Lucas Oil Synthetic Oil Stabilizer

Just wanted to post my results of a little experiment I performed. My Hemi like most has the dreaded Hemi tick. Not a severe case but one that when you stood beside it with a buddy shooting the bull it would always come up in the conversation " Is that thing supposed to sound that bad?" But I digress. I tried running a heavier weight Pennzoil in the engine with no luck at solving the problem but I did get told to run the Lucas additive in all my engines by the machine shop I run through. Seeing as Lucas makes quality products and everyone on Bob the oil guys site said if you use that snake oil your engine will blow up within a hundred miles, I decided to try it at about 90,000 miles. I run 6 quarts Pennzoil 5W-20 and a quart Lucas Oil Synthetic Oil Stabilizer (I switched from the short oil filter to a Wix 51515 for the extra oil) I replace the filter at 3,000 miles and the oil at 9,000. I just put 3/4 a quart of oil in the new filter with 1/4 a quart of Lucas. So far the truck is up to 96,600 and no more tick! And the best part is that the oil isn't foaming ( as visible on the stick and in the filter) as Bob said it would. Not saying it will cure a tick but it might help it. And summit currently has a sale on the gallon size.

Finally replaced the oil at 100,000 miles. Did it immediately after arriving at home to see it there was any foam in the hot oil. There was no foam whatsoever. The stabilizer did assist with cold starts since it's getting into the winter months in PA. It also extended the life of the oil. Normally the oil pressure gauge starts to decrease on startup position around 7000 miles but now it stays constant the full 10000.

Gonna give this a try. Thanks for the post!

I have ran Lucas treatments in almost all my vehicles. It works pretty good. i had a nasty lifter tap in a company car ford focus . They all but thought the car was junk I said let me try something, put Lucas in it and 3 years later it's quiet and still running. I should say tap was at 90,000 the wagon has 140,000 on it now

I run 1 qt of oil stabilizer, longer mobil one filter and roughly six quarts of Lucas 5w30 in my non-MDS Hemi. Been doing this since about 3 changes. Results are no more blue smoke on start up after Truck sits for a week or more and I haven't added any oil in the last 2k mikes as all the minor oil leaks (rear of oil pan gasket near bell housing. This stuff is pretty good IMO and truck has 262,00 Kilometers on her and I shift at 6400 atvleast once a week or when some ******* gets too close.

I JUST CHANGED THE OIL OUT TO TRY THE NEW QUAKERSTATE DEFY synthetic blend. Will see after 3 k miles if any of the symptoms I experienced before return. I was outta town and the Lucas was not available. Danny

Bscanlon64 said:

Gonna give this a try. Thanks for the post!

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Let me know how that works for you. Seems to be great in my truck despite what Bob the oil guy says.

gonna try this out also on my next oil change

I switched to SAE30 in my 5.7 Hemi non-mds and it got rid of the tick completely, I'll give the additive and SAE20 a go on my next change.

Detox said:

I switched to SAE30 in my 5.7 Hemi non-mds and it got rid of the tick completely, I'll give the additive and SAE20 a go on my next change.

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Does the single VI oil you're using have detergents? Most do not, I would suggest you definitely verify that there are detergents in the oil. I know the single VI oils we blend at our oil plant do not have detergents, unless we are blending our high performance full synthetic racing oils.

If it doesnt have any detergents, using non detergent oil is like cancer to an engine, cause there is nothing to hold dirt and contaminants in suspense, therefor leaving nothing but the engines internals to hold it, producing sludge.

Agree on using detergent oil. Never would I use something without. Synthetic oil has come so far it seems to me it is a must.


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Pretty sure it does, i'll have to check the barrel at work. I know i used the same stuff in my old car for 5 years with no issue + all of our fleet equipment so I'm almost sure it does.

Just looked at the barrel, not 100% sure on detergent but it Says API service SM on it so i assume that covers it.

Yeah, you're good there then.

Good info! Mine has an ever so slight tic. I think ill give it a shot!

