opinion of carquest full synethic 5w30
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Your engine is going to blow! You must've taken advantage of the monthly AAP deal for $19.99. Just kidding, it's fine oil to run.
It's Wolf's Head. Nothing wrong with it at all
is carquest oil made my ashland like napa oil? or is it a different company?
Used to work for CQ. Its good for 5k. If you are gonna push it and extend,try Castrol Edge or Pennzoil Platinum/Ultra
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I always assumed it was the same as Napa synthetic, a watered down Valvoline. No?
And then the great debate becomes...is it watered down? Why would they go through the trouble of making a different formula, wouldn't that actually cost more? And be more of a pain for them? And the. The question becomes, why doesn't Valvolone use moly and boron, instead relying on sodium as its major additive?
And then the great debate becomes...is it watered down? Why would they go through the trouble of making a different formula, wouldn't that actually cost more? And be more of a pain for them? And the. The question becomes, why doesn't Valvolone use moly and boron, instead relying on sodium as its major additive?
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As I've said before; Ashland doesn't use Moly cause they have additives that do same job for way less $$$ according to to technical people at Ashland. Robo339 uses NAPA conventional I believe without issue and a member from Ohio that builds engines uses it. What's the beef against NAPA/Valvoline? So what if it's not "the darling or fanboy" of BITOG. IT GETS THE JOB DONE!
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As I've said before; Ashland doesn't use Moly cause they have additives that do same job for way less $$$ according to to technical people at Ashland. Robo339 uses NAPA conventional I believe without issue and a member from Ohio that builds engines uses it. What's the beef against NAPA/Valvoline? So what if it's not "the darling or fanboy" of BITOG. IT GETS THE JOB DONE!
I do use alot of the stuff lol
As I've said before; Ashland doesn't use Moly cause they have additives that do same job for way less $$$ according to to technical people at Ashland. Robo339 uses NAPA conventional I believe without issue and a member from Ohio that builds engines uses it. What's the beef against NAPA/Valvoline? So what if it's not "the darling or fanboy" of BITOG. IT GETS THE JOB DONE!
I do use alot of the stuff lol
I know you do as I do also. Not darn thing wrong with Ashland made lives. Some folks need to grow up
I run it in my wife's 2012 4cyl Equinox because it burns oil like many do, and I get it cheap through work since they're our primary supplier. I think it's something under $3/qt.
I do have a sample I'm waiting to send off, it was run for almost 7k miles IIRC, down to 5% on the OLM with 2 qts of make up oil needed over that time. It's Dexos rated so should be fine... But I'm currently running Castrol 0W40(I know it's not Dexos spec)... Waiting for that to finish up then will send both off at once. I'm curious to see if there are any signs one is potentially better than the other.
I do have a sample I'm waiting to send off, it was run for almost 7k miles IIRC, down to 5% on the OLM with 2 qts of make up oil needed over that time. It's Dexos rated so should be fine... But I'm currently running Castrol 0W40(I know it's not Dexos spec)... Waiting for that to finish up then will send both off at once. I'm curious to see if there are any signs one is potentially better than the other.
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