Originally Posted by GMguy84
Originally Posted by gathermewool
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by RDY4WAR
Your oil pressure is fine in reality, but it is down from what those engines usually have. The pickup tube o-ring is the most common culprit.
Using Lucas Oil Stabilizer is just diluting your additive package which does a lot more harm than good. That stuff is just an obnoxiously viscous goo with no additives in it. It's the epitome of deceptive marketing. Also, if you feel you have to add something to your oil to make it "better," you need to use better oil.
Furthermore, Lucas Oil Stabilizer has really poor shear stability with an SSI of 50. Your viscosity will shear right back down to a 30 grade pretty quickly.
I also don't see a need for higher viscosity in the summer. I've lived all over the South with oil temp gauges in most of my vehicles and have never observed more than a 10*F variance in operating oil temp regardless if it's 20*F in January or 100*F in July. In fact, the only time I saw oil temps increase a bit was when I used a higher viscosity. Higher viscosity means more hydrodynamic friction which means more heat.
This covers it completely
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Seems as if the OP is shilling for Lucas for some reason...
No I'm not Sponsored By Lucas Products which is based in Corona(non virus), California and been in Business since 1989.... OHHH YAAAA DUFF MAN !! .
I just had a LARGE stash of it in boxes from Pep Boys store "flop out" I got them for $1.07 a bottle after $10 off coupon
Dave
Do you own a chainsaw? Mixing it with some ATF so that it has at least some semblance of an AW additive package might make it work OK as bar oil.