New oil brew adding saturday

[Revving2Redline]

2 qts redline 0w20
1 qt Mobil 1 0w30
1 qt redline 5w20

Kinda wondering what it might look like in regard to weight. Starting the beginning transition to Mobil 1 0w30 slowly and gradually.

 

[bfleeman]

Why not just 5qt of Mobil 1 0w30?

 

[stanlee]

Originally Posted by bfleeman
Why not just 5qt of Mobil 1 0w30?


yeah its not a dog who's stomach is going to be shocked and upset by new food. if your going to switch....just switch. You are needlessly spending more money on the Redline then wasting its benefits diluting it with oil that has a fraction of the PAO, calcium and moly content.

 

[pdxglocker9mm]

1.25w-22.5 LOL

Yea its probably not correct because there is some magic calculator BUT
So long as the car is rated for some thing even remotely close I doubt it will matter.

I mixed the other day. I was just trying to blow out some oil I had.My vehicle spec is 5w30 I used 3 qts 5w30 and 3 qts 0w-20 semi synthetic.
Its just a yearly oil change that will likely get less than 2000 miles in a 08 sierra 1500 with a 5.3. With filter it was less than 9 bucks.

 

[1JZ_E46]

We're not switching baby formula brands here. No need to gradually shift over.

 

[Dinoburner]

Once upon a time, the 80s? where there warning about mixing oils, now tho it`s ok but why bother unless your clearing off the shelf.

 

[double vanos]

If this is going in your Civic I'd say frankenbrew away. At 224k miles any oil is good.

 

[Dyusik]

Anything mixed (>20wt) with Redline will yield a bump up in grade. They are sitting at 0.3 and 0.2 cst below the limit for a 30.
Mixing is in the air, I just pumped a "long drain" Frank into my beater. Mobil 1 Extended Performance 10w30(1), Idemitsu 0w20(2), AMSoil Classic euro 0w40(1), Supertech 15w40(3).

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted by Dyusik
Anything mixed (>20wt) with Redline will yield a bump up in grade. They are sitting at 0.3 and 0.2 cst below the limit for a 30.


que ????

 

[Dallas69]

Just go ahead and make the switch.
No need for gradually anything.
This place gets nuttier everyday.

 

[toneydoc]

Are you just using up random bottles?

 

[PimTac]

Are you still adding Archoil and moly and Ceratec and whatever else additive you have on your shelf ? That's more than a frankenbrew.

 

[dave1251]

Originally Posted by PimTac
Are you still adding Archoil and moly and Ceratec and whatever else additive you have on your shelf ? That's more than a frankenbrew.



Yeah a silly brew.

 

[1978elcamino]

What would interesting is to see a used oil analysis after a 7500 run, that would tell the tale.

 

[Revving2Redline]

I have to use up the bottles of redline ihave already. Might as well.

 

[AnthemBassMan]

I asked this question a while back and don't remember getting an answer. Being totally honest here, what is the point of all of this home brew/mixing different oils? Not counting just using up whatever stash you have left for an oil change. I just can't figure it out.

L8R,
Matt

 

[Dyusik]

Originally Posted by Shannow
Originally Posted by Dyusik
Anything mixed (>20wt) with Redline will yield a bump up in grade. They are sitting at 0.3 and 0.2 cst below the limit for a 30.


que ????


9.3 cst is a 30 wt, and with redline being 9cst (or more), anything more viscous will bump it into the next grade up.