Lucky_Stryke

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/30/26 at 7:25 pm to Clames

There’s no way I’d run a 10k mile intervals with any oil. Maybe amsoil out to 6-7k.

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Glyphosate absorbs through leaves and inhibits ability to take up nutrients

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re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/30/26 at 2:34 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

When you have time the one I posted that tested the oils is very very interesting!

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re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/30/26 at 9:35 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

I agree somewhat with your post. The most important thing is changing oil on time for sure. However not all oil that meets say gf7 are the same. They have different detergents and additive packages as well as different groups of base oils. To my knowledge there is 5 different base groups ranging from conventional to high performance specific applications. Some are pao some are pao/ester blends and etc.
When you see an oil that has an api gf7 seal that means it just meets the minimum standard required and some go above the minimum requirement

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/30/26 at 7:31 am to Lucky_Stryke

And another one where Amsoil, Ultra Platinum, Mobil1 truck and suv, HPL, Liquid Moly and Ravenol were all tested in the most robust scientific way ive seen yet.
LINK

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/30/26 at 7:14 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

For those interested I found a pretty good video where a guy cuts open his oil filter after a round of Valvoline restore and protect and its essentially clogged with sludge the oil cleaned from the engine. There are many videos showing cleaning power in the engine but this one showed it in the ffilter what it removes so i thought it was interesting

LINK

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re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/28/26 at 5:23 pm to good_2_geaux

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This thread has sent me down a rabbit hole. I’m really intrigued with the Valvoline restore and protect product

There are some amazing videos on YouTube that show actual results. It’s pretty amazing really. It’s the only “cleaning oil” that has proven to clean piston rings. That’s a pretty big deal as that reduces oil consumption and fuel dilution. It’s also show to provide great protection to the point where some people have decided to use it from henceforth

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/28/26 at 5:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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What makes amsoil so great

It’s has shown many times in used oil analysis to consistently perform better numbers than many other top quality oil.

They use a higher quality base oil as well as additive and detergent packages hence why the price difference

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/28/26 at 2:35 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

I’m not sure but probably 0w20 for fuel economy purposes. As I mentioned earlier most of the oil specs are only to meet cafe requirements in the us and not for protection purposes. Most of the time the same engine in other countries spec 5w30 or similar

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/28/26 at 12:54 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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I would think it would be excellent for a direct injected turbocharged pickup engine as well

The ESP is under their European line but is readily available at Walmart. It has many European certifications 0w30 specifically has Mercedes Bens MB-Approval 229.31 MB-Approval 229.51 MB-Approval 229.52, Porsche C30, VW 504 00, VW 507 00.

Meets or exceeds tests for ACEA C3 and API SQ Engine Test Requirements

Other weights offer slightly different approvals but they make a 0w40 esp as well.

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/28/26 at 9:12 am to Koolazzkat

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Ford eco boost engine. What oil and how often?

Id probably do Mobil1 ESP 0w30as top choice. It has high HTHS stability which is great for turbos. After that Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w30.

Carquest premium oil filter with service intervals of 5k miles. If youre worried about cleaning engine do a few rounds of valvoline restore and protect 5w30 then ESP

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/27/26 at 4:31 pm to iwyLSUiwy

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Got a link to where to do this?

Speed diagnostics or Polaris laboratories is where I’d send it. Don’t use blackstone as I’ve heard how they measure fuel dilution is incorrect

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/27/26 at 2:41 pm to iwyLSUiwy

I cringe at 10k miles service with Toyota oil and filters. You typically won’t see any issues to 100-150k miles from them. (Not every time though obviously). If your running amsoil with high end oil filter then I could see stretching out to maybe 7-8k but I’d send in a sample for analysis to make sure it’s still in grade and wear metals.

Ultra platinum and esp are still 30 bucks and under for 5 quart jugs. So I don’t see a reason not to stick to 5k intervals with these oils vs running the risk for 10k miles service for 50 bucks or less including filter on a lot of circumstances

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/27/26 at 2:35 pm to jasonbr1975

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And 2nd most important is to be consistent with brand and type/viscosity.

This does have some validity. If you constantly swap around there is always remnants from previous oil that gets mixed in. So if you plan on doing an analysis keep that in mind

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Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/26/26 at 8:38 pm to jeffsdad

So another day with not shite happening. K

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/26/26 at 6:51 pm to Bonnie Blue

Ultra platinum is good oil for sure! What version of mobil1? IMO ultra platinum and mobil1 esp are difficult to top. I’d stay away from advanced fuel economy personally as I value protection over a slight (maybe none) decrease in mpg.

Esp has more certifications than any other oil I know of. Mercedes Benz 229.51 and more. However it’s not gf7 due to the phosphorus being over 800. Which isn’t a bad thing but technically doesn’t fit the spec.

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/26/26 at 2:09 pm to ChEgrad

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A long time ago it either read or heard on the radio about a study where they tracked taxi cabs in New York and broke engines down to check wear and their conclusion was basically that it doesn’t matter what oil (brand, synthetic,’etc.) and that there is no issue up to about 12,000 miles between changes. After that, problems may occur.

I’m not disagreeing with you, but there is no way I’d run 12k mile intervals on oil changes much less heavy city traffic 12k mile intervals.

re: Anyone a motor oil geek?

Posted by Lucky_Stryke on 5/26/26 at 12:42 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Ill try to remember to look today - i think the ISO spec is the more rigorous test than the asme one. Filter companies often use a lot of funny math and testing manipulation to make their product appear at a glance to be comparable to OEM. Some 3rd parties actually sell a comparable product (Mann Hummel, Boll and Kirsch, Parker, etc) and others rely purely on marketing frickery to move their product. OEM is almost always the best. With lube oil filters, it also.mostly doesn't matter. Reciprocating engines can take a lot of crap in the oil for a long time. With cars, usually the rest of the car has rusted away before the engine wears out.

I watched some filter testing videos from a couple guys on YouTube and ford was the best oem. Toyota was one of the worst. Meaning particulate filtration. Now I’m not saying it’s the gospel but every video I’ve seen about Toyota filters results put it close to bottom. Carquest premium get solid reviews from everywhere I’ve seen. And it’s not been affected by covid manufacturing like some were. Fram is now out of business until someone new buys their rights and who knows what quality it will be