Which Oil is Better?

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Since you're in a warm climate...the VFS 5W30 claims an HTHS of 3.2 while the Magnatec 5W30 only says 2.9 minimum.
Therefore, the VFS is better.
Case closed.
 
Originally Posted By: 4WD
Personally having seen Magnatec go thick in just 4K … Valvoline for me …


Agreed; plus, Valvoline wasn't involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident. Castrol/BP was.
 
Better is pretty subjective and broad category. I would use which ever one you prefer or flip a coin, or even save a few bucks and just go with regular dino oil as long as it is the proper weight and has the starburst and save a few bucks. Even the engineers at Blackstone Labs state on their own FAQ that they generally use regular petroleum-based oil because it works just as well. But if you want smarter oil, Magnatec wins hands down as it has those "intelligent molecules". LOL!
 
If it meets the oil spec in your owners manual it will be fine. Buy name brand oil at regular stores like Walmart or NAPA. Forget oil at dollar stores.

Synthetic is better but more $$.
 
Originally Posted By: Trav
Originally Posted By: JLTD

Agreed; plus, Valvoline wasn't involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident. Castrol/BP was.


Exxon had the Valdez incident and Ashland (Valvoline) had this little thing also.

http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/ashland-oil-tank-collapse-1988/


I recall that Valvoline accident, I attended West Virginia University so it hit close to home. Seems like there was a lack of regulation for those tanks in the 80s.

Valvoline didn't intentionally violate anything...unlike BP, which ignored safety protocols and skipped required testing.
Exxon Valdez was the negligence of one drunk man.
 
They are both really good oils.
I have used both and have no preference
Unless one is on sale and I tend to like it more that particular day
 
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.

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In September 1988, Ashland was indicted by a federal grand jury for negligently discharging oil into the Monongahela River in violation of the Clean Water Act. Ashland faced $32.5 million in assorted fines and settlements, including: $14 million for damages, expenses, and civil penalties (including $4.6 million in costs and civil penalties to the state of Pennsylvania); $11 million for cleanup; $5.25 million in attorneys’ fees; and $2.25 million for a Federal criminal fine for negligence in the spill. The Ashland spill, according to Mary Ellen Bolish of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, speaking at the time of the incident, “could have been prevented if the tank had been inspected.” She added that the Ashland tank failure was “the huge one,” but that smaller such incidents were then occurring “all over the state.”
 
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Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.



Legislation is often written in blood, or in this case, oil. Ashland had a responsibility to make sure the tanks were safe. Apparently they didn't, so it was neglect, they paid fines and legislation was put into effect to help stop that sort of failure in the future. BP told the drillers not to perform tests and intentionally interfered with their own safeguards. Guess it's not completely different, but different enough for me to have a bias, ludicrous or not. The worst thing here is that the entire industry is involved with the same sort of shenanigans.

Enough of that....going back to the discussion of oil, I've found that most Castrol, as mentioned by an earlier poster, thickens quickly compared to other oils. That's enough for me to avoid it in favor of something else that stays in grade for a reasonable (aka longer) time. At one time I used Castrol but no more; however in all fairness I haven't tried Edge - and likely won't.
 
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