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    SuperTech 5W-30 Out, Mobil 1 ESP 0W-30 In - Completely Anecdotal Experience

    Errr🤔...every time the wife doesn't get her way ? 😲😖😫 😉😁😂
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    What oil properties determine coefficient of friction of engine oil?

    Errr...better than a free truckload of some " little blue pills " !!!😲 😉😁😂
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    What oil properties determine coefficient of friction of engine oil?

    When their 0W-16 oil specs for viscosity at 40C and 100C are compared to HPL's for the same oil grade, the Idemitsu shows numbers closer to being a 0W-12. Just sayin.... I would be concerned about wear numbers and potential loss of viscosity due to fuel dilution if that is correct, and normal...
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    Mary T. Barra - I’m bored so…

    And, lest we forget, every boat anchor they made in the " malaise era " ( 70s - 80s ).
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    You’ll never see $70 oil again.

    Sounds like the owners of that place, probably the " investment firm " of Dewey, Cheatum and Howe, used the " Madoff method " of calibration on those pumps. IJS.......
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    HPL NO VII 10w-20 “EURO” VOA

    Reckon I should start packin the wagon Marshall Dillon ?
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    Toyota / Lexus A25A-FXS Hybrid engine oil questions

    I haven't noticed ANY difference in gas mileage using 5W-30 in place of the factory fill 0W-16 in a 2023 Toyota RAV4 LE that I used as a trade in for my current 2025 RAV4 XLE. I am currently using 5W-30 in my 2025. Both are non- hybrids and I have approximately 80K miles driving in the 2 vehicles.
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    Best 0W20 Synthetic Oil from WM ?

    That's been my approach / thinking also : keeping them clean from the time that I purchased the car new with just 7 total miles on the vehicle.
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    Why not Valvoline Restore and Protect for average Joe OCIs?

    That makes sense, especially when it can take 2 or 3 oil changes with a different brand of oil than previously used to get an accurate UOA after switching brands of engine oil.
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    Why not Valvoline Restore and Protect for average Joe OCIs?

    I understand it now, with Valvoline Restore and Protect also having moly in their chemistry / product formula, whatever " magic molecules " they have found that is providing the " Protect " part very probably wouldn't interfere with the higher dose of moly in an oil, such as HPL or others.
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    Why not Valvoline Restore and Protect for average Joe OCIs?

    And any Hyundai / Kia boat anchor with a direct injected engine.
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    Why not Valvoline Restore and Protect for average Joe OCIs?

    So do you think that the " Protect " component / chemistry of this oil would inhibit the high dose of molbdenum in the HPL line of oils from actually performing the benefits that molybdenum provides to an engine ? I'm wondering if a barrier or coating is created by the Valvoline Restore and...
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    Best 0W20 Synthetic Oil from WM ?

    Errr...manipulate dyno results in the way that some NHRA racer did back in the 80s with a few ounces of nitro methane in the oil. 😲The pcv system recirculated it into the intake system. His competitors and the tech people couldn't figure out how he was always WAY faster than the class standard...
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    Mobil 1 Advanced Clean is here

    Maybe they hired the same marketing "guru" that was recently " made available " by the folks over at Bud Light ! 😲
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect Oil Burner Test Results

    Not really, considering that in Mexico they throw in a free case of Montezuma's revenge with every 'dog purchased !
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    New Carquest EP Oil Filters

    Maybe avocado oil, since it's the latest rage in healthy diet plans.
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect

    True that, but now you have me wondering about " product placement ", i.e., should the " cologne " be in the men's wear section or the automotive section of Walmart ? 🤔
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect

    Maybe I should start up a bottling facility now, in anticipation of the Christmas rush, to have the " Essence de Mechanic" scent available in cologne and eau de perfume ?! " Pet Rock" of the 2020's ! And, of course, a generous " upcharge " for it being a "cologne " ! Discounts available, of...
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect

    I used to see the same consumption, back half of the OCI, on the 2.0 liter Hyundai engine that was in the 2018 Kia Soul that I owned.
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