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Pennzoil vs Quaker State
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I didn't know another threat already existed..
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This has become my opinion. VOA is just one piece of the puzzle, how stuff actually acts is the other.
After listening to that video, I understand it a whole lot better, because I was looking at it as (for ex) well Valvoline VOA has a better additive package then Mobil 1 so it must be a better oil.. unfortunately that came a lot from listening, to Ford boss man..
The crux of your misunderstanding.
Plus a VOA is a list certain elements from decomposed compounds. That's nowhere near being "the additives", plus not all additives consist of metallic compounds, nor are all the compounds the same even when they are composed of the same elements.
Remember no standard, license nor approval is based on a $30 spectrographic analysis.
The Internet if full of a lot of nonsense and much of the time it's promulgated by untrained, uneducated and uninformed entities.
Hundreds of years ago, I read an article in Popular Mechanics that explained how paraffin based motor oils were better than asphalt based motor oils. Pennsylvania grade oils were supposed to be paraffin based while California grade oils were supposed to be asphalt based. So, for about three decades, until I got converted to the full synthetic religion in 2000, I only used Quaker State or Pennzoil. I still do not know how good that might have been.
The fact is, there is almost no similarity between basic motor oils of the 60s and 70s and the basic motor oils of the last 30 years. I did learn the company that advertises the most does not usually make the best of any product.
The fact is, there is almost no similarity between basic motor oils of the 60s and 70s and the basic motor oils of the last 30 years. I did learn the company that advertises the most does not usually make the best of any product.
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The thing I learned about SOPUS products is that if it claims "Made from Natural Gas" on the container, then it's always GTL. Otherwise, it's subject to the API base oil substitution rules.
The two oils in the video, for all intents and purposes, will perform the same when used as intended. The Quaker State may sometimes be GTL, sometimes not. The Pennzoil will be GTL as long as it says on the bottle "Made from Natural Gas".
Lastly, each one of those uses a different additive package. I assume the Quaker State is a tiny bit cheaper to make.
The two oils in the video, for all intents and purposes, will perform the same when used as intended. The Quaker State may sometimes be GTL, sometimes not. The Pennzoil will be GTL as long as it says on the bottle "Made from Natural Gas".
Lastly, each one of those uses a different additive package. I assume the Quaker State is a tiny bit cheaper to make.
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Years ago I sent in a few used oil samples. Out of the oils I sent in QS gave me the best wear numbers. I didn't try PZ though. I'll assume it also would have had great numbers.
A safe assumption considering Blackstone has noted that they see no statistically significant difference in wear numbers for any oil they have tested.
It's not the right test for comparative wear analysis.
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Should have ran the platinum against the ultimate protection. Both good oils
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Sounds about right, for it was hundreds of years ago.
(per Google Search)....
The first oil had actually been discovered by Chinese in 600 B.C. and transported in pipelines made from bamboo. However, Colonel Drake's heralded discovery of oil in Pennsylvania in 1859 and the Spindletop discovery in Texas in 1901 set the stage for the new oil economy.
I was thinking the same thing!
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Quaker State Ultimate Protection should be tested against Pennzoil Ultra Platinum.
Quaker State (default) Synthetic should be tested against Pennzoil (default) Platinum.
That decries (much closer) opponent testing equalization.
Quaker State (default) Synthetic should be tested against Pennzoil (default) Platinum.
That decries (much closer) opponent testing equalization.
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That’s right. Every oil deserves a fair trial
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