Originally Posted By: Garak
Would a similarly maintained and operated vehicle have lasted a shorter time without LOS, in your estimation? Personally, if I want a thicker oil, I'll just buy one.
No sir. I usually keep quiet when LOS is brought up but since NHGUY specifically asked about use in OTR trucks I couldn't help but tell of my experience. I've never promoted LOS but I never saw any harm using it in it's prescribed amount/usage. It certainly had plenty of time in a high pressure application to cause me problems and it all worked out well for me. A bonus was super quiet diffs and transmission even in the 900 thousands.
I was in my mid twenties when I bought that truck and didn't know any better. I knew it had to be costing me fuel mileage but no more thought than that. Certainly, additive dilution was never considered and for that matter I didn't know what was or wasn't in it. LOS was very popular in those days and still used by many.
Like I said, go ahead and hit me with your keyboards. I'm just saying that I gave it ample opportunity to do damage but no bad ever happened. My current truck was purchased last year with 186k miles with maintenance records showing it had a steady diet of mobil delvac and two gallons of LOS since new. That didn't scare me away and everything is super shiny under the cover.
Would a similarly maintained and operated vehicle have lasted a shorter time without LOS, in your estimation? Personally, if I want a thicker oil, I'll just buy one.
No sir. I usually keep quiet when LOS is brought up but since NHGUY specifically asked about use in OTR trucks I couldn't help but tell of my experience. I've never promoted LOS but I never saw any harm using it in it's prescribed amount/usage. It certainly had plenty of time in a high pressure application to cause me problems and it all worked out well for me. A bonus was super quiet diffs and transmission even in the 900 thousands.
I was in my mid twenties when I bought that truck and didn't know any better. I knew it had to be costing me fuel mileage but no more thought than that. Certainly, additive dilution was never considered and for that matter I didn't know what was or wasn't in it. LOS was very popular in those days and still used by many.
Like I said, go ahead and hit me with your keyboards. I'm just saying that I gave it ample opportunity to do damage but no bad ever happened. My current truck was purchased last year with 186k miles with maintenance records showing it had a steady diet of mobil delvac and two gallons of LOS since new. That didn't scare me away and everything is super shiny under the cover.