Not looking for the frankenblends we've all (or many of us) have used as top up, just to complete the OCI, or just to get rid of surplus oils that are brewed only to get rid of them because there's not enough of one to do a full OC on.
I will begin by stating that I'm running straight PP right now, but have debated (presently or in the recent past), among other things:
- adding a quart or two, one grade higher of the same brand and name of oil, to thicken it and possibly reduce consumption, without jumping completely out of the OEM spec'd 30 weight to a 40 weight.
- mixing synthetic and dino of the same brand and viscosity, in a 75% dino to 25% syn ratio. This is because its much cheaper than buying a syn blend here, and the idea is to keep the price closer to dino while (maybe) getting some of the benefits of synthetic.
- mixing dino with an HM oil of same brand and viscosity. Similar idea to above: HM oils are one and half to two and a half times the price of dino (depending on the sales), but in either a 50-50 ratio or only 25% HM. As above, idea is to keep the price closer to dino while introducing seal swelling and conditioning agents in HM oil.
- mixing a quart of Redline with my synthetic in my sig. PP has almost no moly, while Redline is loaded with it. Idea was to up the moly count (I like moly), but again keep cost down. Two quarts of Redline costs more than almost 5 quarts of PP here.
Like to see some custom blends posted, past or present, and how they worked out for you.
-Spyder
I will begin by stating that I'm running straight PP right now, but have debated (presently or in the recent past), among other things:
- adding a quart or two, one grade higher of the same brand and name of oil, to thicken it and possibly reduce consumption, without jumping completely out of the OEM spec'd 30 weight to a 40 weight.
- mixing synthetic and dino of the same brand and viscosity, in a 75% dino to 25% syn ratio. This is because its much cheaper than buying a syn blend here, and the idea is to keep the price closer to dino while (maybe) getting some of the benefits of synthetic.
- mixing dino with an HM oil of same brand and viscosity. Similar idea to above: HM oils are one and half to two and a half times the price of dino (depending on the sales), but in either a 50-50 ratio or only 25% HM. As above, idea is to keep the price closer to dino while introducing seal swelling and conditioning agents in HM oil.
- mixing a quart of Redline with my synthetic in my sig. PP has almost no moly, while Redline is loaded with it. Idea was to up the moly count (I like moly), but again keep cost down. Two quarts of Redline costs more than almost 5 quarts of PP here.
Like to see some custom blends posted, past or present, and how they worked out for you.
-Spyder
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