Kendall oil differences? Liquid Titanium to LiquiTek

[SR5]

I have Kendall MAX w/Liquitek 0W20 in my 2020 Tundra. VOA looks great.

Thanks for the VOA showing 79 ppm Titanium on the new stuff. Nice Boron too at 140 ppm, with zinc a regular 739 ppm.

From memory the old stuff usually showed about 100ppm Ti, give or take, so this figure seems about right.

Also from memory the old stuff with Ti, wasn’t Dexos rated, so I think the Liquid Titanium to LiquiTek change might be correlated with getting their oil Dexos1-Gen2 approved.

 

[bbhero]

SR5 I believe the Kendall with liquid titanium had Dexos approval too.

Hope you have been doing good. Always good to see you on here.

 

[SR5]

SR5 I believe the Kendall with liquid titanium had Dexos approval too.

Hope you have been doing good. Always good to see you on here.

Hi Mate, good to hear from you too.

Yes my memory of the Liquid Titanium not being dexos approved is from quite a few years ago, ample time for it to get approved, and for me to miss the event.

 

[Dogman]

Thanks for the VOA showing 79 ppm Titanium on the new stuff. Nice Boron too at 140 ppm, with zinc a regular 739 ppm.

From memory the old stuff usually showed about 100ppm Ti, give or take, so this figure seems about right.

Also from memory the old stuff with Ti, wasn’t Dexos rated, so I think the Liquid Titanium to LiquiTek change might be correlated with getting their oil Dexos1-Gen2 approved.

I don’t think this is the latest version, there are newer voas of gt1 max on this site showing 0 titanium additional moly and boron.

edit: in fact it’s the same poster.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-kendall-formula-voa-without-ti.334018/

 

[tyman]

I don’t think this is the latest version, there are newer voas of gt1 max on this site showing 0 titanium additional moly and boron.

edit: in fact it’s the same poster.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-kendall-formula-voa-without-ti.334018/

Yep, the new Liquitek formula is devoid of Ti.

 

[DR1]

I have Kendall MAX w/Liquitek 0W20 in my 2020 Tundra. VOA looks great. View attachment 31588

Very low in MolyB!

 

[tyman]

Very low in MolyB!

It’s not the new liquitek formula. It still has Ti in it which is why lower moly.

 

[PimTac]

Very low in MolyB!

Why is that low? Looks normal to me.

 

[DR1]

Why is that low? Looks normal to me.

13ppm of Moly is normal? Yeah right!!!

 

[PimTac]

13ppm of Moly is normal? Yeah right!!!

So, you only looked at the first report and jumped the gun. The newer report shows 75.

 

[Link]

Wait so does gt-1 max have titanium????

 

[tyman]

Wait so does gt-1 max have titanium????

Not the new GF6/SP formula that's called Liquitek, no.

 

[DR1]

So, you only looked at the first report and jumped the gun. The newer report shows 75.

Please show me the newer report that shows 75ppm of MolyB

 

[tyman]

Please show me the newer report that shows 75ppm of MolyB

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...quid-titanium-to-liquitek.330305/post-5853258

 

[PimTac]

Please show me the newer report that shows 75ppm of MolyB

It’s right next to the other report.

 

[GI_GRIFF]

Does Conoco Phillips still make Kendall oil?

As of 9/21/2025, yes. They make Kendall, their own Phillips line of oil including a highly regarded line of Phillips aircraft oils, industrial and heavy diesel oils and Red Line racing oils.

 

[fen1]

Ok. Here is a question for you Kendall fans.

Why does the Kendall logo show a hand with two fingers showing up like the victory sign?
No, it does not mean victory

I'm old, so I remember this. Back in the 1940's and into the very early 1950's, OCI for cars was at 1000 mile intervals.
When Kendall brought out their new oil, they advertised it as the 2000 mile oil. Their radio and TV ads went like this.
"Kendall, the TWO, TWO, TWO Thousand mile oil" and their ads showed two fingers.

Now you know

I also remember when Kendall came out with the 2 thousand miles recipe. That's looking way back there.