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For a 10W30 synthetic to have better cold-flow properties than a 5W40 synthetic? For the sake of discussion I would say were talking about any of the commonly avalible oils that a mass-merchant retail store would carry.

Is the Detroit V-8 in an old Silver Eagle bus a 2-stroke? If so, is Delo 40 the oil to use?

If you had just rebuilt a 5.7L Chevy with a flat-tappet cam with stock valve spring pressures and a stock cam AND you had to stand behind the engine rebuild for 30K miles for the customer what engine oil would you advise the customer to run and why? Forget about cat. converter issues.

I have a question or two. Is it possible to formulate a 0W40 synthetic CJ-4 oil with a pour point of -87F,HTHS OF 4.04,AND A VISC. index of 179 from a group III basestock? Can/has it been done?

Anyone here running a high-end full synthetic or even a blend element filter longer than 10K miles? Anyone here running such a filter AND their oil longer than 10k miles?

It's obvious that for only a few exceptions here most posters are still only running an average of probably 5k oil changes even with synthetics capable of much longer intervals. Why waste the money on a M1,Amsoil EAO,Bosch Distance Plus,or a NAPA Gold? Just my opinion but it seems a Havoline...

I was in my local machinist's shop picking up some parts when a fellow of about 30 walked in. We struck up a conversation and he asked what caused the engine to fail in my newly purchased 2500 Chevy truck. I told him it was full of sludge. Without missing a beat he said"The guy you got it from...

Just purchased a 1995 2500HD for an additional work truck. The thing was skipping on #5 and a compression test showed what I pretty much knew. Time for a valve-job. Pulled the intake and lo and behold it's sludged. A valve-job just turned into an engine overhaul. Well, I was looking on Amsoil's...

Everyone knows it's on rollback for $8.50gal. Is that enough to cause Rotella,Dlvac users to stock up?

They still had at least 50 gallon jugs of the Rotella-T 5W40 in the CI-4+ formulation. Who would have thought that... This China-Mart is in a very economically hard hit erea and I guess it just has not sold well. The pre-T-6 CJ-4 stuff has been out for well over a year not to mention the T-6...

Was in Charlotte yesterday and walked in the China-Mart. I cruised over to the automotive section. I don't know if anyone has seen the big fancy displays Pennzoil has to launch the Ultra line of oils. They are designed as end-cap displays. In other words,they are made to go on the end of the oil...

If both oils are an asheless formulation(and both can be)why would some advise only using the TCW-3 certified oil as an additive in on-road diesel fuel? This is not to debate whether 2-stroke oil helps with lubricity as it has been proven to help at least in "dry" on-road diesel. Anyone in the...

Strange that NO parts outlet in my whole town can even order them. They all are stocking Wix. Napa,Carquest,you name them. How is Baldwin selling filters these days?

Anyone care to guess what the majority of mainstream oil blenders are using to meet new GF-5 standards? Perhaps someone like Molakule would chime in? Does anyone think they could posssibly be using chlorinated parrafins in small percentages or have some already been using this? Schooling by...

I have my remaining stock for sale in the "for sale" section of this site. All of it is GC gold.

I asked about their synthetic line of oils and the base oils used in them. He was very friendly and seemed to be knowledgeable about their oils. He said all of their synthetic oils were a blend of group 3 and group 4 base oils. He would not however say what percentange of each was used but said...

This is one of my customer's truck. He has had a K&N air filter in it for 30K against my advice and he uses any over-the-counter gas additive he can find. The truck is in perfect running condition so

After looking on Valvoline's website I noticed they offer the silver bottle oil treatment which has been discussed here lately. It seems the amount of goodies in it have been lowered substantially. My question relates to the Engine Treatment product they are also offering. It has the picture of...

Anyone familiar with this stuff? It's a SOPUS product on closeout at BL. It's in a clear bottle and has a blue color to it. I can't find any info about it on SOPUS website.

Perhaps this is why the previous GC is no longer avalible. Wonder if it will make it to the U.S. market?