Synthetic Oil

[Rod Knock]

Mite as well run gear oil over lucas

At least gear oil has some additives in it, lol!

 

[Rod Knock]

@Travis8352 I forgot to mention that the 1747ppm of Moly is Trinuclear (Trimer). Yeah, it's good stuff indeed!

 

[Travis8352]

1700 ppm of trinuclear moly??? Wow! That could be a great hemi tick oil if the reformulated redline is not as effective

 

[Rod Knock]

1700 ppm of trinuclear moly??? Wow! That could be a great hemi tick oil if the reformulated redline is not as effective

There is no availability date for the reformulated Red Line. They could as well cancel it. They won't say anything, I asked. Considering that a juggernaut owns Red Line, it's pretty bizarre.

 

[Travis8352]

First camping trip of the year! Coolant temps around 212 and oil temps at 221 hauling the camper and a truck box full of white pine firewood in 46 degree temps. Blew one of the 63 year old goodyear bias plys on the camper about 2 miles from the lake/campsite way out in the bush. Changed the tire and headed home quick for some supplies i forgot (i live 25 miles away) and smacked a deer which deleted all the grill shutters on my driver side. Just got home hauled the same camper except this time i had a full load of hard and soft maple firewood and the temp was between 77 and 80. Oil temp hit 224 briefly but hovered around 221 for most of the trip. Coolant was 208 the whole way amd transmission stayed around 181. Thats the end of my unplanned half grill shutter delete experiment.

 

[HEMIMANN]

First camping trip of the year! Coolant temps around 212 and oil temps at 221 hauling the camper and a truck box full of white pine firewood in 46 degree temps. Blew one of the 63 year old goodyear bias plys on the camper about 2 miles from the lake/campsite way out in the bush. Changed the tire and headed home quick for some supplies i forgot (i live 25 miles away) and smacked a deer which deleted all the grill shutters on my driver side. Just got home hauled the same camper except this time i had a full load of hard and soft maple firewood and the temp was between 77 and 80. Oil temp hit 224 briefly but hovered around 221 for most of the trip. Coolant was 208 the whole way amd transmission stayed around 181. Thats the end of my unplanned half grill shutter delete experiment.

That looks like a midwest deer hunt camper if I ever saw one!

 

[Hemi395]

There is no availability date for the reformulated Red Line. They could as well cancel it. They won't say anything, I asked. Considering that a juggernaut owns Red Line, it's pretty bizarre.

Man, never thought of that. Glad I have a good supply and I *think* I've found a substitute.....

 

[huntergreen]

Man, never thought of that. Glad I have a good supply and I *think* I've found a substitute.....

Is the cams oil your running the “substitute” ?

 

[huntergreen]

1700 ppm of trinuclear moly??? Wow! That could be a great hemi tick oil if the reformulated redline is not as effective

Where do they get the moly? If it’s Russia or China, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for this new formula.

 

[Hemi395]

Is the cams oil your running the “substitute” ?

If you mean Amsoil, yeah SS 0w40 currently...

 

[Rod Knock]

Where do they get the moly? If it’s Russia or China, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for this new formula.

No, that's not the issue. The current product line will be manufactured indefinitely. The future product line is in question. I think they are switching additive suppliers from Lubrizol to Oronite, which makes sense considering who owns Red Line. This information is unconfirmed and just an assumption on my part.

I like to think that it makes sense considering all the delays.

It might not necessarily be bad, as having your tailor-made additive package made by an in-house supplier beats buying a stock add pack from Lubrizol and then top-treating it to make your "Ester Formula" motor oil.

If you mean Amsoil, yeah SS 0w40 currently...

You can get HPL SuperCar 0W-40 - PAO+ESTER+AN and 750ppm Trimer Moly for the same money as AMSOIL. And it's a Euro Spec street oil with a TBN of ~12 IIRC. It's what you would run in a Ferrari, SRT, Hellcat, etc.

 

[Travis8352]

That looks like a midwest deer hunt camper if I ever saw one!

1959 shasta! Still rollin on one original tire! Life is finer in the ole fifty niner

 

[huntergreen]

If you mean Amsoil, yeah SS 0w40 currently...

I did, thanks spellcheck.

 

[Burla]

Where do they get the moly? If it’s Russia or China, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for this new formula.

list of moly mines, we are in good shape... Whew I almost sold my ram, ha.

 

[Travis8352]

Just saw a uoa on mobil 1s new d1g3 formula and it appears they are at 100 ppm or moly now

 

[tjfdesmo]

list of moly mines, we are in good shape... Whew I almost sold my ram, ha.

Yes, lots of molybdenum and manganese in AZ. Bagdad is about an hour from me.

 

[Burla]

what is d1g3?

 

[Travis8352]

what is d1g3?

Dexos 1 gen 3

 

[Burla]

Wait, I'm still on gen 2, when did 3 drop?

Guess moly is more and more important, who knew?

 

[Rod Knock]

Thank God for Infineum, Lubrizol, Afton Chemical, and Oronite.

Fun fact: did yall know that Castrol blends its motor oils and ATF with additive packages from Afton Chemical? They are the kings of cheapskates, lol.