My 07 has a slight tick at start up around -25*C. I was thinking about switching to a full synthetic but I'm worried after the last time I did that. I had a 09 Chevy Silverado 1500 and thought I'd switch it over to a full synthetic "Mobil 1" and within the first week she'd drank just over a quart of oil. Took her into the stealership and had $2500 in warranty work done. It wasn't the oils fault by any means but it did show me I had engine issues much sooner than if I'd stayed with conventional. Full synthetic burns much easier than conventional oil.

So that's why I drive a Dodge!! I'm afraid of what I might find

I was told today that oil use is normal in today's engine. I don't think it is burning the way old vehicles did though. It is blow by instead of issues with the actual motor. The dealer said it can go through up to a quart in 1000 miles and be "in spec" wife's and mine do about a quart every 4000 using Amsoil so I have to check it about half way through since I wait so long to change it.

Maybe he is full of it but would align with my two current vehicles and my last HEMI so makes sense. If you change oil every 3000 probably never notice. Change every 10k and you notice.


$miley

Hemi Hauler said:

My 07 has a slight tick at start up around -25*C. I was thinking about switching to a full synthetic but I'm worried after the last time I did that. I had a 09 Chevy Silverado 1500 and thought I'd switch it over to a full synthetic "Mobil 1" and within the first week she'd drank just over a quart of oil. Took her into the stealership and had $2500 in warranty work done. It wasn't the oils fault by any means but it did show me I had engine issues much sooner than if I'd stayed with conventional. Full synthetic burns much easier than conventional oil.

So that's why I drive a Dodge!! I'm afraid of what I might find

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It shouldn't matter if you switched it to synthetic because it should have came from the factory with synthetic from the factory. That would mean you have a seal problem somewhere. Of course it is a Chevy.

smiley3303 said:

I was told today that oil use is normal in today's engine. I don't think it is burning the way old vehicles did though. It is blow by instead of issues with the actual motor. The dealer said it can go through up to a quart in 1000 miles and be "in spec" wife's and mine do about a quart every 4000 using Amsoil so I have to check it about half way through since I wait so long to change it.

Maybe he is full of it but would align with my two current vehicles and my last HEMI so makes sense. If you change oil every 3000 probably never notice. Change every 10k and you notice.


$miley

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If mine would burn a quart in 1000 miles I would pull that motor in a heartbeat. Mine doesn't even burn half a quart in 10000 miles. What kind of blow by would they be talking about? Rings or gaskets? I don't think a motor should burn barely anything, but what do I know? I also think you can switch back and forth between regular and synthetic oil. Had a guy tell me that melts the rings, shreds the rockers, and turns the pistons into hand grenades.

Well it is not really burned by traditional standards it is oil loss that has something to do with PCV valve. I have noticed however it varies by oil brand used. I noticed it more with Mobil 1 than I do with Valvoline. New engines and extended drains will always yield oil loss. Check out http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/
You will see anytime you do extended drains there is some loss. I am surprised by how much is considered "in spec" on the 3.5L V6 though.


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smiley3303 said:

Well it is not really burned by traditional standards it is oil loss that has something to do with PCV valve. I have noticed however it varies by oil brand used. I noticed it more with Mobil 1 than I do with Valvoline. New engines and extended drains will always yield oil loss. Check out - Bob is the Oil Guy
You will see anytime you do extended drains there is some loss. I am surprised by how much is considered "in spec" on the 3.5L V6 though.


$miley

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I thought the PCV valve was for ventilation not oil drinking. I use Pennzoil and it doesn't burn barley anything. I don't know if I trust some of the stuff Bob the oil guy says because of the whole Lucas oil stabilizer thing with straight stabilizer and said it would foam in your engine. I found it must not in HEMI's since I drained the oil out immediately after stopping and it didn't have any foam in it. Which leads me to believe it is good stuff because top fuel drag racers run it in their 8000HP HEMI's. Or maybe the HEMI is just too strong an engine to destroy, but I digress.