synthetic oil question

[SargeGTO]

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thats OK, i believe you 06 - the pp had to of helped the fuel filter. i changed my oil a few weeks ago, the tire pressure jumped up 10 psi and the chips on my hood have disapeared. im not even running synthetic yet, no way - not untill the magical 30,000 mile mark per your recc. then i guess ill settle down and tie the knot with some syn. and head to the streets to race with my added 10+(at least)
horsepower. when i rev on the guy next to me he'll know not to mess as my motor will be way too free reving for anything he'll be running.

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Well there are oil that specialize in free -revving. PP is the only thing I trust to rev decent and protect. The others are just one trick ponies if UOAs are any indication. Again people get so consumed with envy that they cannot even read what I wrote. The oblivious.

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I am dumbfounded. And I thought I had read it all on the internet. Oh well....back to surfing..........

 

[farrarfan1]

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how does mobile 1 compare to pennzoil platinum? better? the same? the price is about the same and i was thinking mobile 1 might have a better name... dunno

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Just drop some in and test it out. PP quieted my noisy fuel pump by atleast 50% if not more and evened out my gas needle which was broke up top meaning it would get stuck at way past full when you fill it up for like 50 miles then drop down 3 marks all of a sudden. Believe it or not, the PP slowed the drop down to where it touches all the marks and gets stuck for less time up top (still get stuck which now is a good thing) Also the noisy fuel pump, well before you could hear it outside the minute you walk out but now its not as priminent to the point where you have to bend down and really loko to hear it. Now, the question is would M1 do the same thing and again, I would have to try it out to see. All I know is PP is really well tested. Look and click on the link below. I gave it a try and it has helped in areas other then revving and FE. I might try M1 to see if it can help me in those areas in the future. Oh, one other thing I reported was that PP feels heavier and that might have helped the low end torque a bit when just lugging around town. I still feel that way because this heaviness I feel down low does help with take offs. Everything else was maintained from the MC I came off of like highway king speeds/rpms and spirited driving when your RPMs stay at 2000 rpms and above. You gotta know I cruise around down at 1500-1700 rpms so it's real low until you want to start competing which starts at 2000 rpms.. as far as protection, I have UOAs here and the fact that it feels heavier down low just makes it feel like it is protecting real good..you just gotta try the oil to see.. i would have never guessed it would help me with noisy fuel pump and gas needle but it did and that made it more worthwhile then just the better low end grunt (did NOT change gearing, just made it better) and protection..hope that helps..

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Unless you added Pennzoil Platinum to the fuel tank I don't understand how it made the fuel pump quieter or altered how the fuel gauge displayed. It must have magic properties.

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All I can tell you is before PP, I had a broke gas needle and noisy fuel pump and after putting PP in, I don't. I know how poeple can be incredulous but I am not in the business of making stuff up and I wouldn't even been able to conceive such a thing so it's totally beyond me and totally factual. Only a lawyer from Newyork who moonlights as a Taliban expert can convince you the oil didn't do it if the oil was the only variable and the only thing that changed. I have had this car for almost 30 thousand miles and for 29,999, I had a broke needle and extremely noisy fuel pump and now I don't. You gonna tell me that the oil didn't have anything to do with it when it did? Again, there is no way these things can be some freak coincidence given the above scenario. I'm satisfied but that doesn't mean I won't try another oil ever again. Since my racing has subsided, I am looking for a marriage and not a fling and I think PP might be it.

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Are none of the moderators or administrators concerned about this kind of nonsense?

 

[Ramblin Fever]

The fuel pump issue & change of oil are PURELY coincidental, nothing more, nothing less.

There is NO way you're trying PP caused your fuel pump to magically heal itself.

If you'd have come on and said you tried a different gas station or grade of gas for a few weeks and noticed a change in fuel pump - I'd be inclined to believe you and accept it.

But, unless you have a major issue somewhere in that engine, irregardless what oil you use, it will not make a difference in the fuel pump or gas gauge needle.

There is nothing more special about PP then most any other Group III oil, period. Pick one, and go with it, or try another, that's fine too, but don't make claims that oil will miraculously fix fuel pump issues.

There are a LOT of young readers who come to this board looking for advise, probably many that have just bought their first cars - let's NOT lead them on a complete erronious informative path by thinking that you MUST be putting the PP in the gas tank.

 

[turbomazda]

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thats OK, i believe you 06 - the pp had to of helped the fuel filter. i changed my oil a few weeks ago, the tire pressure jumped up 10 psi and the chips on my hood have disapeared. im not even running synthetic yet, no way - not untill the magical 30,000 mile mark per your recc. then i guess ill settle down and tie the knot with some syn. and head to the streets to race with my added 10+(at least)
horsepower. when i rev on the guy next to me he'll know not to mess as my motor will be way too free reving for anything he'll be running.

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Well there are oil that specialize in free -revving. PP is the only thing I trust to rev decent and protect. The others are just one trick ponies if UOAs are any indication. Again people get so consumed with envy that they cannot even read what I wrote. The oblivious.

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I am dumbfounded. And I thought I had read it all on the internet. Oh well....back to surfing..........

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nice monitor - is it a 17". personally i wont settle for anything but a 17" , my downloads are so fast with them it'll make your head spin. kinda like PP

 

[cmhj]

GEZUS

 

[jfranks314]

I haven't laughed this hard in a awhile. I'm going to get my wife to see it too...

 

[jayno20]

Well anyway, can anyone give me any reasons to assume mobile 1 might be better? or is it more so a "try and see" kind of deal?

 

[Squishy]

mechtech2 and Pablo covered the main reasons for synthetic motor oil. As for using Mobil 1 over any other brand, it's more or less something that's specific to your engine. You might know of a design quirk with your engine that would benefit from a certain additive, or you just get better UOAs with a specific brand of motor oil. Some engines get equally good UOAs with any (non-shady) brand of synthetic.

EDIT: Just wanted to add that motor oil colour or butt-dyno "feelings" aren't really good reasons to choose one oil over another. You could browse the UOA section of this site for engines similar to yours, and see how other oils have fared in the past.

 

[ekpolk]

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. . .Are none of the moderators or administrators concerned about this kind of nonsense?

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Yes, we are.