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  1. OnTheReel
    2018 Jeep GC 3250 miles on interval, 104,973 total Red Line 0w40 & Fram XG filter out, sample sent to OAI. Red Line 5w30 Euro & Fram XG installed. About the last of the otherwise homeless oil I had stockpiled.
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    People speculate that BMW went to 10w60 due to the frequent rod bearing failures on the M-cars. A tactic GM tried recently with much less success. BMW has since moved to 0w40 for the most part. But they ran 10w60 for awhile and bearing issues subsided. Not saying it was the only fix but bet it helped…
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    Yeah, by “within reason” I more or less meant NOT using an oil with an inappropriate winter rating for your climate. Like 15w40 in Siberia. If the concern is excessive viscosity hindering function, or causing damage, that’s really the only type of scenario I could see. I also think “within reason” should exclude…say…running 10w60 in the Mitsubishi. Doubt that would even affect VVT function but at some point it just seems gratuitous based on engine design, output, load, etc...
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    Somehow, some way…this person damn near doubled your mileage on this motor…
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    I can’t think of a single engine that HAS had issues with VVT on a higher viscosity oil. Within reason is my asterisk, as always. If changes in viscosity bricked the systems you’d expect every VVT engine to either run like ****** when cold or run like ****** when hot. Or both. Same goes for AFM/DFM/MDS systems. FWIW…-5* this morning, Red Line 0w40 in the Jeep. Happy camper. Fired right up and cam phasers didn’t even rattle. Good batteries, good oil, no problems.
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    Wouldn’t quite say out of their butt, the range is pulled from their database. But it’s basically an acceptance / normalization that practically no shelf oil ever stays in the actual J300 spec and that the owner shouldn’t care. If they cared enough to pay you already what’s a few more bucks to just get good data to work with. Makes no sense.
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    Blackstone is good for telling people what they want to hear. Like the BITOG people trying to wring every mile out of oil. Hey, TBN over 1? Keep running! Viscosity lower than the SAE J300 range for the grade? No problem, we created our own range! High cost, slow processing times and a massive blind spot by inferring fuel dilution via flash point.
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    Yeah, think I’m up to 10 UOA samples plus a couple VOAs. The sample rate will slow considerably now. I’m more or less turning her loose at this point, everything looks as good as it can be. Oil is a hobby, and it’s not even close to my most expensive one even with the testing. But that said I probably go too far some times lol! Looks like wearcheck and CAT are a couple services still in Canada. I know we have a lot more options down here but you can take at least half of them off the table due to slow service, bad methodology and/or high cost. Looking at you, Blackstone.
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    I get what you’re saying and even for the segment this SBC was fairly mild. If they didn’t put a soft cam in it, you could plop it in a Silverado and hit 300k on Walmart oil. Something more modern and “stressed” would probably do more to separate the men from the boys in the test. But that’s why you may as well just test products in your own engine and find what works for your platform and usage. Deciding your favorite oil solely via YouTube is no different than picking your favorite flavor of ice cream after only looking at the carton.
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    Not grasping at anything. His results certainly don’t invalidate what I’ve already observed in real life, so why would I care? Some things in the video don’t pass the smell test, that’s all. Unfortunately your skepticism of LSJr suddenly disappears when his test makes Red Line look bad.
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    Notice the difficulty in measuring and understanding these tribofilms, and how long they can have an effect. Science probably wouldn’t assume they could just be flushed away so quickly between tests.
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    https://www.stle.org/images/pdf/STLE_ORG/Newsletter/2019/TL/FilmThicknessAndFrictionOfZDDP.pdf
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    Good theory Grump. I just took all my questions to the man himself directly. Still had his contact info since we were talking about a sample he ran for me a few months back. Edit: just got an out of office until the 15th reply. PRI trade show.
