ENEOS oil: power adder or snake oil?

[95talonracer]

Originally Posted by jhaan_dude

the only reason i would use Lucas is in a big "na" v6 or v8 because they need all the help they can get with upper cylinder lubrication...

Originally Posted by jhaan_dude

but nobody has answered my real question yet...has anyone used the Lucas "synthetic oil" that I was talking about?

Actually all Lucas stuff is junk and a gimmick. The test they use with the weights to show lack of friction or whatever is a joke as well. If you don’t know how they do the test it is a arm that pivots that you put weights on one end and at the other end there are two contact points where the wheel that is spinning rubs against a stone and the Lucas added to any oil is supposed to make it not stop, sorry hard to explain. At a Lucas demonstration stand a group of us amsoil dealers took over a mysterious bottle of stuff and told him to add it to the oil and make it resist friction and it performed just as the Lucas additives did and he asked what it was, it was shampoo! It is all a joke.

Originally Posted by Kracka

You are just wasting your money.

Dam right, they have a 15,000 mile extreme guarantee on their oil and filter.

Originally Posted by DSM_420

How long do you think you can legitally run AMSoil then? I replace the oil filter every oil change... and I never run an oil filter past 5k miles. So as long as I'm replacing that I might as well do the oil as well.

Amsoils new EAO## filter is a 25,000 mile normal, 15,000 extreme condition filter as is their oil so don’t waste your money. They have analysis kits too where you can have the oil analyzed to see if you need to change the filter, oil or both. The test also shows if you have things like carbon, coolant, or anything else in the oil.

Originally Posted by DSM_420

I could never let my self go 25k without changing the oil. Although I would hit the 1 year mark (where AMSoil suggest changing) before hitting 25k miles. I guess maybe this summer I will only need to change my oil once, since I put on less than 10k in a summer.

It is well worth it not only because you don’t have to change your oil as often and it is warranted but it is cheaper in the end.

Originally Posted by DSM_420

AMSoil and their filters are rated until 25k or 1 year, whatever comes first. I don't believe it has been rated for 15k for a couple of years now.

It is rated 25,000 miles normal driving conditions, and 15,000 miles under more extreme driving conditions like hammering on the gas and not being easy on the car all of the time.