Purple motor oil??

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

royal purple? lol

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[dbubble 10+ year member]

Royal Purple? Ive used it, I actually saw it on the shows on Spike "Horsepower TV" and tried it, yeah its kinda pricey but I can tell a difference

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Its royal purple. Looks the same as regular oil when you check it. Put some in my friends car.

Mobil 1 costs about the same price. Its only $5 something down here.

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

Is it good to put that*or any other synthetic*in an engine,say with over 100k on it?

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Synthetic oil is more slippery that regular oil.

So all the worn seals and what not might leak with the synthetic.

Thus creating blue smoke out the tail pipe from " blow by"

A high mileage oil has additives in it to decrease this from happening.

You could always try it, i dont think its going to hurt anything.

And even if you get some blow by you can just add more oil.

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

i`ve heard something bout that..probs with the seals,rings ect ect and its basicly the same with newer cars*under 10k*i cant remember for the life of me,where i heard that from..so i don`t realy know if it`s bs or not..but if that is the case..could you just add some regular oil to the synthetic to sort like"even things out"?

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Thats why they have synthetic blend.

I put some synthetic in my old burb. It had 100+ on it. Didnt cause any problems other than the oil gear was shot and the engine had no oil pressure.

It could be B.S, thats just what ive heard as well.

 

[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

Royal Purple is not new. We have used it in our off-road trucks and our drag cars for years.It is good stuff. I also like Kendall GT, it is a forest green color. Imusually use the Kendall when doing engine assembly.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

i like amsoil 10w-30. used to use red line, thats good stuff too. royal purple is about the same quality as red line.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I run full synthetic in the van, no problems with leaking...145k+ miles.

The oil pressure has always run high in that for some reason; my dad's truck with the same 4.9L/I6 has always run on the low side.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

i like amsoil 10w-30. used to use red line, thats good stuff too. royal purple is about the same quality as red line.

I cant get amsoil here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

neither can i, i order a couple cases at a time.

 

[Lunchbocks 10+ year member]

royal purple is good stuff, use it in some race motors i've helped build

one thing to remember when buying a new vehicle is to avoid immediately switching to synthetic as its high lubrication and anti wear characteristics can actually prevent proper break-in, seals, bearing surfaces, proper metal surface mating etc.... just wait til you put a few miles on, that is unless its a vehicle that recommends synthetic immediately. many engines go through a breakin procedure at the factory and/or are filled with a specifically formulated oil to be run until first oil change time.

edit: i also really like amsoil personally

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Yep yep.

Ive heard that as well.