This is interesting. And, if you click the link at the bottom, there is an entire message board for people who like to talk about oil! Didn't see a teen oil chatroom, though
Lucas, what gives!?!? I don't understand them having a magic potion that engineers from every other company in the industry can't copy thereby offering their own versions of basically the same thing. Now, I could understand snakeoil salesmen marketing heavily with motor sports thereby selling trucking's version of the pet rock.
Is Lucas anything more than a viscosity aduster!? You know, thick oil, add it and your oil's overall thickness goes up? Perhaps a good idea in the summer, perhaps a bad idea in the winter? Does it allegedly cling to the cylinder walls better just because it's thicker, is that all there is to it? By being thicker, does it slow oil circulation during start up thereby having a detrimental effect, if any?
If it's just about viscosity, the manufacturers prescribe a viscosity that is not too thick, not to thin. They could prescribe any thickness. If thicker were better they'd just prescribe that. The only thing I could see is that it's not always a 'one size fits all', one viscosity for all driving conditions. In that case, maybe it would be fine to adjust your oil's viscosity. Yet, I haven't heard anyone recommend Lucas when it's hot outside only. All you engineers on the board, this is the kind of stuff you talk about at the bars, right? :lol: Any thoughts?
Interesting test with Lucas oil products, check this out
