Found some Kendall GT1 with liquid Titanium

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Originally Posted By: Zedhed
Just what exactly is liquid titanium? The melting point of "real" titanium is 3000 degrees Fahrenheit so obviously it is NOT just titanium. Sounds like typical marketing psycho-babble. Why not just make good oil and let the engines decide?


https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-kendall-gt-1-75-lower-wear-on-seq-iiig.121046/

Marketing most likely, but the results do seem impressive. I have no idea whether Kendall was good or bad in the late 80's. I know they make Motorcraft to Ford's specs, and it's a great oil.
 
Originally Posted By: chad8
I had a 86 ranger extended,2.5 stick , cheapest oil i found for 120000 miles , ran fine , no sludge. My nephew had the same truck , even more miles, no sludge. It might have been the oil. I remember that kendall was thick black sooty looking oil back then. I avoided it. I liked oil that looked like honey, like valvoline. when it got black and sticky to the touch , I changed it.
Same goes for me today. I still can feel grit in oil and change it when it gets thick. As much as people say that color does not matter in oil ,I still can look and feel the oil off the dipstick and tell if it needs changing.
Kendall does looks a lot lighter than 20 years ago.I would not hesitate to use it.


You should be an oil "tester" The major oil companies could hire you to "test" oil for them and not have to buy expensive gas chromatographs and other very expensive test equipment. You could do it all just by touch and sight.

NO, you can't tell if oil needs to be changed by touch/sight even though you "think" you can. You are wasting money by changing oil because it turns dark and you can't feel particles small enough to pass through your oil filter. The smallest defect a human finger can detect is about 1/1000th of an inch and that size is most certainly larger than an oil filter would trap.

This site should not be used to perpetuate urban oil myths or make-believe oil mechanics.
 
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Originally Posted By: Zedhed
Just what exactly is liquid titanium? The melting point of "real" titanium is 3000 degrees Fahrenheit so obviously it is NOT just titanium. Sounds like typical marketing psycho-babble. Why not just make good oil and let the engines decide?


https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-kendall-gt-1-75-lower-wear-on-seq-iiig.121046/

Marketing most likely, but the results do seem impressive. I have no idea whether Kendall was good or bad in the late 80's. I know they make Motorcraft to Ford's specs, and it's a great oil.

exactly why i dont use mc anymore, and i am a ford guy.
 
so i hear. its definitely a value, when its blend is much cheaper than almost every other conventional out there
 
Originally Posted By: kcfx4
so i hear. its definitely a value, when its blend is much cheaper than almost every other conventional out there


When was the last time you seen a Motorcraft oil commercial or print ad? That's why it's cheaper then other conventional oils.
 
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Originally Posted By: kcfx4
so i hear. its definitely a value, when its blend is much cheaper than almost every other conventional out there


When was the last time you seen a Motorcraft oil commercial or print ad? That's why it's cheaper then other conventional oils.

highly doubt it makes that much of a price diff
 
The shop I work at has had the new "Liquid Titanium" oil (synthetic blend) since January in 5w-30. Other grades are starting to come in as old stock is being depleted.

I honestly can't say I've noticed a huge difference with it yet, but no doubt it's a good oil. The garage has been selling it since 1936 and the current owner won't consider anything else.


Originally Posted By: Zedhed
Just what exactly is liquid titanium? The melting point of "real" titanium is 3000 degrees Fahrenheit so obviously it is NOT just titanium. Sounds like typical marketing psycho-babble. Why not just make good oil and let the engines decide?

Not from my understanding. It's something like titanium sulfide or something to that effect. It's not as if they ground up ti and dumped it in the bottles... I don't know the actual chemistry of it, but it's real. If I can find the discussion where I saw it, I'll post it up.
 
It's not real. The hardest metallic particulates known to man in the oil?

Sounds good for marketing, but all we care about is reduction of ferrous material.
 
Huh has Blackstone updated their UOA for this titanium? Ti?

I thought the Edge marketing was ridiculous but liquid titanium really?

Hmm I bet the "secret formula" in Ultra is Unobtainium...
 
This liquid titanium thing is just marking nothing special about Kendall oil . Motorcraft is a much better deal at $2.77 a quart at Walmart. Kendall will never be a big player in the motor oil wars. I can get Napa (Valvoline) for $1.58 a quart and it works great in all my vehicles. A freind leased a Vette that requiers Mobil 1 synthetic he has used nothing but Napa conv.5w30 in it with no problems with 8,000 miles oil changes.
 
Originally Posted By: kcfx4
bought ranger in 85, ran kendall until late 90s, 4cyl. it did ping and peck on lesser quality fuel, switched to shell and continued w shell as it didnt ping and peck

"That" Kendall isn't even close to what "this" Kendall is. The Kendall name is now under the Conoco/Phillips umbrella. Great stuff.
 
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A freind leased a Vette that requiers Mobil 1 synthetic he has used nothing but Napa conv.5w30 in it with no problems with 8,000 miles oil changes.


And that makes sense? Exactly why I won't buy a leased vehicle. It's amazing how cheap and ignorant people are. Vettes can see high temperatures. Hopefully there are no deposits, as this vehicle will most likely be re-sold to someone.

Valvoline was also one of the oils that was not able to handle Honda's turbo test.

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Synthetics/Mobil_1_Proven_Superiority.aspx

Testing done by Honda, not XOM.
 
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