Best Motor Oil

[Paulie G]

A Shaffer's sales man is coming tomorrow to show how great their oil is. They have a bearing type machine that you apply pressure to to and try to stop the motor that spins it. He says their oil beats many of them hands down, including John Deere, Royal Purple, Amsoil, Mobile 1, and more. Anyone familiar with this test or have oils that I should try that my hold up. I never see Shaffer's come up on any of these oil debates. I run Mobile 1 because it's fully syn., and it's on the shelves around hear.

 

Paulie G

[brainpause]

Try some Wesson, found at your local grocery store.

[Black02Silverado]

Schaeffer's oil is a good high quality product. You do not see much of it because it isn't offered in the general retail stores like all the other oils, you can find it at select automotive supply stores. You can do a search on their web site to find a retailer closest to you. It has been around a long time, starting in 1839.

[xwire]

red line, they have a test that uses the same machine to prove their oil

[mkelly]

A Shaffer's sales man is coming tomorrow to show how great their oil is. They have a bearing type machine that you apply pressure to to and try to stop the motor that spins it. He says their oil beats many of them hands down, including John Deere, Royal Purple, Amsoil, Mobile 1, and more. Anyone familiar with this test or have oils that I should try that my hold up. I never see Shaffer's come up on any of these oil debates. I run Mobile 1 because it's fully syn., and it's on the shelves around hear.

 

Paulie G

 

 

While this machine may have the wow factor going for it, it really has absolutely nothing to do with how the oil performs under any circumstance but cold start-up.

 

Take the demo with a grain of salt.

[pistonslap]

I have seen the same machine used for demonstrations over fifteen years ago. It was for a anti friction oil additive.A few heavy trucking company's used the additive for a couple of years with no significant differences. Later the friction additive company just faded away.

[dewfpo]

While this machine may have the wow factor going for it, it really has absolutely nothing to do with how the oil performs under any circumstance but cold start-up.

 

Take the demo with a grain of salt.

 

 

X2

 

DEWFPO

[txab]

While this machine may have the wow factor going for it, it really has absolutely nothing to do with how the oil performs under any circumstance but cold start-up.

 

Take the demo with a grain of salt.

 

 

X2

 

DEWFPO

 

A big X3

[Z45]

That machine is called a "one arm bandit" and can be manipulated to show any result the tester wants. It proves nothing except the person using it to sell oil is a con man.

 

 

Here a demonstration if it

 

 

[dirtfan21]

All BS tests aside I use Schaeffer's oil and will surely stand by it's quality. My uncle is a distributor so I get it easy and will always run it as long as I can get it.

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A Shaffer's sales man is coming tomorrow to show how great their oil is. They have a bearing type machine that you apply pressure to to and try to stop the motor that spins it. He says their oil beats many of them hands down, including John Deere, Royal Purple, Amsoil, Mobile 1, and more. Anyone familiar with this test or have oils that I should try that my hold up. I never see Shaffer's come up on any of these oil debates. I run Mobile 1 because it's fully syn., and it's on the shelves around hear.

 

Paulie G

 

This is a timken bearing pressure and friction machine. It in no way simulates how good the oil actually does in an engine. It only proves how good it can stand extreme pressure like found in a rear end. Tell him to put regular gear oil in it and it will do just as good as the oil will. There's no reason for that amount of pressure modifiers in motor oil and thus proves nothing in an actual engine.

[txab]

After watching that, I'm switching to Head & Shoulders from now on for my engine!

[dlstewart01]

Kinda like the 4 ball test.....

 

http://forums.noria.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f...995/m/357102898

[dirtfan21]

Why rag on the oil? Because a dumb salesman is using a stupid test to sell it? Guess this post was just passed over.

 

 

 

Schaeffer's oil is a good high quality product. You do not see much of it because it isn't offered in the general retail stores like all the other oils, you can find it at select automotive supply stores. You can do a search on their web site to find a retailer closest to you. It has been around a long time, starting in 1839.

[txab]

I don't think anyone "ragged" on the oil, just the "testing" method that many lubricant salesman rely on for demonstrative purposes. Nick stated that it is a good oil. I've heard good things about it as well. But I won't be switching to it. Based on real world sampling and testing, I'm satisfied with my choices right now