Just watched the Wix 51334 vid. We actually had a Korean made Purolator One posted recently that looked amazing. M+H seriously needs to sub everything to Korea.
LSJR blends up a custom oil in the lab
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Did he really say pip-ette?
The word is PIPE-ette. I may have misheard him.
Anyway, nothing new. I guess it's cool to watch him make a micro brew, but anyone paying a little attention here probably should know most of this.
Ironically some here remember when Amsoil for a few months had "100% PAO" labeling in the early 2000's. Totally stupid, made no sense at all. Anyway this video is somewhat representative of most well made oils.
The word is PIPE-ette. I may have misheard him.
Anyway, nothing new. I guess it's cool to watch him make a micro brew, but anyone paying a little attention here probably should know most of this.
Ironically some here remember when Amsoil for a few months had "100% PAO" labeling in the early 2000's. Totally stupid, made no sense at all. Anyway this video is somewhat representative of most well made oils.
Will be interesting to see his results, on this blend, in comparison with the 0w-40 Ultra Platinum & others previously tested. Thanks @Glenda W.
I see Amsoil dealers still push that narrative on Facebook. "Amsoil is better because it's actually a 100% synthetic. Common brands say full synthetic which means it's crap and not actually synthetic. Only Amsoil is 100% synthetic." I want to reach through the internet and slap them.
Being in North Carolina, he probably does not need a 0W-xx oil and (possibly) could have used far less VII, ending up with a 5W or 10W-xx, for a better result. He states that the VII's only work under low shear conditions, something many racers already know. In other words, a 0W-40 and a straight 40 do not have the same performance under high shear conditions.
Anyway, I'm not being critical, I loved the video and the blend.
Anyway, I'm not being critical, I loved the video and the blend.
What was the secret sauce? LSJr's recently been working with King Industries and did a video with Lubrication Explained from there, or at least on the way to and their parking lot. In the video, they stop at a coffee shop where LSJr orders an Americano with four espresso shots. This explains a lot.
Rafe then posted a video from King talking with their sales manager. Seems a lot's going on in the oil frontier right now, or always have been and we're just now getting a few glimpses inside.
Rafe then posted a video from King talking with their sales manager. Seems a lot's going on in the oil frontier right now, or always have been and we're just now getting a few glimpses inside.
What is his degree?He uses his degree to his advantage. Why wouldn't he? That said, a lot of people go into fields that's outside the scope of their degree. I care more about experience than education. He's been in tribology and oil formulating for 20 years.
My best friend (RIP) was a welding engineer at a nuclear power plant. His degree? Molecular biology.
Yeah, I’d rather not use a filter that only adheres to the manufacturer specification. From what we’ve seen on here it doesn’t appear that they’re all that impressive.
But thanks for the response. Obtaining the manufacturer’s specification is the only way they would be able to claim that.
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PPE 5W40 is a better oil.
He emphasizes Porsche A0, which PPE 5W40 also has.
They are not "impressive". But they do keep a pretty good build quality and a stronger can than most on the market. Besides that, they do not use the Fram style leaf spring with the bypass valve built into it. The oil that does get around is recirculated so that part doesn't hurt anything, but when it does bypass, it makes the bypass valve setting worthless. That style of oil filter has a lot of internal leaks like that, plus they are still USA made, and their parent company has a stellar reputation in their industry. They do make filters with 2-micron absolute ratings, just not for car engines. They make many kinds of filters for many kinds of things. I guess for a high efficiency oil filter, I remember Bosch used to make some like that, I think. @kschachn, I guess I am a fanboy for Baldwin, but I am not trying to filter out viruses and bacteria, just the big chunks. Take Care I will leave a couple links. You can look up different specs on the filters they make, they show the nominal and absolute micron ratings, which is a fairly close way to see what the OEM ratings would be for the OEM filter on that particular application.
https://www.parker.com/us/en/home.html
https://www.baldwinfilters.com/us/en.html
He was using PUP 0W40 SRT.
It's interesting he used that one because his car is a Porsche and PP Euro 0W40 is the one with the A40 and so-on euro certifications.
What I've never quite understood was PUP is supposed to be the premier Pennzoil oil, but PP has all the euro specs, and the euro certifications are supposed to be the tougher certifications.
He kind of hinted at it with how the additive manufacturer gives you the recipe and you have to follow the recipe. So PUP somehow diverged from the recipe. When he was comparing 0W30 PUP and PP, the difference was alkyated napthalene, which was one of the things he made a big deal about adding to his WW blend. I wonder if AK's constitutes a divergence which loses the euro cert's.
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They are made in Poland, probably on the same line as the OE Porsche filter (MANN).
There must be some confusion here, I thought kschachn was talking about Baldwin filters. Baldwin and Hastings filters are made in USA, not Poland. I must have missed something here.
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He most likely has a personal relationship with the Wix folks in NC. We probably can’t sway his opinion even though c&p’s here and all over the net show the decline since the M+H takeover. I’d say most people/shops don’t know. Their reputation was stellar for decades. I personally used Wix for over 20 years until 2016ish.
As does Derek at VGG
I think he just knows a lot of people from working in the industry so long.
Regardless someone should put it in the comments.
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