Supertech and other value point oils

[rstcso]

I'm jealous of all this talk about how smelly things are. Several years before the pandemic, I had a bad sinus infection and lost my sense of smell. It never returned. Even when cooking bacon, I have a sense of the bacon smell, but can't really smell it.

On the upside, picking up the dogs' poop on our morning walks is no biggy, although if my wife is with us, I have to walk quite a ways behind her.

 

[rondhol]

As long as the Supertech, Kirkland, Amazon basic oil has the same spec or approval, they are more less the same with the enxpensive oil. I feel pitty to people who overspent on overprice engine oil that mainly marketing, not measurable scientific data.

The difference between super expensive PAO oil and HC synthetic maybe observed if one do 40k miles OCI. With 10-20k OCI, I think there will be no difference.

I used Supertech for more than a decade, it works perfectly. I did 5-8k miles OCI.

 

[rondhol]

Marvel Mystery Oil! Been using it for years off and on in my fuel system it smells wonderful. But aside from the smell it actually does a good job of cleaning

Smell is personal, but Marvel is great as movies, not oil additives. Any oil additives only makes the engine oil worse. Change the balance, dilute the optimum ratio, etc. Just waste of money and make things worse

 

[tired]

As long as the Supertech, Kirkland, Amazon basic oil has the same spec or approval, they are more less the same with the enxpensive oil. I feel pitty to people who overspent on overprice engine oil that mainly marketing, not measurable scientific data.

The difference between super expensive PAO oil and HC synthetic maybe observed if one do 40k miles OCI. With 10-20k OCI, I think there will be no difference.

I used Supertech for more than a decade, it works perfectly. I did 5-8k miles OCI.

I'm glad you have had a good experience with low end oils. Not everyone does. I literally just posted a list a few posts above this of people who used high quality oils and still burned oil. You can't make blanket statements like that. Glad it's worked for you, but depending on your engine and how you drive, you won't have the same experience.

 

[sycamore]

I'm glad you have had a good experience with low end oils. Not everyone does. I literally just posted a list a few posts above this of people who used high quality oils and still burned oil. You can't make blanket statements like that. Glad it's worked for you, but depending on your engine and how you drive, you won't have the same experience.

I’m not sure I’m following your argument. If they’re burning oil with top-shelf oil at low OCIs then it sounds like it would have happened regardless of the quality of the base stocks. You shouldn’t notice a difference between Super Tech and a boutique oil at a low OCI, at least for most applications.

 

[tired]

I’m not sure I’m following your argument. If they’re burning oil with top-shelf oil at low OCIs then it sounds like it would have happened regardless of the quality of the base stocks. You shouldn’t notice a difference between Super Tech and a boutique oil at a low OCI, at least for most applications.

Well for a few examples (Subarus), these engines are known not to burn on boutiques. But burned on Valvoline EP and M1 EP. Experiment ongoing to see if it burns on M1 ESP but results promising so far.

 

[rondhol]

All group III or HC synthetic oil are more less the same if they are indeed certified API SP, regardless brands. If you want higher standard, any brands with actual Dexos1gen3 approval are good. I can say sometimes better than Amsoil or Redline with the same approval. Boutique oil are just rip off unless for specific applications like racing or brake in oil.
There is no reason to spend more but get less, just like what Lake Speed shows with Lab data. Supertech Dexos1g3 is better than Amsoil and Redline with the same spec.
I believe Science not Speculation and Marketing. Just big name does not mean bring a good deal

 

[tired]

All group III or HC synthetic oil are more less the same if they are indeed certified API SP, regardless brands. If you want higher standard, any brands with actual Dexos1gen3 approval are good. I can say sometimes better than Amsoil or Redline with the same approval. Boutique oil are just rip off unless for specific applications like racing or brake in oil.
There is no reason to spend more but get less, just like what Lake Speed shows with Lab data. Supertech Dexos1g3 is better than Amsoil and Redline with the same spec.
I believe Science not Speculation and Marketing. Just big name does not mean bring a good deal

LSJ's tests have been rehashed here so many times. If you think that 3 rips on a dyno and a $30 UOA is sufficient to make comparisons about the quality of an oil, then I'm sorry I don't know what to tell you. Enjoy your Napa synthetic. And Dexos is not a very strict approval either.