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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 544812" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>just a note not trying to **** off the world, but let me tell you some crule facts that I learned from some very extensive engineering tests as well as test done by SAE lubrecation engineers over the years.</p><p> </p><p>*the cleanest burning gasoline is Shell and BP. You might add Mobil in there as well, but we didn't have access to it at the time. The worst is Marathon/Ashland. The afore group of fuels will usually give you two to three mpg over the latter I might add. But most of all is the deposits left in the engine, and of course the fuel delivery system. Around here you can buy BP and Shell for about two cents a gallon more, and that's a bargin!</p><p> </p><p>*year in and year out you will always find the same group of engine oils in the top four or five. Mobil is usually number one for use in gasoline engines (keep this in mind). The others will float around a little bit. We never did much testing of oil additives, but Lucas and Royal Purple seem to help greatly. But as much as we tested oils, our primary direction was with deisels. Castrol is the best period. Better than Mobil and all the other by a good margin! Mobil One is very good for gasoline engines, and Castrol is right in there as well. What Mobil lacked was suspension of dirt particals and transfer of heat in the deisels. The suspension of dirt is critical in a deisel as that's how you get it to the filter. Engine oil is actually a major form of coolant in an internal combustion engine, and if it dosn't absorb heat from the bearings they will fail. Deisels do put out a lot of heat in the bearings under hard usage.</p><p> </p><p>* most people fail to realize just how critcal the oil and fuel filters are in an automobile. Buy cheap ones and pay out dearly down the road. We found that Baldwin filters were by a long shot the best out there. There are other good ones as well. You really can't change an oil filter too often! </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 544812, member: 25383"] just a note not trying to **** off the world, but let me tell you some crule facts that I learned from some very extensive engineering tests as well as test done by SAE lubrecation engineers over the years. *the cleanest burning gasoline is Shell and BP. You might add Mobil in there as well, but we didn't have access to it at the time. The worst is Marathon/Ashland. The afore group of fuels will usually give you two to three mpg over the latter I might add. But most of all is the deposits left in the engine, and of course the fuel delivery system. Around here you can buy BP and Shell for about two cents a gallon more, and that's a bargin! *year in and year out you will always find the same group of engine oils in the top four or five. Mobil is usually number one for use in gasoline engines (keep this in mind). The others will float around a little bit. We never did much testing of oil additives, but Lucas and Royal Purple seem to help greatly. But as much as we tested oils, our primary direction was with deisels. Castrol is the best period. Better than Mobil and all the other by a good margin! Mobil One is very good for gasoline engines, and Castrol is right in there as well. What Mobil lacked was suspension of dirt particals and transfer of heat in the deisels. The suspension of dirt is critical in a deisel as that's how you get it to the filter. Engine oil is actually a major form of coolant in an internal combustion engine, and if it dosn't absorb heat from the bearings they will fail. Deisels do put out a lot of heat in the bearings under hard usage. * most people fail to realize just how critcal the oil and fuel filters are in an automobile. Buy cheap ones and pay out dearly down the road. We found that Baldwin filters were by a long shot the best out there. There are other good ones as well. You really can't change an oil filter too often! gary [/QUOTE]
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