Any Ravenol users here?

[Gladiator007]

This is a solid one for a 0w-20, their 30 is as stout. I will appreciate the users of this oil chime in. It has one big edge over other Boutiques, approvals.

 

[thescreensavers]

It essentially only has 1 approval? would be better list what car it's going into and what OCI you are looking to do.

 

[chris719]

They have a ton of good oils but this one is not one I would ever purchase simply because they have much better Euro oils that cost the same amount.

 

[Gladiator007]

It essentially only has 1 approval? would be better list what car it's going into and what OCI you are looking to do.

Jeep Gladiator with 3.6 V6, requires Chrysler MS-6395. 7,500 mile OCI.

 

[Gladiator007]

They have a ton of good oils but this one is not one I would ever purchase simply because they have much better Euro oils that cost the same amount.

Will check them out.

 

[chris719]

Jeep Gladiator with 3.6 V6, requires Chrysler MS-6395. 7,500 mile OCI.

I mean, it's not in spec but I would probably run Ravenol VMP or SSL in this if I owned it if you insist on Ravenol. M1 ESP 0W-30 if not.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Jeep Gladiator with 3.6 V6, requires Chrysler MS-6395. 7,500 mile OCI.

Any synthetic will be fine. Some people will even say to use 0w30 or 5w30

 

[TomYoung]

Okay oil. Would use if the price was right, but guessing isn’t.

 

[facility1]

this oil looks very good.

 

[Gladiator007]

Any synthetic will be fine. Some people will even say to use 0w30 or 5w30

Yep, got 10 quarts of Amsoil 0w-30. I am good for now. This Ravenol seems pretty good and has approvals. Will definitely consider it in future

 

[B6_Dolphin]

I am using/have run Ravenol VSE 0W20 & VSW 0W30 in my '21 Audi SQ5 Sportback and '23 Audi RS5 Competition Coupe, respectively.

5k OCIs. Very good UOA results (I've posted them in the UOA forum here on BITOG).

 

[Gladiator007]

I am using/have run Ravenol VSE 0W20 & VSW 0W30 in my '21 Audi SQ5 Sportback and '23 Audi RS5 Competition Coupe, respectively.

5k OCIs. Very good UOA results (I've posted them in the UOA forum here on BITOG).

I will check them thanks.

 

[Gladiator007]

I mean, it's not in spec but I would probably run Ravenol VMP or SSL in this if I owned it if you insist on Ravenol. M1 ESP 0W-30 if not.

It has pretty much all the approvals that off the shelf oils have. Or what am I missing?

 

[Glenda W.]

If chasing approvals I’d stick with the top shelf at Walmart. If chasing the best of the best you already have one with SS.

 

[kschachn]

It has pretty much all the approvals that off the shelf oils have. Or what am I missing?

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Those are licenses snd specifications as far as I can see, not approvals (despite the heading). As others have noted there are less expensive oils that meet the same ones.

 

[Jeffrey]

I have used the DFE 0w-20 in my Subaru OBW. However, currently I have Ravenol FES 0w-30 in the Subaru. Not sure what to say about it; I’ve never done a UOA.

 

[Jetronic]

It's a bit of a mystery what exactly is meant by USVO and Clean Synto, but I believe one refers to mPAO and the other to AN.

I like this oil, low Noack, high flaspoint, low density (points to a lot of PAO content), decent tbn.

For me 2.78 cP HTHS is too far on the low side, but if you're dead set on a 20 weight this looks like a good one.

 

[chris719]

It has pretty much all the approvals that off the shelf oils have. Or what am I missing?

It does, but it has low HTHS and an ILSAC additive package which is fine but you can get higher HTHS and Euro additive package in other oils they sell which many here favor.

 

[OVERKILL]

Jeep Gladiator with 3.6 V6, requires Chrysler MS-6395. 7,500 mile OCI.

Just note that MS-6395 is just the API/ILSAC tests with the addition of a fleet test. It's not a demanding requirement.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Before spending Ravenol money, check out some of the UOAs here. I used DXG, and although those were tested by Blackstone, subsequent tests by actual labs that use GCMS showed my truck had less than 1% fuel after 14.4k on HPL, but when I used Ravenol it had sheared well out of grade in just 6k miles with no fuel present.

Outside of their SSL (which has changed formulations since I used DXG) I would say it’s very hard to make a sane value argument in favor of Ravenol. The Amsoil is very good, and you can likely get 2 Amsoil oil changes for the price of a single Ravenol change, which is definitely the route I would take if those are your 2 choices.

As kschachn and Overkill have pointed out, there’s literally nothing special about this version of Ravenol, certainly nothing that points to being worth more or better than anything on the top shelf at WM.