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6 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

I try to do at least 50 miles. I can make that longer and run the Interstate, I guess. And yes, as fast as I can get the hood up after shutdown. :dunno:

 

263K. She's tired and wants to take a dirt nap. :( 

 

 

Did you get any of the RLI 5w-30 when it was on sale?  Maybe try that, heck it might still be on sale.

 

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1 hour ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

I try to do at least 50 miles. I can make that longer and run the Interstate, I guess. And yes, as fast as I can get the hood up after shutdown. :dunno:

 

263K. She's tired and wants to take a dirt nap. :( 

 

 

 

Is the air filter restricted? Plugs are seeing a lot of oil and fuel might change em out. Both these will drop your fuels dilute 1% or more. 

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VOA Red Line Euro 5W40 from new plant.

 

Tis the stuff Raven is on. I bought two cases from the same lot. About 8 oil changes. This is the touchstone.

Major data is very close to the PDS from Phillips. Yea, still a good dose of POE in it. :) Initial OCI's are targeted for 3,750 miles or Mitsubishi's severe schedule. 

 

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On 12/19/2024 at 2:21 PM, Grumpy Bear said:

VOA Red Line Euro 5W40 from new plant.

 

Tis the stuff Raven is on. I bought two cases from the same lot. About 8 oil changes. This is the touchstone.

Major data is very close to the PDS from Phillips. Yea, still a good dose of POE in it. :) Initial OCI's are targeted for 3,750 miles or Mitsubishi's severe schedule. 

 

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Grump is this a recent or current formulation?  Looks like it.   

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2 hours ago, VicFirth said:

Grump is this a recent or current formulation?  Looks like it.   

 

Yes, I just had it run out of the bottle of the case I'm using. 

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On 10/11/2024 at 9:24 AM, customboss said:

Is the air filter restricted? Plugs are seeing a lot of oil and fuel might change em out. Both these will drop your fuels dilute 1% or more. 

Hook that pig up to a pro scanner and operate the EVAP solenoid valve via the scan tool and see if its sticking. As I recall ( LOL) you had it scanned ALONG time ago with your favorite mech/tech. Try again. May really help you.  

 

No need to drive to long to sample, I prefer a cold sample to one that's rushed after a short operation, 50 miles is needless brother. 

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Found this from my boxes of ancient history : circa 1980 

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The lab still exists in some form. They do Phillips aviation oil samples. Anyone tried them? 

https://laboneinc.com  

 

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I like the Vice Grip garage oil test. He’s famous for it only needs what it needs. 

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Thanks. It’s not just the elemental analysis but the additive package in total. Amsoil

is more advanced and not off the shelf. 

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5 hours ago, VicFirth said:

I just received this from Red Line FYI

 

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That is quite a bit different than the results I got ;( 

 

Is this the Professional Series Line? Or the High Performance Line? 

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4 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

That is quite a bit different than the results I got ;( 

 

Is this the Professional Series Line? Or the High Performance Line? 

High Performance. 

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17 hours ago, VicFirth said:

High Performance. 

 

@VicFirth do us a favor. Send my HP line VOA to your inside guy and ask, "What up" cause I can't get a response from them after 20 years plus now that Grandquist has retired. That far off is way more than difference in equipment. 

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On 2/21/2025 at 11:33 PM, Grumpy Bear said:

 

@VicFirth do us a favor. Send my HP line VOA to your inside guy and ask, "What up" cause I can't get a response from them after 20 years plus now that Grandquist has retired. That far off is way more than difference in equipment. 

Yeah unfortunately that was his response what I posted above.  If Dave G. was there I'd be able to find out.  He was the guy that told me some grades of Red Line use up to 40% POE.  

 

I think there was a tweak recently.  The only main difference is the mg level.

 

There was a 2022 or so FTIR done on the ROC site which showed Noack 4.7% for Red Line 5w30 Euro.  Substantial POE

 

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