Does anyone know the website to this oil. I would like to do some research on this and I always like visiting their websites to gather information just as much as people to people knowledge. If quakerstate makes it they sure don't like to tell anyone. Its not metioned on their website.
Q Heat Activated Synthetic.
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They have gone pretty far on changing the bottles and putting out cool commercials. Huh. I thought they had a new revamped website. Its been awhile since I saw a commercials from them.
Here's the website - it's separate from the main QS website.
http://www.qpower.com/
I'm on dial-up, so it's kinda lame to have to wait for the video & music to load!
http://www.qpower.com/
I'm on dial-up, so it's kinda lame to have to wait for the video & music to load!
Seems like marketing puke to me. Talk about BS!
BTW I think the oil might actually be pretty good.........
BTW I think the oil might actually be pretty good.........
The one thing I've always liked about QS synthetics is the clear bottles. Castrol should have done that with GC.
Honestly, I think that if Castrol would have sold GC in clear bottles, they would have gone bankrupt! The 98%-of-the-motor-oil-buying-population-that-doesn't-know-anything-about-motor-oil would have seen a green liquid next to all the other choices that are the familiar amber/brown color, and would think "No way I'm buying that stuff! It must be a gimmick or no good!"
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Buy some please! I'd like to see some Virgin & Used Oil analysis on this brand. My buddy swears by it (conventional) in his bought-new 1994 Dodge Neon with 200K on it - with no engine work.
I believe "heat activated" is marketing-ease for "some additives don't work until the oil is hot". I.e., just like every other oil out there.
That's interesting about the green oil aversion, especially coming from a wrench turner.
Ask him if he ever used Kendall GT-1 when it was green. We all thought it was cool, and the oil was renowned. Then again, maybe he's too young and associates all good oil with Arnold Palmer.
Green, tan, black . . . they all wind up the same color eventually anyway.
Ask him if he ever used Kendall GT-1 when it was green. We all thought it was cool, and the oil was renowned. Then again, maybe he's too young and associates all good oil with Arnold Palmer.
Green, tan, black . . . they all wind up the same color eventually anyway.
GC in clear bottles would lead to many many law suites against castrol due to people putting oil in there cooling systems
But he would probably have no problem with Royal Purple? I guess since purple is in it's name, it is OK. Maybe if they called it Kendal Green it would have been OK?
The 17.5W-35 15W-50 and 0w-5 racing oils look interesting.
The 17.5W-35 has a HTHS of 3.91 and the 15w-50 is 4.84. These should show low wear numbers.
Why not a 7.5W-27.5 ?
http://www.pzlqs.com/Tech/Pdsheet/QuakerState/EngineOils/pdf/QRacingEngineOils.PDF
The 17.5W-35 has a HTHS of 3.91 and the 15w-50 is 4.84. These should show low wear numbers.
Why not a 7.5W-27.5 ?
http://www.pzlqs.com/Tech/Pdsheet/QuakerState/EngineOils/pdf/QRacingEngineOils.PDF
Check out that 0w5 HTHS of 1.38
JohnBrowning would have a mental breakdown if he saw the specs on this "racing" oil.
On the other hand, Dr AEHaas would probably cream his jeans.
On the other hand, Dr AEHaas would probably cream his jeans.
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Hmmm....but let's ponder this 0w-5 weight oil here a bit ..
It would appear that one only needs to manipulate the temp of this, fine, thin fluid to about 150-175°F and it won't violate the visc of the heavier fluids at their HT/HS temp. Since it won't be anywhere near that temp ..it's own HT/HS number isn't a factor.
Hence this should be perfectly suitable for street use. It will also cool your engine much better ..which will raise it's apparent viscosity even higher. If you can operate @ 302°F with a 50 weight ..then you can use this oil @ 150-175°F.
Imagine the savings!!
Okay! Who's first? (hint, even crazy Gary isn't jumping up and down at the chance here ..hmmm then again..)
It would appear that one only needs to manipulate the temp of this, fine, thin fluid to about 150-175°F and it won't violate the visc of the heavier fluids at their HT/HS temp. Since it won't be anywhere near that temp ..it's own HT/HS number isn't a factor.
Hence this should be perfectly suitable for street use. It will also cool your engine much better ..which will raise it's apparent viscosity even higher. If you can operate @ 302°F with a 50 weight ..then you can use this oil @ 150-175°F.
Imagine the savings!!
Okay! Who's first? (hint, even crazy Gary isn't jumping up and down at the chance here ..hmmm then again..)
Q RACING™ 0W-5 is for teams or individuals who are purposefully designing engines to take advantage of an extremely low viscosity oil. Given the extremely low viscosity of this product, a professional engine builder should be consulted to ensure that the engine will tolerate this low viscosity and will benefit from this oil’s frictional properties.
What would they do to design an engine to use this weight oil?
What would they do to design an engine to use this weight oil?
I would think you would have to measure it's absolute viscosity using the same method as they measure the HTHS, only at a different temperature for that analogy to hold.
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Extreme volume.
Can you elaborate? I don't see the chart having any special index for HT/HS. The chart just plots visc @ temp. It shouldn't matter to me if any of these oils have a 3.5 or 5.6 ..or .022 HT/HS.
I mean ..just looking at the chart ..and never having an HT/HS spec ever being created ..I should be able to operate this oil @ 150-175 ..IF I can run the heavier oils @ 300-325. This assumes, naturally, that you can successfully maintain a functional engine at that viscosity at all ..regardless of oil temp.
My only reference to HT/HS was the temp that it's measured at ..which I believe is 150C/302F.
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