Interesting : Amsoil on oil consumption
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Thanks. What Amsoil is trying to say is their oil cleans and flows really good, maybe better than other oils. No argument there. So once you start using Amsoil, you might get a leak. A leak because Amsoil cleaned and opened a existing leak plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino. "Synthetic oil causes leaks"!!!! No, exposes them, what Amsoil is trying to explain.
Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
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Originally Posted By: RamFan
Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
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Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
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Originally Posted By: RamFan
Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
Latest is greatest, right? Meets means everything's ok, right? "SN" is the cure for all ailments, the "Seafoam" of oil right? Ignore the volatility problems with Castrol leading to deposits, it paid for the specs, all that matters is it meets this, meets that, right? OK, thanks again!
Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
plugged by (for example) dirty highly volatile Castrol GTX dino.
Interesting, I didn't know that an oil which meets SN/GF-5 was dirty and highly volatile as compared to, ooo I don't know, PYB, VWB, QSAD, or any other oil which also meets SN/GF-5.
Latest is greatest, right? Meets means everything's ok, right? "SN" is the cure for all ailments, the "Seafoam" of oil right? Ignore the volatility problems with Castrol leading to deposits, it paid for the specs, all that matters is it meets this, meets that, right? OK, thanks again!
No, latest isn't greatest. But to think that Castrol is some how exponentially more volatile than other SN/GF-5 oils is simply ridiculous. Then again, this is you we're talking about, someone who has had a vendetta against Castrol for as long as I can remember.
Everyone needs a huckleberry. I guess we know who LS has for his!
But seriously, volatility is a huge issue in modern cars with dry manifolds and a PCV dumping in vapors.
But seriously, volatility is a huge issue in modern cars with dry manifolds and a PCV dumping in vapors.
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Everyone needs a huckleberry. I guess we know who LS has for his!
But seriously, volatility is a huge issue in modern cars with dry manifolds and a PCV dumping in vapors.
Could you imagine the firestorm if new standards spec'd NOAK less than 9??
Everyone needs a huckleberry. I guess we know who LS has for his!
But seriously, volatility is a huge issue in modern cars with dry manifolds and a PCV dumping in vapors.
Could you imagine the firestorm if new standards spec'd NOAK less than 9??
Not sure, but the fact is many cars would benefit from less oil in the intake.
Hi, I'll tel you my experience as briefly as I can without any intention to create a firestorm, just what happened to me; after using one of the flagship oils from M1 the Porsche approved 5W50 for 18 years and 300K miles It got hard to find and learning what I could I found out I needed more ZDP than what I was getting from the latest formulation, I found Amsoil ACD had enough ZDP plus it is a long drain oil. After switching, the oil consumption went down more than 50% by the second oil change and the engine started to get cleaner, it was clean, M1 kept it clean but it is getting even cleaner, it did started to leak a little but after 4~5K miles started to re-seal itself. I have no affiliation with Amsoil and my supplier doesn't charge me but PC price since we have a distribution center so no shipping. Good Luck
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