15W-40 home blend

Pablo · Sep 3, 2003

I know enough to be dangerous...cars, houses, women, oil, you name it. I know blending your own is somewhat verboten aqui....

I have been considering mixing full syn Amsoil 15W-40, 50/50 with a premium dino 15W-40. Perhaps Delo. To save money, to say I did it and just to be myself, if in a creative way. My car is old....it is surviving OK, I just am entering period where every cent counts.

I need candidates for the dino oil. For some reason I have the urge to get moly in the mix. Maybe one of the Schaefer's numbered products....I know Delo doesn't have moly. Do any of the other 15W-40's?

Wisecrax? Comments? Aspersions?

Patman · Sep 3, 2003

Pennzoil Long Life 15w40 has a nice 150ppm dose of moly in it.

Pablo · Sep 3, 2003

I checked the specs on that oil - awesome on paper. I'll see if Shuck's carries it.

pscholte · Sep 3, 2003

quote:

Originally posted by Pablo:
Wisecrax? Comments? Aspersions?

I prefer the buffered form of aspersions myself.

GROUCHO MARX · Sep 3, 2003

That's funny, I prefer buffered wisecrax!

I'm dying to try and make a batch of Biodiesel and I have no use for diesel.

I feel your pain Pablo.

[ September 03, 2003, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: GROUCHO MARX ]

Mike242GT · Sep 3, 2003

Pablo:

Valvoline Premium Blue 15W-40 also has moly; not as much as the Pennzoil LL, but some (I think 88 ppm). I know Valvoline gets a bad rap on this board, but on paper the Premium Blue is probably their best conventional oil. Usually pretty cheap at Wally World, too. I'm running some in a '91 744T and an '85 245 N/A right now.

JohnBrowning · Sep 3, 2003

I have done it before and so have many others. The thing that is missing is UOA showing it is OK. I say go for it. I would sample the oil at 3000 then 6000 just to play it safe! The only thing that would make me a bit nervious is useing different brands of oil.

Right now I have 3 quarts of 10W30 Chevron Supreme and 1 Quart of Mobil-1 15W50 in an engine. I will be testing it soon. I am waiting for 5 months or 5000 miles to test it.

[ September 03, 2003, 08:06 PM: Message edited by: JohnBrowning ]

Pablo · Sep 3, 2003

I am really beginning to discover that the oil selection in the PNW sucks really BAD.

No can do on the Pennz LL 15W-40. I'll keep looking for that and the Valvoline - we have this auto chain called Shuck's, then there is WalMart, Fred Meyer, Costco, Kmart....and they barely have any oils....

pscholte · Sep 3, 2003

Pablo,

I'm kind of surprised Schucks doesn't have it...they are in the same family as Checker and Kragen auto stores (we have Checker and they have a fairly decent selection of oils [they don't carry u know what though])...when I am in there the next time I will see if the Checker member of the family has the Pz LL.

Stewart Fan · Sep 3, 2003

Pablo,

Walmart,and my neighborhood Schucks have the Pennzoil LL 15-40.

Pablo · Sep 3, 2003

Could just be Bellingham/Lynden...I'll keep looking.

Drew99GT · Sep 4, 2003

Autozone has the SL rated Penzzoil LL 15w-40. At around $2.10 per quart, it's a **** of a bargain.

deepsquat · Sep 4, 2003

got a GI JOES up your way?? They have it there and at the Schucks Wharehouse ...just have your local store order it.....I am Planning on giving the LL a try myself ...after all I believe I have proved beyond a doubt that Mobile one works very well in my car with a Gulf Coast bypass.

Eiron · Sep 4, 2003

It seems to me that since diesel oils have stronger A/W pkgs to begin with than gasoline oils, that moly isn't all that important to get in there in huge amounts. With all the other protectants in high numbers, is there a reason why you want moly in particular?

I'm thinking of doing the same thing in my older, N/A Saab, but using a thinner syn for better pumping during Northern Colorado winters. Maybe 0W/5W-30.

Robbie Alexander · Sep 4, 2003

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Originally posted by Pablo:
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I have been considering mixing full syn Amsoil 15W-40, 50/50 with a premium dino 15W-40. Perhaps Delo. To save money, --snip

For some reason I have the urge to get moly in the mix. Maybe one of the Schaefer's numbered products....
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I'm with John and am worried about mixing brands in particular. Always a potential problem, now if you are intent on doing it anyway, and know the dangers, then go for it...
Maybe use a good gas/diesel like delo or Rotella or whatever.
Mixing MOLY can be dangerous because it would be too easy to over-mix it, and it does like to be in balance, it will fight fro AIR time to have contact with the metal, and you could be doing yourself a big dis-service. I say this because I wanted to do the same thing and make my blend, even though I have a fantastic oil, I wanted more moly, and I found out after speaking with an oil engineer, that does work for all the big players
(ALL of them) and after we talked for a long long long time I took his advice and decided not to make any changes.

In the end, I asked him about a couple synthetics
then I asked him about a couple dinos and he told me if I had access to them then fine, otherwise if I was going to get my oil from an auto-supply store, to stick with M1.

Steve S · Sep 4, 2003

Mixing oils is a common practice may not be the best but it won,t hurt I have seen "when I was working" big trucking companies change brands with the management . The big diesel engines ran and ran .There are only so many additive companies and zinc is zinc.

Intelman34 · Sep 5, 2003

Do you have a Cummins dealer in your area? They all carrry the Valvoline Premium Blue. Try any diesel stop too.

If you can find Chevron Delo 400 that should be great too.

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