Synthetic Motor Oil Poll 2017

What Synthetic Oil(s) Do You Use Most Often?


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The best protection from what Smiley? From Hemi Tick? If so you believe hammers tests more then all of the testimonies you have heard here?
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I don’t know what to believe. I like Redline but I am too cheap to run it. Especially when we have had guys on here still have failures using Redline since the first change. So I run SOPUS stuff mostly except this OCI.
 

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Don't he add a oil additive to the oils in his test ? or do I remember that wrong.

Who really knows? A lot of trust is going in believing his testing procedures. That is why we have ATSM's folks, American Society for Testing and Materials test everything we use, EVERYTHING. From pipes to oils to everything in between. If you don't put your trust in these, are are literally a fool. This is not PR, this is where ******* PR and hacks go to DIE :)
 

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I don’t know what to believe. I like Redline but I am too cheap to run it. Especially when we have had guys on here still have failures using Redline since the first change. So I run SOPUS stuff mostly except this OCI.

If wear is what you want, run PUP we already know that. Or QSUD also good stuff. I wouldn't go blame redline for Kaps engine, he never got rid of the tick, that was something really ****** no oil was gonna fix. Plus, Kap went back to redline and ended a tick he still had after they fixed his truck and put Pennzoil back, what more do you need, lol? I aint saying run redline, I say run whatever you like, but pay attention to what is going on at least. Redline is doing stuff I even find hard to believe.
 
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Rat Hack actually bashes the ATSM"s on his website, if you guys find that a credible position, I really question how much effort you are putting in on researching the issue. The ATSM are pure unbiased and are developed to test everything to weed out poor quality and highlight outstanding quality. They are 100% brand blind, also something Hammer isn't. I would keep talking about hammer, but his blog is a side show. If you want to run his top oils, likely wont hurt anything so go for it. It is likely all 250 oils are up to high standards, his tests aren't high standards but the oils he tested are.
 
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Another thing the ATSM doesn't do is add an additive to see if the product they are testing happens to perform better or not ...

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A quality synthetic can get you the wear protection the Hemi needs.
Rat Hack actually bashes the ATSM"s on his website, if you guys find that a credible position, I really question how much effort you are putting in on researching the issue. The ATSM are pure unbiased and are developed to test everything to weed out poor quality and highlight outstanding quality. They are 100% brand blind, also something Hammer isn't. I would keep talking about hammer, but his blog is a side show. If you want to run his top oils, likely wont hurt anything so go for it. It is likely all 250 oils are up to high standards, his tests aren't high standards but the oils he tested are.

Wait, are you saying Hammer is Rat??
 

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That is what he named his website.

You want 21 pages of funny stuff? read BITOG on RAT540 nuff said.
 
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Just a test might be good to take into consideration just like all the other tests. As stated if the oil is approved it probably doesn’t matter but sure feels good to have choice and be able to try things to see if any differences are discovered.
 

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LOL , Ron White is awsome , or was ? Didn't he die ?

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LOL , Ron White is awsome , or was ? Didn't he die ?

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His website is still selling tickets sooooo, I'm guessin' .....no. His TREE died. Wait! No it didn't! "The core of this tree is still alive" hahaha...."Lemme tell ya what I'm lookin' for in a tree" LOL!

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The last of the old school greats, they just don't make them like that anymore. RW was a nasty version of Jackie Gleason, and I say that with all due respect.
 

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The last of the old school greats, they just don't make them like that anymore. RW was a nasty version of Jackie Gleason, and I say that with all due respect.
I'd pay good money to see Ron White do 5 or 10 minutes on 'ol Rat540 and his magical mystery jig. Anybody ever find out just what that boy is slickerin' up prior to a real mechanical engineering design test? And yeah, I'm a Biomedical Engineer and I don't have a clue. He must be extra smart LOLOL.

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I think he never got picked at kick ball and is getting revenge on the all of us.
 

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That is what he named his website.

You want 21 pages of funny stuff? read BITOG on RAT540 nuff said.
Seems like he's equally debunked and ridiculed there too! I read the entire thing. THERE'S some time I'll never get back. And yeah, he adds things to see if his "results" change. He needs to repeat Engineer school. Remember, Choo-Choo-Charley was an engineer too LLOL.

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