Anyone using this oil yet? I am wondering if 10W-30 Drive Clean Plus syn blend is superior to the good dino oils (Pennzoil / Chevron). I know that the old Drive Clean Blend was not all that impressive, but what about the "plus"?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Originally posted by Motorbike:
As far as the plain Drive Clean not a good oil please take a look at this oil analysis. Looks fine to me !Most the other DC analysis are in bad engines with problems . Not the oils fault .
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I wholeheartedly agree!!
I don't know why Drive Clean turns everybody off on this board. I use it on all my vehicles and have never had a problem. They are Toyota, Chevy, and Mercury. From 4 banger to v-8, all with high mileage except for the Chevy. And I never have to add oil between 5-7K changes. I finally sold a Plymouth Grand Voyager about 2 years ago with 200K miles on it, and the engine was still tight and smooth running. It used 1 qt of oil between changes, but always did from the day I bought it in 1993.
If some on this board wants to keep flaming Drive Clean, then go for it. All I know is that for me, it has been a great oil.
Ronnie
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Originally posted by joee12:
I am actually going back to the blend on the next UOA in my Explorer. I was very happy with the results that I achieved with this oil. The oil did very well considering I was towing quite a bit with it. Look at the following UOA, the blend is UOA numbers 2 and 3. I was doing no towing with the Mobil 1, which was interval #4:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=001017
There is also a rebate of $3.60 for a six pack case of the Mobil Plus, but hurry, it ends December 31st. -Joe
TC, if you towed as much as I did with this oil in my Explorer and saw the UOA results, you would be happy with it. For $2.20 a quart, I am very happy with it. The oil did not shear down with all of the heavy towing, at it was a really hot summer here in Ga this summer, so I don't feel the 392F flashpoint was that much of a concernquote:
Originally posted by TC:
What's weird to me about MDC is (unless their numbers are in error) the flashpoints for ALL the MDC conventional multiweights is a thoroughly unimpressive 392F, based on Mobil's spec sheet. In comparision, for 10w-30 oils, Citgo and Chevron/Texaco have FPs of 451F and 450F, respectively...then there's MDC bringing up the rear at 392F. Based on this, I wouldn't even carry MDC in the trunk of a car that tended to run hot, let alone put it in the crankcase.
Not sure what Mobil's claim of 392F across the board is, but it's enough for me to run away from this particular oil...
Originally posted by TC:
"I once had a friend who raced a modified, hot-running, non-water cooled turbo Ford Thunderbird several years ago with a sports car club I was in."
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OK... Well the next time I get a modified, hot-running, non-water cooled turbo car, then I may consider using another oil (but I doubt it).
By the way, I hope the MDC in my work truck don't find out that it's an inferior oil, and that I live in TEXAS, or it would surely burn off & vaporize.
Ronnie