Thinking of using in my 2011 Ranger.Anyone know much about this oil?
Formula Shell Conventional
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It's a typical conventional oil (relative to major brands) made by a reputable company that is often sold at lower prices than other conventional oils. At such prices, it is a good value. Here is the latest VOA: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2408574#Post2408574
Great oil. The cleanest engine I've ever seen personally (and it was SPOTLESS) used conventional shell oil.
Formula Shell didn't hold up well in either one of our vehicles. My 09 3.3L Santa Fe and 07 I4 Sonata engines became quite noisy at idle after 3 months & around 3500 miles of use. I never had that happen before under similar mileage & driving conditions. I won't use it again.
being made by Sopus, it is probably similar to QSGB and PYB, just with a little less add pack.
being made by Sopus, it is probably similar to QSGB and PYB, just with a little less add pack.
It should be sufficient. You can regularly find it on sale.
IMO....a great solid oil that is underestimated by many. Use it with confidence.
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Originally Posted By: wymi516
Formula Shell didn't hold up well in either one of our vehicles. My 09 3.3L Santa Fe and 07 I4 Sonata engines became quite noisy at idle after 3 months & around 3500 miles of use. I never had that happen before under similar mileage & driving conditions. I won't use it again.
Are you sure it wasn't related to the oil filter?
I've been participating here for almost 10 years. Yours is the first noise complaint I've read concerning Formula Shell in passenger vehicles.
Formula Shell didn't hold up well in either one of our vehicles. My 09 3.3L Santa Fe and 07 I4 Sonata engines became quite noisy at idle after 3 months & around 3500 miles of use. I never had that happen before under similar mileage & driving conditions. I won't use it again.
Are you sure it wasn't related to the oil filter?
I've been participating here for almost 10 years. Yours is the first noise complaint I've read concerning Formula Shell in passenger vehicles.
Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted By: wymi516
Formula Shell didn't hold up well in either one of our vehicles. My 09 3.3L Santa Fe and 07 I4 Sonata engines became quite noisy at idle after 3 months & around 3500 miles of use. I never had that happen before under similar mileage & driving conditions. I won't use it again.
Are you sure it wasn't related to the oil filter?
I've been participating here for almost 10 years. Yours is the first noise complaint I've read concerning Formula Shell in passenger vehicles.
OEM filters, first couple month's and few k miles were quiet as usual. As the time & mileage racked up I noticed both motors ticking while hot more then usual. Never happened before with any other oil.
Originally Posted By: wymi516
Formula Shell didn't hold up well in either one of our vehicles. My 09 3.3L Santa Fe and 07 I4 Sonata engines became quite noisy at idle after 3 months & around 3500 miles of use. I never had that happen before under similar mileage & driving conditions. I won't use it again.
Are you sure it wasn't related to the oil filter?
I've been participating here for almost 10 years. Yours is the first noise complaint I've read concerning Formula Shell in passenger vehicles.
OEM filters, first couple month's and few k miles were quiet as usual. As the time & mileage racked up I noticed both motors ticking while hot more then usual. Never happened before with any other oil.
I think there is something else going on there, just my 2 cents. A bit of advice on that 3.3 motor. Get the oil filter with the barb/nipple on it. We had problems at my work with USING CHAMPION LABS FILTERS. It would drop the oil psi, causing the oil light to flicker and tapping to occur. Try the factory filter next time, and DO NOT BLAME YOUR OIL. I have used Formula Shell and PYB without ANY PROBLEMS.
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I think there is something else going on there, just my 2 cents. A bit of advice on that 3.3 motor. Get the oil filter with the barb/nipple on it. We had problems at my work with USING CHAMPION LABS FILTERS. It would drop the oil psi, causing the oil light to flicker and tapping to occur. Try the factory filter next time, and DO NOT BLAME YOUR OIL. I have used Formula Shell and PYB without ANY PROBLEMS.
I always use OEM filters. There is no barb or nipple on any of the 3.3L filters. The barb/nipple you speak of is on the filter for the 2010 and up 3.5L motors. 58k on the Sonata, 19k on the Santa Fe, this is the first time ever that either of the motors sounded "clicky" after a few k miles. I'm back to PP 5w-30 in the Sonata & QSUD 5w-20 in the Santa Fe for winter. I'll go back to PYB for Spring/Summer/Fall, both motors stay quiet through their 4 month rotation of oil/filter changes with PYB.
I think there is something else going on there, just my 2 cents. A bit of advice on that 3.3 motor. Get the oil filter with the barb/nipple on it. We had problems at my work with USING CHAMPION LABS FILTERS. It would drop the oil psi, causing the oil light to flicker and tapping to occur. Try the factory filter next time, and DO NOT BLAME YOUR OIL. I have used Formula Shell and PYB without ANY PROBLEMS.
I always use OEM filters. There is no barb or nipple on any of the 3.3L filters. The barb/nipple you speak of is on the filter for the 2010 and up 3.5L motors. 58k on the Sonata, 19k on the Santa Fe, this is the first time ever that either of the motors sounded "clicky" after a few k miles. I'm back to PP 5w-30 in the Sonata & QSUD 5w-20 in the Santa Fe for winter. I'll go back to PYB for Spring/Summer/Fall, both motors stay quiet through their 4 month rotation of oil/filter changes with PYB.
I was using the SM 5w30 version, it worked well in my Subaru for 5-6k OCI's. SN version seems decent, but looks like a lot of the Moly got switched to PYB from FS.
Great buy when it is on sale. It's a SOPUS oil, so at the worst it is decent.
Great buy when it is on sale. It's a SOPUS oil, so at the worst it is decent.
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