Took a very long break. I am back and getting back up to speed. When I was last on, everyone was praising German Castrol. This forum is a great resource, but it's hard to get caught up on "basics." Thanks for the patience.
Various Mobil 1 formulas tested in HPL’s lab! Motor Oil Geek LSJr video
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Rumble strips is part of the road for her. She did call in tears the other day that she forgot to put her car in park at the grocery store when she got out and hit a new Mercedes. Or as she called it. “Her car rolled into a new car”. She’s my little girl and I love her more than life, but oof! Mind you she’s a female nurse practitioner, has a 3 yr old and is working on her doctorate. She just can’t drive. She’s stressed, sleep deprived, but none of this is new for her. I gave her my well used but extremely mint Volvo s60 T5 when she turned 16. There were many a mornings I sat drinking coffeee, tearing up while trying to find my rivet gun to sturdy some sort of body panel. As bad as all this sounds, she never actually had a reported accident. There just wasn’t a pothole she’d swerve for and wouldn’t slow for train tracks now matter how rough they were. If a car last for her, it should be on everyone’s short list.
I’ll catch you up.
:Hpl is the greatest oil ever made, every other oil is mud water, royal purple especially.
:Fram went to pot and purolator is still the worst filter ever made
:Car-quest premium and oreilley multiguard selects are now what fram was.
:Walmart is still awesome
:disagree with any of this and you’ll have to defend yourself with nasa level research and documentation.
:And raybestos elements were confirmed to be what I knew they were in a few thousand miles…a waste of money and labor.
:You’ll be told you need an oil analysis, yet most will argue that the companies who perform them are wrong.
I’m probably being a little hyperbolic but not by much.
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Don’t forget the Thick vs Thin debate has been resolved! Oh wait, that was a dream….
This one is my favorite.
Those are all pretty accurate. Good job.
It’s true. Most people on here use Blackstone and there are multiple instances conclusively showing they are are inaccurate in more than one area. Especially fuel dilution. People constantly proclaim that an oil has sheared when it’s impossible to determine what happened.
Who has the most accurate “fuel dilution” reporting? If such a thing even exists. That’s my real concern dealing with Midwest winters.
Any lab that uses a direct measurement method such as a gas chromatograph will be a good step in the right direction.
Ha that's pretty good. Yeah coming back here after years away was interesting. HPL didn't exist. No more German Castrol talk (except wistfully). M1 wasn't extremely popular as far as I can recall.
Took me a bit to get caught up on the Premium Guard business. Everyone talks about PG filters, but when you Google it, you find the manufacturer. Fortunately got that sorted and bought Carquest Premium.
You left off the one oil to rule them all: M1 EP! Or maybe it's now M1 ESP... But only the 0W-30 formula, apparently, if I understand correctly.
GC was the, uh, you know what. Don't believe it? Ask Pscolte and the elves. HPL can only HOPE to aspire to that level of goodness
.I never got the chance to use it. It was kind of on its way out when I was last active here, getting harder to find.GC was the, uh, you know what. Don't believe it? Ask Pscolte and the elves. HPL can only HOPE to aspire to that level of goodness
What made it so great again?? Held its viscosity??
That, had a healthy dose of Ketjenlube oligomer, was green, and smelled like Gummi bears. Also made sane men (and women) search far and wide to every Autozone in the country for it, instituted great argument over deciphering batch numbers, and caused psychiatric level hoarding. Rumor has it some even had huge letter "GC" jewelry necklaces custom made, ala Beastie Boys style, and wore them in public. Never have 2 simple letters, put together and referenced to motor oil, created so much reverence. Doubt HPL can bottle THAT
.You forgot the Auto-Rx era!
So if you have a naturally aspirated, port fuel injected production engine that despite good maintenance still has occasional lifter collapse and sticking in addition to needle bearings in the rocker arms failing I am wondering what 0W or 5W 40 to go with. Seeming like it is a boundary layer related issue with needle bearings seizing and lifter plungers sticking, I’m thinking that anti-wear additives may need consideration. I don’t plan on going any further than 3-4k street & offroad high load/low rpm miles on oil changes until I start testing the oil.
Is there more information or resources I need to look at?
Is there more information or resources I need to look at?
The latest 6.2 recall by GM recommends switching from 0W20 to mobil1 0W40. Lake Speed Junior just released a video a few hours ago explaining why.
I saw that but my concern isn’t the hydrodynamic protection for the main and rod bearings but the boundary layer protection in the valvetrain especially at cold startup when the vehicle has sat a couple of days. Just looking for that additional protection in that situation to add to my lowering the oil change interval given I’ve got 5k in parts and labor I’m paying for to replace all the cams, lifters (the culprit), all phasers, all rockers, and oil control valves at 106k miles after using name brand full syn’s and 5-7k mile oil changes with quality filters. Some have failed people with under 20k miles but there’s no tsb or recall as I guess it hasn’t reached a high enough failure percentage of total production.
It would be nice to find the best option that’s available in stores around the country also as I travel a lot. That’s said, if it’s not the best option and I have to order it, that’s fine too.
Don’t forget Castrol Magnatec and it’s intelligent molecules ( I did like that oil though) .
I can say I’m not his fan. You and I don’t always agree but I love your videos; as you are way more educational to my mechanics kind. Least I learn a lot from you. LS JR I can’t say same.Fantastic content by LSJR. Smash the like and subscribe to "line his pockets"
Interesting on the truck/SUV formula.
Also Interesting that the BITOG fave 0W40 isn't so great and shears out of grade (what I saw when I used it...its not always fuel) vs. the ESP and Porsche flavors. I know that's what I'd try if I went away from HPL based on this video. Would have loved to see the HPL Euro 5W40 in there for reference with the tests he does.
