What is the best synthetic oil?

LiquidZ · 07-22-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Red370

RP does just fine in mine. Been running it for 18,000 miles so far and 60K+ in my last car. Here is a good test, RP is one of the best.

http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

This article is thrown around a lot by Royal Purple users. This test is really only designed to see if an oil has extreme pressure additives in the oil formulation. It is not a measure of how well an oil performs, although this test leads people to believe so.

wishihadnav · 07-22-2010, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiquidZ

This article is thrown around a lot by Royal Purple users. This test is really only designed to see if an oil has extreme pressure additives in the oil formulation. It is not a measure of how well an oil performs, although this test leads people to believe so.

..those additives are better served in gear oil due to their corrosive nature..

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