The end result of a test of performance motor oil

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:23:30 GMT

Both very good oils,
Had the same experience with RP
But after a few changes 3500kms later oil still honey coloured

Was a tad upset it still wasn't purple :( ahaha :p

Each to there own don't really want to try any other oils just based on the fact in happy and have had no real reason to change. But if I do will definitely give pen syn a go, :)

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Nightingale)

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:17:07 GMT

I used to use Royal Purple, found it to be very good straight from the bottle but doesn't seem to last long, have switched to Pen Syn 5 since the rebuild and have been very happy since.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:37:55 GMT

Ahahah
I'm not sure if this is good or bad for Mobil 1

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (artymr2)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:57:47 GMT

I used to have an old Datsun 200B that seemed to use more oil than fuel. I used Mobil 1 Fully synthetic in it...... straight from the sump of my dads car!!

Cheers

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (worldwalker)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:26 GMT

Also for those in WA, MALZ is the cheapest for Penrite, for some reason. They have 10 tenths premium 5 for the same price as Supercheap has 10 tenths racing.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (worldwalker)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:51:14 GMT

Penrite recently changed their line up, I think the synthetic 5 is now called 10 tenths premium 5. I'd be interested to see how the new fully synthetic HPR 5 goes, I've heard good things and after speaking with a few people in the field have gone with their transgear for my E51, fingers crossed.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Tree)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:56:58 GMT

Just when I thought I had read all about oil sigh...lol
Good find dude

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:24:14 GMT

Just saying
Royal purple should pay me a commission just got 2 new customers for them..

No I have nothing but good things to say about there oil only bad thing was the price tag
But that test just shows what you pay for..

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Ant1)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:56 GMT

Wow, that's very interesting. Never thought the brand of oil would make that much difference. I actually seen Royal Purple oil at Auto Barn the other day and it was $90 or so and I thought to myself pffffft as if lol, but after seeing that I'm going to give it a go once I get my turbo fixed.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (robk)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:29:36 GMT

My daily often burns through its oil in less than a month, so maybe I could drain the relatively new oil in my MR2 (Elf something or other) and use it to top up my daily haha. Then I would have an excuse to try Royal Purple now instead of waiting for my scheduled oil change in the MR2, which only had an oil change very recently.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:12:16 GMT

Didn't realise it was that old wow
But I have searched quite extensively and that's the best I've found yet,

Yeah I know that oils have changed but royal purple has had positive effects for me even at the price to see the results from that test make me even happier that my money's going to a good product :)

And yeah I'd stay away from edge or castrol in general
It was in for two weeks and drank nearly a litre and I have no engine oil leaks
So I drained it put this in so far so good :)

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (MCT_MR2)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:14:30 GMT

god I haven't seen that article since I was an apprentice. from memory, that article was from 2005. most of the oils are different now to back then, but it was an interesting test.

gatesy, I have never seen as much oil consumption and engine failure issues as I have with castrol edge. I wouldn't use it in my worst enemies car.

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:58:57 GMT

Yeah that was one they missed I noticed actually

Also surprised they didn't have like a woollies/Coles brand in there just to compare brands with no brands

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (MRTurbo)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:53:38 GMT

Needs to have Nulon synthetics in the test too :)

Re:The end result of a test of performance motor oil (Gatesys SW20)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:42:31 GMT

To be honest I was using castrol gtx the. Repco had edge on sale so I tried that my mr2 just drank it was way to thin so I looked into it and have royal purple a crack

Noticed it made a huge difference
Quicker cold starts
Smoothed out ideling engine felt "new"
I've never put anything else in
I'm running 10/40 :)

But no problems glad someone actually read it :)