Originally Posted by dogememe
Originally Posted by Mr_Luke
Originally Posted by dogememe
Didn't have any trouble when using Havoline in the past in various vehicles back when it was on clearance at O'Reilly.
However, when I put Pennzoil in a 1983 Chevy truck that I bought for $700 that had been sitting in a field for 15 years I did hear some engine noise so Pennzoil must be a terrible oil. ...‚
My car didn't sit in a field for 15 years, or is it a 36 year old Chevy truck.
You're comparing apples to oranges.
Some of you people have a low tolerance for people who have experiences other than the experiences you had yourself.
I totally wasn't trying to be rude... just poking fun, because every single "ABC oil makes more/less noise in my XYZ car" thread on here sort of goes down the same path of a bunch of people saying things like "that's impossible" "I didn't have the same experience" "I had the exact same experience" just a bunch of anecdotal evidence.
I myself made a thread recently that Castrol Magnatec (an oil many people on here consider "quiet") did NOT make my 2010 Ford Escape 2.5 which has a rather noisy engine any quieter. That doesn't mean my engine is going to blow up... I've owned this car for about 2 years and do about 30K miles/year and it's sounded exactly the same the whole time.
Off the top of my head in this Ford I have run Motorcraft Syn Blend 5W-20, Valvoline Synthetic 5W-30, Royal Purple Synthetic 5W-30, Castrol Edge Extended Performance Synthetic 5W-30, Valvoline Conventional 5W-20, Castrol Magnatec Synthetic 5W-20... I did find the Motorcraft oil that was in it when I bought it used from the Ford dealer to be noisy but honestly it totally could have been a placebo effect that when I changed it to something else, it got quieter. I didn't sit here with a professional grade dB Meter and test the noise.
Your post makes so much sense its scary to hear for some on BITOG!