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    Redline 0w40, 5w40 and 10w40: What is the difference?

    "High performance" is a generic marketing term that is sorta meaningless IMO. Most 0W-anything oils are aimed at fuel economy, not performance, longevity, or power production. (Excluding drag-race specific, ultra low viscosity oils that are meant to survive a single quarter-mile.) 😶
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    Redline 0w40, 5w40 and 10w40: What is the difference?

    Yeahbut... the reduced spread (0-40 vs 10-40) should also mean less VI's in the 10-40, so there's that. I'm not sure how much of a difference the "better" base stock makes, when comparing RL to RL. 🤓
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    Redline 0w40, 5w40 and 10w40: What is the difference?

    In general, anyone complaining about oil leaks with a particular oil (Red Line, or other oil, but usually a synthetic)... the root cause is old, worn seals that needed to be replaced anyway. I've never heard of an issue with RL or other synthetic leaking past NEW seals, where a conventional oil...
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    Which oil analysis program?

    10 kits at what price? And what lab will process them?
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    fyi - napa UOA kits are finally back in stock.

    Local store is ~30 mins away, and I've not had good success with online chat as it's often automated/AI. But, I'll see what I can find out. Just wondering if anyone else had already BT/DT in recent months. :unsure:
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    fyi - napa UOA kits are finally back in stock.

    These are OOS again. Anyone know if it's temporary, or permanent? :confused:
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    Which oil analysis program?

    Bumping this thread as I just learned that the Accutrack program has been discontinued, which is a shame. I've been using them for nearly 2 decades. These were processed by ALS Labs. My Accutrack supplier told me the new program is MobilServ, but it's $500 up front for 20 kits (hopefully...
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