Try a 5/10w30 next time and see if it helps. Or change it out and go back to PP or Quaker State Full Synthetic for cost savings. If you change it I'd put some Gumout Multi-System Tune Up/ Seafoam/MMO in it for a few miles and see if it clears up what maybe sticking first.
Just Changed to Super Tech Advanced, Now Have Noisy Startup
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I’m willing to bet that 99% of the people who “think” they hear a difference in oils of the same grade would be completely clueless to the change if one was to change that person’s oil to the “noisy” brand without the driver knowing.
To paraphrase, “the confirmation bias force is strong in that one.”
To paraphrase, “the confirmation bias force is strong in that one.”
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That problem seems to be a reoccurring phenomenon in your life.. you should be a tester for CR....
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I noticed that my Chevy Trax is quiter on Pennzoil than Castrol and Amazon Basics.
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Some are deaf. Some are drones. Others hear everything. Hearing isn't a placebo .. its a sense
My engine is quieter when HTHS is 4.0
3.1 HTHS is just too noisy.
My engine is also silent when I turn up the volume on the radio. So, the radio is used often. Every time I shut it off, it costs me major repair money.
My engine is quieter when HTHS is 4.0
3.1 HTHS is just too noisy.
My engine is also silent when I turn up the volume on the radio. So, the radio is used often. Every time I shut it off, it costs me major repair money.
Yet wife's 2019 Charger SXT 3.6 is quiet as church mouse on Super Tech Full Synthetic 0W20 start up and running. FRAM XG11665 filter. Penn Platinum / Quaker State 5w20 used previously were all the same quiet.
Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w20 in our 2019 and very quiet on start up. Was noisier for us on pennzoil platinum.
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If you posted photos of your sound level meter reading certain persons would tell you the meter is bad.
Yep. I used Mobil 1 in my 2017 Canyon V6 since new and it always had a noisy startup. I attributed to the cam phasers taking a second to get pumped up with oil. When I switched to Castrol Magnatec Synthetic (the old formula) it was dead quiet on startup. After Castrol Magnatec I went with Havoline Pro DS and it remains quiet on startup. I know Mobil 1 is a great product but I am no longer a skeptic regarding some oils being quieter than others.
The sound thing....has someone just done some sound recording on this to show it's real? Seems like an easy one to do. I've certainly read over the years of folks saying M1 causes a noisier engine...why would that be? I'm not saying it can't be (I'm still trying to understand the mechanism though) but I just think that at this point has someone just done some data collection to show it?
I was an avid M1 user since 1976. I noticed the noise problem with M1 around 2010 when Mobile, apparently, made a formulation change. I haven't used M1 since. This observation was with my well calibrated ears!
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It's known that boron content deadens sound in an engine, so that itself may be the culprit.
Like others have said too, it's a real thing. I know the popular thing on BITOG is to shout "BS" on anything that doesn't have a spreadsheet to go along with it, but it's been documented here for many years and I would bet money on it if we could actually somehow get a lab test going that would show it.
The BS thing comes from so many other issues that are often touted that are v. subjective/no data is really all, I fall in that camp almost always but here, ok, believeable...I just can't believe someone has done some basic recording to show it is all.
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