Originally Posted By: Pablo
Jag - did you try the new DEO 5W-40?
No but I have considered it. I'm a little turned off by using HDEOs in gas engines now. It may be human weakness...painting broad strokes based on experiences when they should be thin.
Originally Posted By: BobFout
JAG, have you tried Redline? Or D1 ESP 5w40? Maybe give Schaeffer S9000 a trt>
Yes to Red Line. After my bad TDT experience and my ever-present varnish battle, I have begun using some Red Line for its high ester content which acts as a better solvent for varnish than Groups III and IV. So far I'm pleased but I have been to afraid to go 5K miles again to get a more direct comparison to the TDT "failure". I also scored on a Target sale of M1 15W-50 EP for an amazingly low price of $1.79/qt. which I could not pass up. So I've started blending that with Red Line 5W-30 and a little Synpower 5W-20 (don't ask why...no great reason other than wanting a thinning oil) to get a ~14 cst viscosity at 100C. Happily, the engine has never started and run so smoothly in its 120K mile life! The improvement in startup sounds and smoothness is is blatantly obvious so you can take this to the bank. When my ghetto stash runs out, I'll need something else to use. Pep Boys has begun selling M1 5W-40 ESP Formula M and 5W-30 ESP Formula for $6.99 qt. which meet some uber-rigorous oil specs so they are on my mind. They are not great for winning high-ending TBN battles but my VW ruins oils via deposit problems before the TBN is too low anyways.
D1 ESP is too expensive and I expect some similarity to M1 5W-40 TDT CJ-4.
Schaeffers 9000 5W-40 has shown too many high lead UOAs for me to try it.
Jag - did you try the new DEO 5W-40?
No but I have considered it. I'm a little turned off by using HDEOs in gas engines now. It may be human weakness...painting broad strokes based on experiences when they should be thin.
Originally Posted By: BobFout
JAG, have you tried Redline? Or D1 ESP 5w40? Maybe give Schaeffer S9000 a trt>
Yes to Red Line. After my bad TDT experience and my ever-present varnish battle, I have begun using some Red Line for its high ester content which acts as a better solvent for varnish than Groups III and IV. So far I'm pleased but I have been to afraid to go 5K miles again to get a more direct comparison to the TDT "failure". I also scored on a Target sale of M1 15W-50 EP for an amazingly low price of $1.79/qt. which I could not pass up. So I've started blending that with Red Line 5W-30 and a little Synpower 5W-20 (don't ask why...no great reason other than wanting a thinning oil) to get a ~14 cst viscosity at 100C. Happily, the engine has never started and run so smoothly in its 120K mile life! The improvement in startup sounds and smoothness is is blatantly obvious so you can take this to the bank. When my ghetto stash runs out, I'll need something else to use. Pep Boys has begun selling M1 5W-40 ESP Formula M and 5W-30 ESP Formula for $6.99 qt. which meet some uber-rigorous oil specs so they are on my mind. They are not great for winning high-ending TBN battles but my VW ruins oils via deposit problems before the TBN is too low anyways.
D1 ESP is too expensive and I expect some similarity to M1 5W-40 TDT CJ-4.
Schaeffers 9000 5W-40 has shown too many high lead UOAs for me to try it.