My Quest for Good Cheap Oil

The 410K Jeep 4L on Supertech does say a lot about Jeep 4L, but also Supertech, IMO. We know it's a good design of engine, but we also know the oil was adequate. Maybe better than adequate.

Perhaps with a better oil it might have gone 500K. We'll never know.
Jeep 4.0L - which really was a American Motors based on General Motors inline 6 - someone posted the history here a while back - was a great engine that would go 400K on whatever ancient slop you find in the back of the garage. So it really doesn't tell you anything special about Supertech - either way.

Nissan VQ40 - 4.0L V6 - also great engine. Mine has 414,000 now on whatever conventional or blend I could find for cheap. I believe I ran Suptertech once because I found some in the clearance section but mostly cheap branded conventional. So some engines just run forever. Here is under the valve covers at 395,000 https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...vers-395-000-miles-nissan-xterra-vq40.376175/
 
You've tracked on Kirkland oil? Did you get a UOA?

I also have a sample with 4 track days, that i am yet to ship
 
Jeep 4.0L - which really was a American Motors based on General Motors inline 6 - someone posted the history here a while back - was a great engine that would go 400K on whatever ancient slop you find in the back of the garage. So it really doesn't tell you anything special about Supertech - either way.

Nissan VQ40 - 4.0L V6 - also great engine. Mine has 414,000 now on whatever conventional or blend I could find for cheap. I believe I ran Suptertech once because I found some in the clearance section but mostly cheap branded conventional. So some engines just run forever. Here is under the valve covers at 395,000 https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...vers-395-000-miles-nissan-xterra-vq40.376175/
I think after 36 years on crap, this 4.0L now deserves some Super Tech goodness.

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The oil had nothing to do with pre-existing mechanical issues.
Mobil One 0w40 had something to do with blue exhaust smoke at startup and extra noise at startup. The two 5w30 Maxlife oils I used after that did not have those issues. It's now 60K miles later and those issues have not returned.
 
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