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Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Okay first of all thank you for notifing us on the off subject posts and the personal attacks that are not allowed on this board. I've gone through and removed some posts that have NOTHING to do with the subject in this thread. The back and forth of off topic...

From http://api.org/certifications/engineoil/categories/upload/MOTOR_OIL_GUIDE_2010_120210.pdf "GASOLINE ENGINES(FOLLOW YOUR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON OIL PERFORMANCE LEVEL) CATEGORY STATUS SERVICE SN CURRENT Introduced in October 2010 for 2011 and older vehicles, designed to...

LargeCarManX2, thank you for your concern. I've ridden motorcycles all my life. So I've always gotten used to the idea I could go anytime. I am also a Christian and know that a better eternal life is ahead. I have no financial worries for myself or my family. My wife and I are having a great...

You are wise to have a colonoscopy done. It saved my life. At age 53, the doctors found a malignant tumor, removed it and a foot of my colon, found signet cell, mucinous, adenocarcenoma, Stage 3C appediceal cancer and 4 malignant lymph nodes. Had 6 months of 9 sessions of 48 hour chemo. Was...

When you get up to 85% ethanol, storage and increase horsepower, you better ask someone more knowledgeable than me. I'm not up on 85% ethanol. You might ask your vehicle manufacturer or fuel company.

Here is a reference you may find helpful. "Where our Gasoline comes from" http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=gasoline_where Ethanol has a higher octane rating than gasoline, but has about 30% less energy, thus 10% ethanol should decrease fuel economy by 3%. Avoid ethanol if you...

"Where does my gasoline come from?" http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=gasoline_where Hope this helps.

I doubt BP spends the extra money for the extra additive package and thus may not meet TOP TIER fuel standards. They certainly don't seem to spend any more money than they deem necessary as witnessed by their poor environmental and safety record on land and in the Gulf.

I've seen engines run on Top Tier gasoline vs lower gas at Shell's test faciilty in Houston, and there is a difference. Their advice was if you insist on running the lower priced gas, run a tank of Top Tier in between. It will clean the deposits the other gas leaves behind. Here is the current...

I think that all gas tanks installed are double walled and may have monitors that alert if a tank is leaking. I know that at one time a huge number of underground gas station tanks were leaking back in the days before ethanol was used as an oxygenate. MTBE was pre ethanol and when gasoline and...

Originally Posted By: Jeffs2006EvoIX Tim, I think I am speaking for all of us here, I am so happy to hear you are doing well after all you have been through with your illness. That is something that affects all families unfortunately and its good to hear you are doing well. It amazes me how...

Originally Posted By: Johnny Tim is/was a [removed] ex-Shell fuels employee. He is a very sharp individual but has absolutely no sales tact and as for as I know, never had any marketing training. Just the technical fuels business. Explains a lot of why he is the way he is. To meet him in person...

UOA's do not speak for themselves. I don't see where the Motorcraft UOA's are any better than the others. They require interpretation by experts. They are only a $20 analysis. I suppose if this particular UOA came back fine, then you would say this engine is in fine shape? I may think Amsoil is...

G-Man - His post title reads "80K miles on Motorcraft 5W20 Blend". What "stellar history" does Motorcraft have? The same as Ford? And what do you base that Motorcraft has "cleaned things up somewhat". Sounds like you are serving up enough "baloney" to keep us all well fed for a while.

Buster, I'd like to see the article if you could find it. The current owner has had the car for 5 years, 80,000 miles, using only Motorcraft oil every 3,000 miles, so hard to blame the previous owner. Hopefully, someone who has taken the engine apart to this point would have thought to check the...

Take a look at the Performance Specifications, Viscosity Indexes, flash point and pour point of those two oils. Should give you an idea.

I think most oil manufacturers use similar base stocks and additives through out their similar product lines, so would expect similar results in their different viscosity grades. I'm sure glad the Motorcraft oil users have their Motorcraft oil warranty to fall back on .... oops, they don't...

Luckily a retired Shell employee read your post. http://www.shellusserver.com/products/pdf/HELIX%20ULTRA.PDF .

I was having some power steering problems (fluid getting dirty quickly, steering not smooth and difficult turning)in my 1997 Chevy Venture. I tried emptying and refilling the reservoir several times, but didn't help. Then I tried a power steering flush and Valvoline Synthetic Power Steering...

You mean a manufacturers and API certified oil possibly failed to do it's job? Blasphemy! Motorcraft synthetic blend tested last in High Temperature/High Shear ASTM testing in this report http://www.amsoil.com/performancetests/g1971/index.aspx, and didn't do that great in the other tests...