Castrol High Mileage
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Castrol makes one of the best oils on the market. Their high mileage is a little to thick for my taste, but like I said its a great product
Really liking the Castrol HM, on my second run of it now and will be getting a UOA on this one. Very good stuff, yes it runs on the thick side, which I like for my Jeep as well.
I've used it in two vehicles so far and not only has it been very quiet running, it remained so throughout the entire OCI. I also could see some small cleaning progress through the fill holes on both vehicles, I've not been able to say that of anything else I've tried.
I've used it in two vehicles so far and not only has it been very quiet running, it remained so throughout the entire OCI. I also could see some small cleaning progress through the fill holes on both vehicles, I've not been able to say that of anything else I've tried.
Originally Posted By: fauxchemist
Castrol makes one of the best oils on the market. Their high mileage is a little to thick for my taste, but like I said its a great product
On another forum a lotta people running into oil consumption/deposit problems. what do they use? The C word most of the time. I know cause I always ask. Others are having no problems. What are they using?? the usual suspects.
May as well ask it here.
awol350 - Why do you want to use HM oil and what are you using now?
Castrol makes one of the best oils on the market. Their high mileage is a little to thick for my taste, but like I said its a great product
On another forum a lotta people running into oil consumption/deposit problems. what do they use? The C word most of the time. I know cause I always ask. Others are having no problems. What are they using?? the usual suspects.
May as well ask it here.
awol350 - Why do you want to use HM oil and what are you using now?
Is there any special cleaning ability to this oil?
Castrol HM and their "synthetic" counterparts are always dusty on my local WM too.....no idea....they just don't go over well here.....perhaps it's the area I live in (lower income area.....) - the 20W-50 is a big hit though, in the quarts at that! LOL. They go for the 20W-50 in quarts (store does not carry it in a 5 qt jug), vs. the 10W-40 in the 5 quart jug
Though, it does get hot here in the summer....hehe.
It is also the "featured oil" (bulk oil.....) at my local WM.....which is quite surprising, because they used to carry Pennzoil Conventional, HM, and Synthetic....but now carry Castrol in bulk.....it's a rave seller apparantly. But yea, the HM and synthetic oils just don't like moving off the shelf. I'd have to say my local WM sells more Royal Purple.....than Castrol Syntec/Titanium/etc....hehehe
Though, it does get hot here in the summer....hehe.
It is also the "featured oil" (bulk oil.....) at my local WM.....which is quite surprising, because they used to carry Pennzoil Conventional, HM, and Synthetic....but now carry Castrol in bulk.....it's a rave seller apparantly. But yea, the HM and synthetic oils just don't like moving off the shelf. I'd have to say my local WM sells more Royal Purple.....than Castrol Syntec/Titanium/etc....hehehe
Originally Posted By: fauxchemist
acording to me you fools
Hey man. People like to be uptight around here. Don't worry. They're just concerned that it's going to become "common knowledge"...
acording to me you fools
Hey man. People like to be uptight around here. Don't worry. They're just concerned that it's going to become "common knowledge"...
Originally Posted By: zerosoma
Originally Posted By: fauxchemist
acording to me you fools
Hey man. People like to be uptight around here. Don't worry. They're just concerned that it's going to become "common knowledge"...
Wow.... Faux why am I a fool? I was just asking a simple question, didn't know that was being "uptight".
Originally Posted By: fauxchemist
acording to me you fools
Hey man. People like to be uptight around here. Don't worry. They're just concerned that it's going to become "common knowledge"...
Wow.... Faux why am I a fool? I was just asking a simple question, didn't know that was being "uptight".
Originally Posted By: Crusader
Is there any special cleaning ability to this oil?
Seems to be to me. I've tried a bunch of oils in two vehicles we have that are grungy inside the engine, you can see the junk. The Castrol HM has made a visible difference when nothing else has, including the highly touted cleaning PYB and HDEO Rotella. Not that I think either of those two are bad cleaners, they are good oils but the Castrol HM has them beat in my vehicles anyway.
No oil is a magic cleaner in a bottle though, cleaning with oil is a long slow process for sure.
Is there any special cleaning ability to this oil?
Seems to be to me. I've tried a bunch of oils in two vehicles we have that are grungy inside the engine, you can see the junk. The Castrol HM has made a visible difference when nothing else has, including the highly touted cleaning PYB and HDEO Rotella. Not that I think either of those two are bad cleaners, they are good oils but the Castrol HM has them beat in my vehicles anyway.
No oil is a magic cleaner in a bottle though, cleaning with oil is a long slow process for sure.
I've had a slight decrease of oil usage in an oil burning Civic using Castrol HM. [Not enough to stick with it though.] Also I'm not cool with giving my money to BP, who makes Castrol.
I have an old beater '97 F-150 with the 4.6. It had developed an intermittent, and loud, valve tick. I got some Castrol HM 10w-30 on sale, and I haven't heard that tick since I put it in. Hardly empirical evidence, but I'd be willing to try it again.
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