Another Oil Debate...
#106
Personally I only use pure sperm whale oil in my car. It adds at least 20HP because the lubricating properties of it are far in advance of anything else on the market.
The only trouble is it's pretty hard to get and I've lost 5 crewmen from my whaling boat this year alone...
The only trouble is it's pretty hard to get and I've lost 5 crewmen from my whaling boat this year alone...
#108
Yep most of the wear occurs at start up and 0,5,10,15,20 before the W is very important! I hear the whale oil is good as it can be programmed with boost controller to change viscosity
As needed
Most BEArINg wear occurs on startup, IIRC...
As needed
Ok well just a quick lesson for you after chasing me down on my comment and telling me i am talking out of my ***..
UMM.. the 10 before the W has absolutely NO BEARING AT ALL on protection in the heat.. The W stands for WINTER.. Its the viscosity of the oil on startup..
UMM.. the 10 before the W has absolutely NO BEARING AT ALL on protection in the heat.. The W stands for WINTER.. Its the viscosity of the oil on startup..
#109
On my 996TT, when I am 2 or 3 bars below the maximum oil level the chance of white smoke at start up is greatly reduced. Your engine will be fine as long as it is above the minimum oil level.
#110
Hi,I agree with you....I know everyone wants their babys oil changed regularly but even in Porsche Panorama,,,they also say anything under 7,000 miles is a waste of the oil and money{and they recommend higher intervals then even that..lol..] because of the properties of modern synthetic,,,,,I agree also with that,,,, unless you track or live in very high heat climate ....Also,according to my info charts that I have read/saw with oils in the 5W40 ,0W50,15W50,20W50 range >>>>>Mobil one has more then most competitors in Zinc.....Their is an oil comparison chart/test in Thunderpress.net[July 2011 issue]..Just my info and thoughts here....Hope it helps......
#111
Could you please post some of the lab results you are referring to? I can't find anything against RP, except a very few people's opinions. I have been finding more praises about RP than anything. I would love to see where RP failed, and what test. I've seen they pass the NOACK test with ease, The bearing wear test, better than any oil I've seen, Blackstone oil analysis for a few different weights that were great, and many great consumer reports, but nothing bad besides a few peoples comments. Please let us see these lab results your referring to.
#112
OHH, By the way Mike. "Oils with the letter W are defined by maximum low temperature cranking and pumping viscosities and a minimum kinematic viscosity at 100°C". That's the definition I have found. Can't find anything that says it stands for "winter"
#113
http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/A...ally_mean.aspx
#114
Thanks! I'll try and keep it away from "max" and see if I notice a difference.
#115
Here is a very good source about oils in general and how the EPA has made some oil companies reduce ZDDP, which protects our engines, because they said in reduces catalytic converter life, as I stated way above. This article has good info and actually mentions what happened to the good old Mobile 1, and now how they have the extended life oil now with high levels of ZDDP again. It also mentions Royal Purple having good amounts of ZDDP. It is a good read. This makes sense now to me. Read this: http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html
#117
Agreed....I even think that some diesel oils MIGHT fall in to this also??
#118
The diesel oils people use on this forum are Mobil 1 TDT, Delvac 1 ESP, and Rotella T6. These oils ARE subject to EPA regulation because modern diesels have catalytic converters. These oils ARE approved for use in gasoline engines- Mobil will tell you that in writing.
#119
Hi,Good to know...Then I would think it is a no brainer to use them??..Also you would think these major oil/gas companies would have an edge on the smaller companies as far as the Whole additive package...IMO