Delta Riverat
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- 1979 Island Gypsy 44 Flush Aft Deck
Just following the engine manual. States 15-40 good for anything.
EricAny engine that gets warmup time dosn’t require multi-vis.
Exception; Engines w turbos should run synthetic multi-vis lube oil.
Thanks
I've posted previously but I can sum it up.Well professor will you please enlighten us?
Did you read my take on having a maximum amount of oil probably aids lubrication? Anything else in the oil does probably does not.
I’m not saying that your engine will last longer. It probably will but I have no stats to prove it. Nor have I read any copy that disproves it either. Many scientists and engineers don’t know some of this stuff. Always learning tho and exchanging ideas on a forum is one way to learn. Mostly opinions but we can stack up the opinions with what we do actually know to be fact .. probably/usually it will result in learning.
But we have internet forums to express out thought, observations and opinions. I submit mine .. you submit yours.
I had been using Mobil 1 for decades then began using Blackstone labs. I now use Wal*Mart Supertech 0W-20 full synthetic in my truck 300k +.... Zero difference in my oil analysis reports but I saved a lot of money on oil(darn truck takes almost 9 quarts.. WalMart and many others (I think Costco too, use Warren oil. good stuff for a fraction of the price.... Below is the mileage on my truck, my wife's Honda Pilot has 200k, My wife's antique Mercedes has 260K.. All three now use Supertech and OEM filters(my local Walmart sells OEM Toyota filters for less than Fram...... Use the right API spec oil , change it regularly and these engines can easily go 750,000+ miles..Eric,
IIn the gas world Mobil 1 is the oil of choice for high mileage cars and I know a lot of people with high mileage vehicles who don't use Mobil 1 and swear by their choice. In the diesel world, Rotella has a hall of fame for professional trucks/truckers that go over a million miles using Rotella. Doesn't point to a better oil, but it does point to better drivers.
TT,
That sure is a nail hit squarely indeed.
BUT the most common mission here on TF is to find out what the BEST product is. Where to find it and at what price.
Take anchors .. nobodies interested much in a good anchor that will give acceptable service in most situations.
That’s what put one anchor at the top of the heap. There was simply no other anchor that could demonstratively show all other products were inferior. Didn’t matter that the difference was often fly stuff or that the anchor didn’t fit most boats because it was w roll bar. And later on it was tested w inferior performance in not common but not uncommon conditions.
Most TF skippers wanted and bought the anchor that gave them the best degree of pride in their voice when they announced what anchor adorned their bow.
TF skippers are constantly in search for the best. Not just something that will do just fine. I have offered straight wt. oil for years as .. just fine, and now and then there’s the odd one that agrees w me. Not all of us need an Ultra class anchor but nobodies happy until they know what it is.
But TT it has all to do w the products that are considered best. “Much to do about nothing?” … more like everyone wants the holy grail.