Mobil 1 - Why do some bad mouth it?

[Russell]

Originally Posted By: robertcope
Originally Posted By: Russell
You can add moly with lubro-moly Mos2 additive or buy luro-moly oil with Mos2 already in it. I plan to put their 10w40 oil in my BMW this weekend.


I love it... buy a high end oil at a high end price and then 'fix' it yourself! Genius.

robert


Lubro Moly products are highly respected In the the BMW, Audi and Porsche communities. Your point?

 

[Russell]

Originally Posted By: HangerHarley
Originally Posted By: robertcope
Originally Posted By: Russell
You can add moly with lubro-moly Mos2 additive or buy luro-moly oil with Mos2 already in it. I plan to put their 10w40 oil in my BMW this weekend.


I love it... buy a high end oil at a high end price and then 'fix' it yourself! Genius.

robert

FWIW, Mos2 made my Oil look like Caramel Swirl, all sorts of Funky. I am lucky it "Stayed in the Oil" and didnt make nastiness all over my engine, i used the can in 2 shots if 1/2 a can on Hot, then 1/2 can again on Hot.

I will not be using it again. Its either IN the Schaeffers 132 (Different Moly,) In the Oil, or not in my Engine.

Mos2 poured like Grease, made the Oil an Olive color, and made my Idiot mechanic think i had Water in my Oil from the way it looked coming out. I had to explain that "I put this can of Moly stuff in."

It did run super smooth on the 1/2 can, though. Now i dont trust it.

Oy

Lubro Moly products are available at NAPA. 6 liters of their 10w40 blend oil with Mos2 was abut $36. Very good products. The Mos2 additive just makes oil look a bit wierd. Ran super smooth eh? That should have told you something.

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: StevieC
The Moly amount depends on what Redline oil weight you are using some have lots, others have little from what I have discussed with members here according to the PDS's

- Steve


IIRC, all RL grades except 5W-40 and 15W-40 (CJ-4s) contain ~950 ppm moly according to Dave.

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: Russell
Originally Posted By: StevieC
The Moly amount depends on what Redline oil weight you are using some have lots, others have little from what I have discussed with members here according to the PDS's
- Steve


You can add moly with lubro-moly Mos2 additive or buy luro-moly oil with Mos2 already in it. I plan to put their 10w40 oil in my BMW this weekend.


From what I've been told RL doesn't use any MoS2 in their oils, they claim the moly they use is an organic moly.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: Russell
Originally Posted By: robertcope
Originally Posted By: Russell
You can add moly with lubro-moly Mos2 additive or buy luro-moly oil with Mos2 already in it. I plan to put their 10w40 oil in my BMW this weekend.


I love it... buy a high end oil at a high end price and then 'fix' it yourself! Genius.

robert


Lubro Moly products are highly respected In the the BMW, Audi and Porsche communities. Your point?



Don't listen to him.

I respect you, Russell!!

..but from what you posted ...it sounded like you were buying it pre-blended.

I've never used the stuff, but with a neat name like that, and prices to match, how can one go wrong?

 

[lipadj46]

Originally Posted By: HangerHarley

FWIW, Mos2 made my Oil look like Caramel Swirl, all sorts of Funky. I am lucky it "Stayed in the Oil" and didnt make nastiness all over my engine, i used the can in 2 shots if 1/2 a can on Hot, then 1/2 can again on Hot.

I will not be using it again. Its either IN the Schaeffers 132 (Different Moly,) In the Oil, or not in my Engine.

Mos2 poured like Grease, made the Oil an Olive color, and made my Idiot mechanic think i had Water in my Oil from the way it looked coming out. I had to explain that "I put this can of Moly stuff in."

It did run super smooth on the 1/2 can, though. Now i dont trust it.

Oy

I'm not sure what you put in your engine but it does not sound like the lubromoly MoS2 that I have used. Sure it's thick but grease? Maybe you should dump your idiot mecahnic and DIY

 

[HangerHarley]

Quote:
Lubro Moly products are available at NAPA. 6 liters of their 10w40 blend oil with Mos2 was abut $36. Very good products. The Mos2 additive just makes oil look a bit wierd. Ran super smooth eh? That should have told you something.


Yes, the can came from NAPA..

And it ran super smooth on 1/2 can of the greasy Moly.

Im debating whether or not to go back to what i had in there, or put Redline in it and THEN add half the can of Mos2. Sounds like a winner, and the Oil will still look weird.

One can made the Oil look like the engine had a mechanical problem, and scared us all, particularly me, the Owner!

Seems you DONT use the whole can of Mos2..... And what does Insoluble mean?

 

[HangerHarley]

Originally Posted By: lipadj46
Originally Posted By: HangerHarley

FWIW, Mos2 made my Oil look like Caramel Swirl, all sorts of Funky. I am lucky it "Stayed in the Oil" and didnt make nastiness all over my engine, i used the can in 2 shots if 1/2 a can on Hot, then 1/2 can again on Hot.

I will not be using it again. Its either IN the Schaeffers 132 (Different Moly,) In the Oil, or not in my Engine.

Mos2 poured like Grease, made the Oil an Olive color, and made my Idiot mechanic think i had Water in my Oil from the way it looked coming out. I had to explain that "I put this can of Moly stuff in."

It did run super smooth on the 1/2 can, though. Now i dont trust it.

Oy

I'm not sure what you put in your engine but it does not sound like the lubromoly MoS2 that I have used. Sure it's thick but grease? Maybe you should dump your idiot mecahnic and DIY


lipadj46, it was this, sir.

Also, as for the "Greasy" Look:
Moly is a processed mineral that is similar in appearance to graphite. " from thread https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/1975155/

After a quick read, i think if i put half a can into a nice batch of RedLine 15W-50 the Oil will look weird and all will be well!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqui_Moly

 

[robertcope]

Originally Posted By: HangerHarley
After a quick read, i think if i put half a can into a nice batch of RedLine 15W-50 the Oil will look weird and all will be well!


I'd be interesting to email Red Line and ask their opinion of that. I'll bet a beer they recommend that you not do it.

robert

 

[HangerHarley]

Originally Posted By: robertcope
Originally Posted By: HangerHarley
After a quick read, i think if i put half a can into a nice batch of RedLine 15W-50 the Oil will look weird and all will be well!


I'd be interesting to email Red Line and ask their opinion of that. I'll bet a beer they recommend that you not do it.

robert

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Basically the RL 15W-50 is fine and Moly'd up by itself, no Mos2 needed?

The weird color would put me off.

 

[Bill in Utah]

This has gone from a Mobil 1 bash to a Red Line, Lubro Moly topic.

Good time for a lock since its way off topic (and what a topic it was)

Any comments PM me,

Bill