Redline 5w-20
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steve, in the real world yes redline does what it claims and far exceeds.. on here is another question but you have to weed out the subjective opinions
LOL...saw that one coming. RL did VERY well in my car. What impressed me was the shear stability. Wear is low though in this engine on ANY oil so I really didn't put too much into the wear numbers.
For you guy's that have questions for Redline, I would recommend calling them. They are very open and honest about their product and really will answer any question you have for them. Nice crew over there.
For you guy's that have questions for Redline, I would recommend calling them. They are very open and honest about their product and really will answer any question you have for them. Nice crew over there.
""For you guy's that have questions for Redline, I would recommend calling them. They are very open and honest about their product and really will answer any question you have for them. Nice crew over there"""
yeah roger that call them instead of listening to internet ____.
bruce
yeah roger that call them instead of listening to internet ____.
bruce
Yeah, but what kinda lube? We aren't talking about Pina Colada butt lotion here. Doesn't say much for the industry, lube formulating that is.
John, he works in the motor oil lubrication industry. He was and probably still is working with Imperial Oil on a grant as a professor. He changed his bio description to get more anonymity (sp?) since he first started posting. It seems he stopped posting which is what I was concerned would happen.
Well....I make enough typo's myself....in my native language.....I don't want to think about what I would do in another language.
Hopefuly people can look past spelling and wording errors to the content of the message.
I am trying Redline 5W-20 in my old '96 3.8L windstar.
I have been using it for just over a year.....
Maybe....I should have a Dyson analysis done.....sending 2 samples in..... 1 from the engine, and 1 from a bottle of new oil from a bottle from the same case.
Hopefuly people can look past spelling and wording errors to the content of the message.
I am trying Redline 5W-20 in my old '96 3.8L windstar.
I have been using it for just over a year.....
Maybe....I should have a Dyson analysis done.....sending 2 samples in..... 1 from the engine, and 1 from a bottle of new oil from a bottle from the same case.
I don't want to hear that RL does not work in daily drivers. I'm headed for 400k miles in a Civic that has never had the head off and is current with Calif smog. You tell me that and I may find that the car won't start tomorrow. I've been using the stuff for a long, long time. The compression is dead even and it runs just like new but it's not all the oil. I live in Southern California and we don't have weather here, none, ever. The car has never seen snow and very little rain and it's only seen temps below 40F a few times year. Other oils may do just as well but RL is a good daily driver oil.
Lonnie, you are stirring the wrath of the internet pros by making that kind statement.
Lonnie, the reason most of us have doubted RL is due to the poor UOA's overall on this board. They are no where near as good as most other oils. Does this mean RL is bad? No clue....
Amsoil will be releasing a white paper on gear oils and if their gear oils are any indication of how good their motor oils are, I'd be concerned.
Your car "might" have done just as well on another brand. Redline's biggest strength IMO is that it handles heat very well and is very shear stable for racing.
my 02 in general unless recommended by the mfg. most syns are overkill at 5,000 mile oil changes especially with the last few oil designations.Quote:
Lonnie, the reason most of us have doubted RL is due to the poor UOA's overall on this board. They are no where near as good as most other oils. Does this mean RL is bad? No clue....
Amsoil will be releasing a white paper on gear oils and if their gear oils are any indication of how good their motor oils are, I'd be concerned.
Your car "might" have done just as well on another brand. Redline's biggest strength IMO is that it handles heat very well and is very shear stable for racing.
Once again Buster hoists the FUD flag and waves it proudly. Knowledgeable lubrication professionals have attested to the robustness of the oil.
The following is a VOA for RL 15w-40. It also shows a good amount of Tin & Al. Whats up with that?
http://theoildrop.server101.com/forums/s...true#Post474437
buster is weird. Got the best UOA ever with RL and still thinks it's no good. Some very strange people on BITOG IMO
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