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Did I mess up my car? (by making a Lucas additive cocktail in my oil pan)

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Old 05-15-08, 12:14 PM
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Default Did I mess up my car? (by making a Lucas additive cocktail in my oil pan)

I just added Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer in with Royal Purple 5w20 for my oil change. Is this a bad decision?
Old 05-15-08, 12:15 PM
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well i havent heard grreat reivews on that lucas junk in general......and i honestly dont see the point in trying to make a great motor oil better?
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no you didnt mess it up ive been using that on every oil change since 10k an im now at 50k
Old 05-15-08, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeh555
no you didnt mess it up ive been using that on every oil change since 10k an im now at 50k

Is this the same Lucas so well known for its' electrical systems?
You know company motto - "Home before dark"
Company nickname - Prince of Darkness

I'd pass on the additive
Old 05-15-08, 02:37 PM
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HAHAH
when he said "did i F up my car", i thought he meant he added the "F-sport accesories" to his car. like he "F"ed up his car.

but IMO, synthetic oil for the 2is is not necessary. if you want to, its cool too. i just use regular oil for oil changes.
Old 05-15-08, 03:07 PM
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But dont go back to regular after you used synthetic tho :P and no you are fine...i dont think adding extra stuff to royal purple will help anything its just like those octane boost lmao.
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Originally Posted by HighImStan
I just added Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer
Might want to read at www.bobistheoilguy.com

Why so light a weight of oil?
Old 05-15-08, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by KrapWerdna
HAHAH
when he said "did i F up my car", i thought he meant he added the "F-sport accesories" to his car. like he "F"ed up his car.

but IMO, synthetic oil for the 2is is not necessary. if you want to, its cool too. i just use regular oil for oil changes.
There's a vanity plate for you F-Sporters:

F'ed Up IS
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Why are you adding **** to your oil? Motor oil manufacturers spend millions of dollars to get the chemistry just right in their products. If adding an oil stabilizer helped don't you think they would have done it already? If you're so concerned get a better oil. Royal Purple is expensive junk anyway.
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Originally Posted by KrapWerdna
HAHAH
when he said "did i F up my car", i thought he meant he added the "F-sport accesories" to his car. like he "F"ed up his car.

but IMO, synthetic oil for the 2is is not necessary. if you want to, its cool too. i just use regular oil for oil changes.
Hahaha!!! That just made my day. When I thought the day wasn't going so great I seen this post.

**Yes I know this maybe off-topic, but I just had to comment on the "out-of-the-blue" comment. I wasn't really think I was gonna see this post in here.**
Old 05-15-08, 07:23 PM
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no you didnt 'mess up', BUT~ i will agree with everyone else, you dont NEED to add lucas to RP since RP is good enough the way it is...
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Thanks for all the input! I'll just put in RP and nothing else extra for the next change.
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you just make the oil "thicker"....that means you are losing mpg.....
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also in some cases the lucas starts to foam, which is a real bad thing. check it out http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm
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You really don't need that particular product. That is a good product from Lucas, but more so for large trucks and more powerful engines that get a really good benefit from it. However, as was mentioned above it won't hurt.

I can tell that I have known racers over the years who run Royal Purple and it always seems to run 'heavy.' If the car normally runs W30 they run W40, etc., so that 5W20 should run you just fine by itself. Only other kind of oil I know that is like this is my favorite, Castrol 0W30 which has the characteristics of a W40 oil.

How much of this stuff did you toss in their BTW?


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