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You got my drift, the post I quoted did not make sense. Hope it help set that poster on the right track to oil understanding.

Azimuth, were you having issues with oil consumption with your vehicle? It seems this oil is a good option for cleaning up rings when there's an issue, if there's no issue what is the end game you are looking for? Maybe I missed that your Sorrento is having oil control issues. I'm on the second...

Late to the party on this... Hohn, why run 93 when it calls for 87? Slowing down the combustion process with higher octane does lead to exhaust valve deposits down the road. It produces less power as well typically, as the flame front isn't optimized for what the car is designed for.

martinq, how would a 0w20 versus 0w16 affect cold start performance? Help me understand. The 0w is the number I'm wondering about, how that is different between the two oils...???

What is the brand of 10w40 you can buy that is synthetic? Are there any used oil analysis on this forum that show how that oil performed? I would go 20w50 semi-synthetic because there are less viscosity index improvers in that oil versus a 10w50 or a 15w50. However if you choose 10w-40, if...

Exactly what I was saying. Is it a recent sample, which, apologies for not being clear, means of recent manufacture. What are the dates of the uoas as well? With the poster that shared that information, typically the dates are well in the past and they are not meaningful to the discussion at...

Good question about is it a recent sample of the Amsoil 5W30 and is it a recent sample of the M1 5w30. What are the dates?

Red line has been a top boutique oil for a long time, running that much zinc. Haven't heard of any issues, although you are correct that metallurgically it's been shown there can be an issue.

I ran into the same thing with Red Line when I noticed the website says MA/MA2 but the bottle only says MA. They've been too lazy to update their label in my opinion. When I asked them about it, they gave the corporate answer that the website is the correct rating even though new stock oil...

Marketing certainly could be one yet Mobil markets their oils quite heavily. I wouldn't look at a specific oil, look at the overall marketing in general. The question seems to be leading down the road that if it costs more it must be better. Try the Motul for an oil change interval and do an...

Since you are considering Motul 300v 10w40... Mobil 1 10w40 4T. Haven't had anything but stellar results myself or seen anything but good reports on it in all my years on this forum. It has a good dose of zinc, nice amount of boron as well. If you're going to change oil every 2 or 3,000...

I stashed some a few years ago from a sale. I'm going to use this on the next oil change in the ZRX 1200. Impressed with the makeup of this oil. M1 10w40 4T and 20w50 Vtwin have much higher moly and boron but otherwise the ST oils are somewhat similar in additive packages.

I like the zinc. This is better than I would have expected it to be. Higher beginning viscosity than Mobil 1 10w40 4T. With that said, 4T has always held up well despite the low initial viscosity.

What oil service are you using that charges enough less to not want to pay $40? I'm curious if there's something out there the rest of us could take advantage of. Or is that a general statement, you would never do an oil analysis and pay the money for it. I question my OCD with respect to my...

Again, I'm talking about the models I mentioned, not looking at the ones I didn't mention. I don't see many of them on the road out here in Colorado but they certainly are a dry clutch. The bigger picture is the oil we're talking about not the clutches so I'll keep my discussion moving forward...

I was pulling information from earlier in the thread about 20-year-old oil and wasn't looking at the most recent context. I have recanted in posts after the one you quoted. Apologies, got my undies in a bundle and needed to read through the whole thread from last year. Kalle.J, I don't know...

Current BMW R1200RT has been a wet sump for 10 years, along with the 1000cc inline 4 series as long as they've been around. Current GS series from at least 2014 on have a wet sump as well. Only one that I can tell has a dry sump is the K1600 which is a fraction of what they sell. All of them...

I've gone back and read through this thread. I see the more recent pictures are recent vintage Rotella and recent vintage hpl. Definitely a difference. But is it a difference that has made a difference? I need to caution as well that my statement about Rotella for millions and millions of miles...

I'm not knocking hpl oils, I'm knocking the test in its entirety and that 20-year-old oil doesn't raise a red flag to anybody who's seriously taking the test seriously. Real world results more than speak for themselves again for millions and millions and millions of miles and millions of...

I'll backtrack on that, Shell makes that oil for bmw, or at least they did when my buddy got his 2016 R1200RT that now has almost 100,000 miles on it with a cavitating, air inducing, foam rich oil. Rotela 5W-40 meets every specification BMW has with respect to JASO MA2. Check out the BMW...