It stated 'Ester-based, 100% Synthetic oil' and not 100% Ester-based oil.quote:
Originally posted by bricheun:
It was said to be 100% ester based...any good for hard driving..i.e. daily brisk driving for 20 minutes, in 32 degree weather.
Thanks.
MOTUL 300V comes into plastic bottles for motorcycles and metal cans for cars. This happens now in Europe. I suppose the same happens for the USA.quote:
Originally posted by Leo:
I wish Motul 300V still came in the metal can.
I'd be interested to see a UOA on this stuff. I'm sure it would cost a kidney and then some, being Project Mu.
But the thing is all the main loadbearing components of the engine are suspended on a film of oil, there's essentially very little metal/metal 'friction' for any form of lubricating property to come into much effect. The biggest drag these parts encounter is fluid drag which is a direct effect of viscosity.quote:
Originally posted by bricheun:
But I think it is the lubricating of the oil is better therefore I feel the smoothness and power of the engine.
You're really not going to know what it's doing until and unless you supplement your subjective impressions with some objective lab work. In addition, although I'm one of the very last BITOG-ers who'll you'll hear argue against synthetic oils because of price, I would say in this case that for ~$17 per quart, it really better be doing something very, very special. Of course, you'd also have to compare the relative prices of other oils in your market. I'm thinking that a lot of our 3k OCI diehards might change their thinking if our lube oil prices headed in this direction! Bottom line for me is that I use green German Castrol 0w-30 (of which I have a large stock) that cost me on average slightly over $4 per quart. For my ~10k OCIs, there's no oil that could provide more than triple the benefit I get from the GC.quote:
Originally posted by bricheun:
I used 10W40 Valvoline before, but the difference in viscosity is very much a surprise. But I think it is the lubricating of the oil is better therefore I feel the smoothness and power of the engine.
Strange thing is, no where on the can has it API approval!! No SL,SM etc..