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Originally Posted by firebird_1252
so.. this week i stopped and opened the hood, the motor was pouring smoke out of the blow by tube and dipstick. my motor is new (60k). so i called the cat dealer that did the motor. they did an oil anal. right away. i've been running delo for the past 2 maybe 3 oil changes. anyway, the analysis came back with the numbers exceeding perfect viscosity #'s were a bit high but he thinks its because i run a gal of lucas. the conclusion he came to was either the turbo is going or just could be the oil. any thoughts?
I am confused here, why would you run a gallon of Lucas in a virtually new engine or newly rebuilt one? Is there something lacking in modern engine oils that they need to be "stabilized" by Lucas? And what is in LOS? According to those that have done virgin oil sample analysis on it, nothing more than a 50w base oil with no beneficial additives. In other words, nothing more than the old STP Oil Treatment in a gallon jug. Why not just use a 15w50 engine oil will all the beneficial additives in it and a gallon of that is half that price of LOS.
We all are victims of marketing gurus now and again. For some strange reason, we all seem to know more than the guys who actually make and test engine oils, and we seem to think that their products are sub standard and need some help from another company that is playing on this mindset and marketing to us something we really have no statistical proof we need. Talk about a circular reasoning. And God forbid, that we should actually take the advice of those who design, build, and test their engines when they say in their operation manual that the owner should not use engine oil additives. Silly OEM's. Forrest Lucas and Mr. MotorKote know more than they do! And just because our engine did not have a catastrophic failure when we were using the additive, does not prove that the additive prevented a catastrophic failure. You cannot prove a negative.
While some of these things like Lucas, MotorKote, etc may not cause a problem, there is no detailed industry standard testing done by a objective group on a series of engines using blind study techniques that show these additives provide any longevity and reduced wear. Wonder why none of these products pay to have a study done by a third party group, like the Technology and Maintenance Council, to really pad their marketing? But boy, brand loyalty is really something. The "we have used X.Y.Z. additive since our family moved west in conestoga wagons and it has always worked for us" does not a definitive study make.