READ THIS IF you use Redline oil and Puralator

FricFrac

Zinc is a lubrication enhancer and prevents wear. All engines can benefit from it. Newer engines have parts that tend to optimize the way oil is used as a lubricant by having the part ride on a layer of oil without actually touching like your crank and bearings. With the old cam lobe lifters and lash pads the oil tends to be wiped off so additives such as ZDDP help protect the metal surfaces. Problem is the only one piece of correct info from the mechanic is that it is destructive to your catalytiic converters. It builds a coating on the platinum that prevents it from working effectively as a polution controling device. I will not affect the HP peformance of the cat which is environmentally frustrating but not performance affecting.

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zmyride

Honestly I'm sticking with Mobil 1.

I did tons of research and found out that Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette put M1 on all their cars. A bunch of other performance cars too. I called the local dealerships and asked the service managers, they all said M1.

Redline is cool, but it's no better than M1. Redlines marketing team's done a good job of marketing their oil as premium oil, but auto manufacturers don't buy it.

If you talk to hardcore Redline believers, they're all going to swear by Redline no matter what. If someone already firmly believes in Redline, they will find flaws in M1 so they can prove that Redline is better. So i'm not here to convince anybody to switch to M1.

Redline is more expensive, but it is no better than M1. All the people I've talked to, they all said the same thing, you can't go wrong with M1.

I'm going to stick with M1. I can't argue with what auto manufacturers suggest.

IDZRVIT

Yeah, but the engineers for those manufacturer's have no clue about what oil to specify so they went with the lowest bidder.

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FricFrac

Lol - yes Mobil 1 is a good oil but putting it in Lambos, etc is a gigantic part of the marketing effort! Your example is the exact reason Mobil sells the oil to these guys at a hugely reduced cost because they make the profit from people buying it at retail prices because it's used in a Corvette....

Its as simple as this - change your oil and filter regularly with an approved oil and you've got 95% of your bases covered.... if you want to find out about the other 5% you need to research the chemical and physical properties as well as the conditions the oil is used in - not what car uses it..... that's not research that's being a consumer lead by advertisement....

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synolimit

My oil report says other wise!

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