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Eric Wrote:
“I get asked about oil questions a LOT. For that reason I’ve asked my friends at Valvoline to help me answer some of them. This way we can get an ‘expert’ to weigh in on some of the most popular questions about oil. We’re scheduling a video shoot where we will answer questions submitted by you. Those questions will be taken from this forum thread. So post whatever questions you might have about oil, oil additives, oil viscosities, and generally whatever you feel you need to know about oil, and your question may be answered by the expert in the upcoming video.”
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Eric,
The Valvoline video is no longer active, saying its private. Therefore, it’s not viewable.
Thanks
[quote=”billo” post=108781]bgilliam – you’re not alone, I’m getting the same error when trying to view the video.[/quote]
I will check what the problem is.
[quote=”onyx” post=108784]There is something going on that i can not discuss. But it is not Eric.[/quote]
Do we expect this to be a temporary outage, or something a little more permanent?
So, the guy whom does my oil changes (discussed further in the DIY or oil change place thread) suggested to me that I use GB MOA in my car. He told me it replaces things like detergents which have been slowly removed over time by oil companies.
I’m wondering if this sort of product takes conventional oil and adds these additives to make the oil have characteristics more like high milage oil. We’ve changed the oil several times after having MOA introduced into the engine and found that at times the oil was much more amber in colour, and at times much darker. The oil is changed every 3k mi. religiously.
The manufacturer states it’s mandatory for this change interval because of a small screen in front of the turbo on the turbo oil line to prevent the screen from clogging and starving the turbo bearings. I learned this from reading the info on the AMSoil site, which stated that yes, on most vehicles they stand behind their 25k mi change policy, except where manufacturers state differently. The interval stated by the company which made me car was something like 2,800 mi.
My car has 196,400 mi as of today, and runs incredibly strong. Most of the cars like mine haven’t lasted that long. Then again most are driven by younger men whom either modify the hell out of them, or don’t properly maintain them.
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