Anyone ever heard of this oil?

[Dhos1]

Took a ride to Arlington Tx today where they opened up a Summit warehouse recently. Just browsing I found this oil on the shelf, anyone ever heard of it? Seems like a decent profile with a high Zinc content for flat tappets....

 

[~JM~]

How much does a quart cost?

 

[Dhos1]

I paid 8 bucks a quart. Probably a bit pricey but I figured I would try it out. I got a military discount also.

 

[~JM~]

Probably not a bad price.

Valvoline VR1 is almost $7 a quart.

 

[mr84ss]

The guy who rebuilt my turbo told me to use rotella diesel oil. Is that good for out GN's?

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[~JM~]

The guy who rebuilt my turbo told me to use rotella diesel oil. Is that good for out GN's

Not so much any longer. Rotella & Delo 400 used to have a high zinc content after zinc was removed from standard automotive oils. Unfortunately they have been reformulated & the zinc content has been reduced. I ran Delo in my flat tappet engines for a while. I now use Valvoline VR1.

 

[mr84ss]

Ok cool thanks, I'll look to see who sells it locally. What weight of the vr1 are you running?

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[Dhos1]

I didn’t think so....pretty comparable with a discount

 

[~JM~]

Ok cool thanks, I'll look to see who sells it locally. What weight of the vr1 are you running?

My engine has over 100K miles on it & I live in a fairly warm climate. I run 20W-50.

If your engine is tight, or you live in cold country, you might want to consider the 10W-30.

Probably should ask a Buick V6 engine builder.

 

[mr84ss]

I live in GA so it's pretty hot majority of the time. Do you use the grey or black bottle of the vr1?

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[toofastforyou]

Speaking of oil, anyone here use BRAD PENN ?

Claude.

 

[~JM~]

I live in GA so it's pretty hot majority of the time. Do you use the grey or black bottle of the vr1?

I use the grey bottle, formulated from the highest quality dead dinosaurs.

The black bottle is synthetic.

 

[~JM~]

Speaking of oil, anyone here use BRAD PENN ?

Claude.

Looked for it a few years ago & was unable to find locally. Heard nothing but good about Brad Penn products.

 

[TURBOELKY]

Grab you some vr1 and call it a day. Also might want to check with your piston ring manufacturer (if rebuilt) on what they recommend.

 

[TurboTGuy]

Took a ride to Arlington Tx today where they opened up a Summit warehouse recently. Just browsing I found this oil on the shelf, anyone ever heard of it? Seems like a decent profile with a high Zinc content for flat tappets....

Honestly, those are some really, really shitty pics.

The back side of the bottle is especially worthless, but thanks anyway.

Jus' sayin'.

 

[mr84ss]

I use the grey bottle, formulated from the highest quality dead dinosaurs.

The black bottle is synthetic.

Ok thanks

 

[Dhos1]

Honestly, those are some really, really shitty pics.

The back side of the bottle is especially worthless, but thanks anyway.

Jus' sayin'.

 

[Dhos1]

Not sure why it’s worthless, but I posted a full size image for you so you can read it since you are a gray beard member...just sayin lol

 

[GNICETRY]

On an iPad the pics are good. You could just expand them and read it easily. Maybe if you are looking at them on a 12” screen on a Commodore 64 then you are out of luck.
Also if you just click on the actual numbers and letters above the words next to the pic they populate very large.

I use 20W-50 oil. Mobil 1 or VR1 forgot which one. I put 10W-30 in there once and it really enhanced all my leaks very noticeably. Put the 20W-50 back in and like magic they were back to normal.

 

[JP112_89]

Imo, synthetic blends are great. Max life 10w30 is what I've been using forever. It has seal conditioners added. There is a dime size oil leak under my TTA near real seal that's never been changed. Has 800 ppm Zinc.
Lucas Zinc Additive bottle has 5000 ppm.
So I add a 1/3 bottle to every oil change. Puts it over 2000 ppm of zinc.