Originally Posted By: Sam2000
Originally Posted By: Trajan
Originally Posted By: Sam2000
Trajan, would you agree that oil additive fanatics seem to lose touch with reality?
Well, I'd rather not get into that. And you shouldn't either
Making it about posters, like was done in the locked thread, gets locked threads.
I just want evidence to back the claims. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
And stories/anecdotes are not evidence.
You make a good point.
I guess I am just amazed that someone who jumped on me for saying I used the cheapest oil that met manufacturer specs after he asked me what oil I used and then expressed a concern that others would see the word "cheapest" and make poor choices, then proceeds to quote approvals for anti seize lubricants as evidence that manufacturers approve powdered moly as an oil additive.
There was no cause for the guy to do that. I use oil from Walmart myself, since you can get Mobil 1/Castrol Edge cheaper than other brick and mortar stores. So is that using cheap oil?
It doesn't matter what anti seize additive was used eighty years ago in an aircraft engine. I fail to see why he made that an issue. And what car manufacturer recommends or uses it in motor oil? It wasn't used in engine oil back then either.
That's something you use to keep, say, the two piece sparkplug Ford uses from seizing so you don't break them while taking them out.
And really, why even take seriously anyone who has to resort to insults when their position falls flat?
Originally Posted By: Trajan
Originally Posted By: Sam2000
Trajan, would you agree that oil additive fanatics seem to lose touch with reality?
Well, I'd rather not get into that. And you shouldn't either
Making it about posters, like was done in the locked thread, gets locked threads.
I just want evidence to back the claims. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
And stories/anecdotes are not evidence.
You make a good point.
I guess I am just amazed that someone who jumped on me for saying I used the cheapest oil that met manufacturer specs after he asked me what oil I used and then expressed a concern that others would see the word "cheapest" and make poor choices, then proceeds to quote approvals for anti seize lubricants as evidence that manufacturers approve powdered moly as an oil additive.
There was no cause for the guy to do that. I use oil from Walmart myself, since you can get Mobil 1/Castrol Edge cheaper than other brick and mortar stores. So is that using cheap oil?
It doesn't matter what anti seize additive was used eighty years ago in an aircraft engine. I fail to see why he made that an issue. And what car manufacturer recommends or uses it in motor oil? It wasn't used in engine oil back then either.
That's something you use to keep, say, the two piece sparkplug Ford uses from seizing so you don't break them while taking them out.
And really, why even take seriously anyone who has to resort to insults when their position falls flat?
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