that Amazon delivered my quarterly supply today. I have a subscription service for this stuff from Amazon and they deliver about 4 quarts of it to me every 3 months, since that’s how often I change my oil in the miata, being that it’s abused every month.
The Rotella T-6 is the most underrated oil. It’s a great product that I don’t think many people know about, and most importantly, it’s cheap. $18-22 for a 4 quarts. Mobil 1 will easily set you back close to $40… It might not make that much of a difference if you change oil every 6 months or a year, but I tend to do frequent changes on the miata.
