Kendall Liquid Titanium vs Liquitek Question

[BackwoodsAL]

Hey, guys. I just did an oil change the other day on my 2007 5.4 F-150. I have been running Kendall w/ Liquid Titanium for about 2 years now. I only had 6 quarts of Liquid Titanium in my inventory (the 3v 5.4L holds 7 quarts) and went to PSC to order some more and all I could find, was Liquitek. So, the truck got a mix of 6 quarts of Liquid Titanium and 1 quart of Liquitek.. I'm assuming this is the same oil as the Liquid Titanium, or am I wrong? I haven;t seen any VOA info on PQIA, or maybe I missed it. Thanks, for any info!

 

[CharBaby]

Hmmm, I've personally never heard of LUQUITEK.
After looking it up, it seems to be an additive in KENDALL oil. Probably new marketing???

PASSENGER CAR - Kendall Motor Oil

kendallmotoroil.com

 

[I<3oil]

Liquitek is the new GF6/SP formula. They removed Titanium from the formula. It's still a good quality oil but without the Ti.

 

[I<3oil]

New Kendall Formula VOA without Ti

Looks like Boron and Moly went up. TBN is low on this sample. Kendall (Haley) confirmed it should in any sample done properly between 7.4-8. Looks like a solid oil compared to every other Grp 111/IV.

bobistheoilguy.com

 

[BackwoodsAL]

[QUOTE="I Liquitek is the new GF6/SP formula. They removed Titanium from the formula. It's still a good quality oil but without the Ti.
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Thanks for the info!

 

[I<3oil]

Thanks for the info!

Yep!

 

[Duffyjr]

Valvoline did the same with VAS, upped the moly and tossed the titanium. Makes me wonder if this was done out of cost or something about the titanium that was causing issues going from SN+ to SP.

 

[BackwoodsAL]

Valvoline did the same with VAS, upped the moly and tossed the titanium. Makes me wonder if this was done out of cost or something about the titanium that was causing issues going from SN+ to SP.

Given the changes that have been made to the new oil; is it safe for me to run the mix of the two oils together in the truck, without any issues down the road?

 

[kschachn]

Given the changes that have been made to the new oil; is it safe for me to run the mix of the two oils together in the truck, without any issues down the road?

Any oil that has an API license must pass ASTM D6922 as part of the licensing requirement. This guarantees that there will be no catastrophic issue mixing the two oils.

 

[BackwoodsAL]

Any oil that has an API license must pass ASTM D6922 as part of the licensing requirement. This guarantees that there will be no catastrophic issue mixing the two oils.

Thanks!