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Here's my method. - With a 500 watt pan heater, I bring the oil up to 140-150°F before priming the system. Not only does this make the oil flow and prime much easier, it gives a little heat to help with ZDDP activation at first startup. Before I got the pan heater, I had a dedicated pot on a...

It's a great video for anyone who hasn't seen it. KRL shear results @ 19:45 PDSC oxidation results @ 22:45 Teost 33c deposit results @ 26:40 HPL No VII dominates in shear and oxidation. Red Line produced the most deposits in Teost. However, it's worth noting that Teost 33c is losing favor...

Yes, that's the Noack for their PCMO 10W-20. It's straight base oil with no VII. Some members here were curious, given how it's formulated, so HPL sent it out for Noack.

I drive 550-600 miles a week so I monitor fuel economy closely. The F150 averages 22.0-23.5 mpg on 93 while the Mustang averages 30-32 mpg on 87. I've been driving the Mustang more lately with higher gas prices. The Mustang is less sensitive to speed than the F150 but still noticeable. The...

We are the oilluminati.

They have no Fuchs to give? I'll see myself out....

The EC 30, blended at the appropriate 1-to-6 ratio, won't significantly affect the cold cranking viscosity of the oil. If a 0W-20 is borderline 0W-xx (ie: 6,000-6,200 cP in CCS), it might raise it to just inside 5W-xx range, but the impact would be relatively insignificant in the real world...

If the oil is well in grade, they usually won't test with GC. You have to request it. If the oil is borderline for the grade or out of grade, they do GC automatically. I would reach out and request they run GC to get an accurate measure for fuel dilution. I suspect you have 2-4% fuel, it's...

The report looks good. It's in grade, relative oxidation is fine. Iron is a little high but the towing duty will do that. I agree with changing it at 20k miles and go from there. I wouldn't worry about the filter since it's being regularly driven. If it was sitting for 2 years, hardly...

Brent is $98.40 this morning ahead of market open. It could easily crack $100 today. This is not a shock spike either but a gradual increase. It's becoming more evident that the war is not going to end soon, reserves are dwindling, and the market is reacting accordingly. If China announces a...

Mine was an '07 with the MTX-75 5 speed. I installed an FSWerks GT2860RS turbo kit and beat the snot out of that little Duratec 2.0L for more than 100k and probably 300+ passes at the dragstrip. It made 294 whp / 249 wtq @ 12 psi with a stock short block. I had custom grind cams as well that...

This is more of a testament to that engine than it is the oil.

Minimum standard, bottom shelf product with a top shelf price tag. While changing the oil at regular intervals is important, so is the quality of the oil. Changing a highly volatile oil more frequently just means you're burning more light ends more frequently.

I log fuel economy with every tank in my '25 F150. Tire weight can have a significant impact on fuel economy as that's spun weight. Rolling resistance is a factor but a minor one in the grand scheme of things.

Added to the collection. It's not the worst I've seen with Brotella, but par for the course. I'm curious how the OP is reaching 250°F. With my '25 3.5EB, I towed 6,800 lbs about 150 miles recently in 96-98°F heat. The highest the oil temp got was about 208°F at the top of a long uphill with...

I treat artificial intelligence the same way I treat artificial sweeteners. Just because it tastes good doesn't mean it's good for you. I don't like the way AI is used, especially not for something scientific. I have this worry that AI will get to a point of doing so much of our thinking for...

Yep, that'll do it.

The FD is a little up there but not bad. The report looks good. I agree that 10k is fine for the next interval.

No. They're cooling while I'm backing into my garage. I put it park and shut it off. If the turbo is water cooled, I wouldn't give it any thought.

The oil used for Top Fuel engines would be a poor performer in a small engine unless you planned to change it every hour of run time. Nitro SAE 70 is essentially just BS150 with some ZDDP and a tackifier. I use HPL Small Engine Life 10W-40 in all of my small engines.