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    Nothing has changed for me. I was first to respond and I've been asking the same questions since you posted this thread. Your responses oscillate between being a professional with your own opinion, and just being the messenger quoting from the video without any critical thought. So you wind up with contradictory posts like your last one. Not trying to beat you up over it, I value your input…
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    Plenty of questions but unfortunately none that you’re answering there. Figures don’t lie, but liars figure…
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    I definitely think there’s a certain degree of “Hollywood” whenever anyone does these YouTube oil videos. Not sending the pitchforks out for LSJr as I believe he did try to make things fair. But the temperature / iron / torque relationship with the order of testing is very hard to ignore and it should have stuck out to him as well. No curiosity? Put all that aside…the bigger issue once again is how the video gets interpreted. The subject is simply too nuanced to make videos like this and expect a casual enthusiast to draw the correct conclusion. Which generally should be NO conclusion at all…
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    0% chance I’d follow the 0w20 spec in the standard output Ram 3.0TT. The high output version calls for 0w40, at least. F150 went from 5w20 in earlier models to 5w30 in the current 5.0. And 5w50 gets the call when you put a blower on one. We all know where GM stands currently. Will be interesting to see if they make any changes for the next gen V8. I don’t use it in everything but HPL is a great company to work with, and hope you get their products up there eventually. Not many oil companies are as “open” as them. You can literally just talk to the plant manager if you have a question. Very cool.
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    This is in a modified 6.2 Hellcat running E85 and higher boost. Measurable wear reductions as I climbed the viscosity ladder. 0w40 is the factory spec, went to 5w40 and now 5w50. Going to try HPL 5w50 next. Should be a little better in cold weather and curious how it’ll compare.
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    Depends how they actually perform in your own vehicle and whether or not that even matters to someone. I’d like wear as close to zero so I don’t mind splitting hairs. And my lead foot can expose weaknesses of certain oils very easily. These bench tests are fun and can be informative. But most people are lazy and just blanket apply their results to every vehicle and every operator. Even something like oil temp is highly variable. I’m on 5w50 RL (5.0 HTHS), I log everything, and I haven’t seen any increase in temp vs any of the other oils I’ve tried in lighter grades. None. The difference he measured between RL and Driven is astounding in comparison. I really don’t see RL 5w30 being too thick for any SBC. But would have been interesting to see him run 5w20 RL instead. Many people actually drop a grade when switching to Red Line so it would be logical.
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    Not selling my stock in Red Line HP but would concede in a turbocharged engine, it’s not going to be my first choice even before the test. Like I said, I have strong reason to believe the Euro spec would be much better. Maybe I missed it but if this “soft” cam was installed new for this test, some of the increased temperatures and elevated iron could be due to residual break in. Hear me out. RL was tested first, and Pennzoil second. RL had highest iron, Pennzoil had second highest. RL had highest temperature, Pennzoil second highest. Torque rank…RL worst, Pennzoil second worst. These two oils are complete opposites as far as chemistry, viscosity and HTHS are very far apart. So you have to wonder about flawed methodology…
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    The oils highest in moly did the worst in TEOST. The mid-SAPS Euro blend of RL would have done better for sure. Iron wear is a 3 PPM spread from best to worst. In the order tested, the first two were highest, (RL, Pennzoil) and then everything else within 1 PPM. Which is curious in its own right. Nevertheless this is all within the margin of error for RDE. Red Line temperature is a weird one. Viscosity and HTHS is highest but Driven is very close in both specs and did best. COF difference?
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    Winter storm yesterday. 13”, heavy and wet too. All my equipment was struggling with it except my “EV” EGO snowblower…go figure. Probably should have got out mid storm yesterday instead of letting it pile up for today.
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    It doesn’t even have to be true for them to say it. See any Silverado ads lately? Touting J.D. Power highest initial quality and reliability? Who the hell did they pay off for that one since seemingly half their engines blow within 10,000 miles! And they care so much that they can’t even fix them correctly. The other thing is when every other brand also makes garbage, having the longest lasting garbage tends to be a low bar.
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    2006 Honda Rancher - 686 total miles on her. Amsoil Formula 4 stroke, and comically small K&N oil filter. Techron in the tank and cosmoline on the rusty bits underneath. Ready for another winter.
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    Just @Grumpy Bear ‘s luck. The one that came before his and the 2.5 that replaced it are both much much better engines. I gotta say I’m impressed with most of GM’s four cylinders these days. I’ve come across quite a few Equinox’s with the 1.4T doing 200-300k miles pretty easily. Underpowered in that platform but damn good engine.
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