Do M1, Pennzoil, and Castrol make OPE-specific 4-stroke oils and oils for hydrostatic transmissions? I donāt think Iāve seen any, so those brands canāt even enter into the conversation.So this HPL is the newest best thing huh? What about quality M1 and Pennzoil Castrol lets not forget these oils
A well-maintained engine will live a long, happy life on most oils. Iāve gotten a Lexus to nearly 300K on Chevron, Castrol, Pennzoil and Mobil.Nothing wrong with Mobil 1, Castrol or Pennzoil. They are good oils.
The newest best thing that you can do is change your oil at decent intervals no matter which oil you choose to runfan boys might disagree though.
I got a family members Toyota Avalon sitting in the driveway with 280,000 original miles on a known sludge monster engine the 1MZ-FE that ran Mobil 1 most of it's life, I drive it from time to time and id trust it to go anywhere.
Bitog members are not the average person!
Where did I bash anyone trying these oils? unless I am losing my mind which is very possible I could of sworn that I said in other threads that I would consider HPL with future plans for my S10, and in this thread I mentioned if they will be bringing a high mileage 5w30 option to the table because that could be holding some people back including myself from using HPL.
Do they offer a synthetic 2-stroke oil? HmmmWell, they finally came today after just a few days after discussing the idea with @High Performance Lubricants!
These were born of a want to have full HPL across the household, and the last thing on the list was my zero-turn, an Ariens 60ā with the Kawasaki FR730V and Hydrogear 3200 hydrostats. Let me start off by saying, my mower has had full Amsoil fluids for 130 of its 137 hours with no issues.
Dave & team whipped up a 10w40 with extra antioxidants & protection for the high heat, long storage time, and the 20w50 is called āTractor Lifeā and is made to keep the hydrostats happy. I told Dave he should make some stickers with the HPL name over the āTractor Lifeā brand, and then stick a silhouette of an old Case tractor on there!
Not expecting any huge differences obviously, but looking to streamline my shelf stock and continue great protection. If youāre in the same boat as me, you can now run full HPL in everything!
@High Performance Lubricants can you please add some info on the oils since thereās not even a product info page yet? Thanks again!!View attachment 168198
I figured I would give Dave a few days before asking him to make a new product line againā¦
Just like Iām satisfied with 2-day shipping when I order Amsoil, I consider the 2-day (this time was actually next day somehow!) shipping from HPL to be āshelf stockā. If Iām not organized enough to know I need to do maintenance at least 2 days in advance, well, shame on me.
I have a VOA of the hydro 20w50 I am currently running my SCAG
Is it posted (HPL or Amsoil)? Thanks for LMK.
It's the Amsoil I'll dig it up.
Called it
Iām going to go out on a limb and say your hydros would much prefer a good 20w50 than an obviously high dose of VIIs, considering the hydros are literally submerged in the oil and shouldnāt have any problem pumping it. They are going to spend a huge percentage of their running lives at operating temps, not where a 5w would be needed. Your Tuff Torqs canāt be that significantly different than my Hydro-Gears that theyād actually ārequireā a 5w. Any hydrostatic transmission experts here to help on this topic?
Iām running HPL 5W-30 in a Prius. Wayyy, way overkill for that car but Iām seeing an improvement in oil consumption and itāa cleaning up a good bit of sludge from the engine. Iām kinda on the fence about continuing on with it when I run out - mostly because of price.
