Red Line 100% polyol ester

[mf150]

Hi-

Just got of the Red Line site. They state that:

"Rather than cutting costs by blending into polyalphaolefin base stock for its motor oil, Red Line Oil only uses superior poly ester-based products."

Just went against my assumption that there were PAOs blended in the formula.

fyi: www.redlineoil.com

 

[Steve S]

Redline did a real nice job on their website. Their video is interesting but the oxygen thing I didn't understand' as chem 101 is all I know and that was years ago,most of it is gone. I thought oxygen causes corrosion.

 

[buster]

RL oils are not 100% POE. I received an email and spoke with Dave G. and they confirmed that the primary basestock is POE but their is a small % of PAO. Where as the other oils are predominately PAO with small POE.

 

[Road Rage]

Oxygen is one of the most reactive elements in the Universe - it of course does cause corrosion. I have idea what RL is saying in the conext here, but will check.

POE's can affects eals, so I would imagine there is ome oil or additive components that addresses. Same thing for PAO's - they alsmost always have some PEO to counteract their seal effects.

 

[mf150]

I spoke with Dave, too, but he wasn't able to talk about the formulation. He's tight lipped about that, so I'm impressed that you got that out of him!

 

[mf150]

Just spoke with him again, and he said that there was no Need for PAOs to compensate for seals with the POE basestock. The basestock is POE, but he did state that there is an additives package that they cannot discuss.

PS-sidenote- The Red Line Water Wetter leaves a precipitate with certain coolants. He said that this precipitate is not harmful to teh coolant system and does not affect coolant life...it's just ugly.

Dave's a cool guy.

 

[pitzel]

Isn't POE somewhat hydroscopic? Sounds like it would make a good racing oil for its high temperature properties (hence the Redline marketing material), but have a number of downsides as well in a daily driver.

 

[mf150]

They have a race oil line, but the street motor oil has an additive package that makes it okay for use on the street.

 

[Geoff]

If the ester content is true seems like you could follow with a "rinse" of dino oil to pull out the deposits like Auto-RX.

 

[buster]

I wish I saved the email but I'll quote what Dave said to me. "The primary basestock is polyolester." I believe he mentioned PAO but I'm not sure so I can't quote that. Keyword is primary. It might not use any PAO but it migh use just a little then again additive might compensate for it.

 

[mf150]

I should take a trip across the bay and visit him to get some strightforward answers...LOL.