From a quality controlchemist which oil is best
02-19-2008, 07:45 PM
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From a quality controlchemist which oil is best Ok sorry if this sounds stupid first of all. My dad is an electrical engineer and one of his friends at work is a quality control chemist. Ive been discussing the question of oil vs synthetic and which oil is best with him so he asked the quality control chemist at the plant he works at. The chemist said that mobile 1 synthetic is the best, i used royal purple and my dad asked him the difference. He explained that the polymer that mobil one uses is very good and blah blah blah. I asked my dad to get a better explanation preferably in writing, but figured id let you guys know what ive found out...i mean a chemist is going to know what is best especially when they work in a plant full of machinery...
02-19-2008, 08:06 PM
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ive recently been deciding what to use and have found much confusion on the issue, im sure almost all oils are good, but there has to be one that is a little better then the rest and im thinking its mobile 1 now and im going to try the 0w40 and see for myself, i mean i trust this guy not only because he is a chemist, but he loves cars, i believe he has a 79 trans am thats mint...he reads all of the ingredients in everything he uses on his car...wax, soap, oil, he even says shell/chevron are the best gases because of the anti carbon additives. Im not usually one to just go off what someone says, but im trusting this guy
02-19-2008, 08:10 PM
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if you want to be truly OCD about it .... go to www.bobistheoilguy.com and you can read reports from when people ship off their used oil to have a chemical analysis done on it.
02-19-2008, 09:20 PM
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if you want to be truly OCD about it .... go to www.bobistheoilguy.com and you can read reports from when people ship off their used oil to have a chemical analysis done on it.
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it's like saying peanut butter and peanut oil are the same cause they both started out as peanuts.
02-20-2008, 12:36 AM
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All you need to know about oil in a nutshell is what base stock does it use? High quality conventional stock or a pure-base synthetic? Use what you like, make sure it's a name brand oil, use a good filter, change it regularly, enjoy your driving. It's more psychological than anything.
02-20-2008, 01:05 AM
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Stay away from Royal Purple.
I have taken way too many motors apart where owners have swore 3k miles changes with nothing but RP. There has been nothing but black sludge throughout the entire motor. There is definitely such thing as too many detergents in a DD application.
Stick with valvoline/castrol/mobil 1. Even Mobil 1 isnt a full Synthetic. Great oil though.
Seriously, if you are running RP, get the garbage out of your motor before it goes bye bye.
-W
I have taken way too many motors apart where owners have swore 3k miles changes with nothing but RP. There has been nothing but black sludge throughout the entire motor. There is definitely such thing as too many detergents in a DD application.
Stick with valvoline/castrol/mobil 1. Even Mobil 1 isnt a full Synthetic. Great oil though.
Seriously, if you are running RP, get the garbage out of your motor before it goes bye bye.
-W
02-20-2008, 02:07 AM
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I had an S-10 Xtreme and i used nothing but mobil 1 synthetic for a entire year. I ended up putting one of those tornado things that is soposed to save you on gas and one of the fins broke off and flew in one of my pistons completely messing up one of my pistons. Well since they were not going to warranty it because that was an aftermarket thing i put i poured a bunch of water int the intake and let it sit for a couple of days then i took it to the dealer and told them that i went through hight water. It was hurricane season so it was believable. They ended up taking apart the whole motor and the mechanic working on it thought i was messing with them. He thought that i had just put brand new pistons on it and that i did something wrong. he said there was no wear at all and that they looked brand new. The truck had 36,000 miles. My point is Mobil 1 synthetic is bad ***.
02-20-2008, 08:16 AM
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I had an S-10 Xtreme and i used nothing but mobil 1 synthetic for a entire year. I ended up putting one of those tornado things that is soposed to save you on gas and one of the fins broke off and flew in one of my pistons completely messing up one of my pistons. Well since they were not going to warranty it because that was an aftermarket thing i put i poured a bunch of water int the intake and let it sit for a couple of days then i took it to the dealer and told them that i went through hight water. It was hurricane season so it was believable. They ended up taking apart the whole motor and the mechanic working on it thought i was messing with them. He thought that i had just put brand new pistons on it and that i did something wrong. he said there was no wear at all and that they looked brand new. The truck had 36,000 miles. My point is Mobil 1 synthetic is bad ***.
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I've worked as a QC Chemist and I know several still. The guy gave you his OPINION, nothing more.
QC chemist do quick tests to make sure a product meets certain set standards. They most likely do not have definitive knowlege on the subject of which is best. More of if a product meets certain standards set by someone else (higher up in the food chain).
Mobil 1 is race proven? So is Valvoline conventional oil. So much for that.
QC chemist do quick tests to make sure a product meets certain set standards. They most likely do not have definitive knowlege on the subject of which is best. More of if a product meets certain standards set by someone else (higher up in the food chain).
Mobil 1 is race proven? So is Valvoline conventional oil. So much for that.
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Ok sorry if this sounds stupid first of all. My dad is an electrical engineer and one of his friends at work is a quality control chemist. Ive been discussing the question of oil vs synthetic and which oil is best with him so he asked the quality control chemist at the plant he works at. The chemist said that mobile 1 synthetic is the best, i used royal purple and my dad asked him the difference. He explained that the polymer that mobil one uses is very good and blah blah blah. I asked my dad to get a better explanation preferably in writing, but figured id let you guys know what ive found out...i mean a chemist is going to know what is best especially when they work in a plant full of machinery...
