which synthetic oil do you prefer??

LiquidZ · 05-26-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gumpy

guys becareful about putting too much reliance on this test, from what i understand it only tests a very narrow spectrum of what an oil is suppose to do. I'm a RP user myself but may change, the UOA's show that RP's aren't always the best with our engines...

I agree with Gumpy.

The Timken test is not the end all be all of oil testing. This test is primarily run to determine the performance of extreme pressure additives found in an oil. Here is the ASTM link for the test: ASTM D2782 -02(2008) Standard Test Method for Measurement of Extreme-Pressure Properties of...

An oil is subject to so much more than what this test can prove. UOA's are one of the greatest, if not the greatest ways to verify the performance of an oil in your engine.

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