suprising results on motor oil test
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don't that test was so corrupt it is not funny
the people at street commodores had to come out and say that the test was invalid, due to fudging results in acordance to who paid more, and even the testing lab said the results were mixed up between oils. oil manufacturers were thinking of getting a group law suit against them. (different weighting on the machine during testing!!!)
top oils are by propper testing by 3 independant labs (no order) penrite, mobil, castrol, motul
the people at street commodores had to come out and say that the test was invalid, due to fudging results in acordance to who paid more, and even the testing lab said the results were mixed up between oils. oil manufacturers were thinking of getting a group law suit against them. (different weighting on the machine during testing!!!)
top oils are by propper testing by 3 independant labs (no order) penrite, mobil, castrol, motul
From a post a couple years back...
"My name is Roger Miller. I do work for Red Line Oil in Victoria. One of my clients passed on your enquiry. In a rough sense this test is used for grease not oil. It is like using a quarter mile drag strip to find the "best four wheel drive on the market." A real test but totally irrelevent to what happens in the real world.The addition of friction modifiers to the test bears this out. You can take the nastiest oil on the market, add friction modifier to it and it will out-perform the best oil on the market. If you add friction modifier to a GL1 oil in this falex test you can make it exceed the results for a GL5 oil. Most general use oils contain friction modifiers to a greater or lesser degree depending on the recipe the oil manufacturer is using that particular day. So what does the falex test really test...???
To answer all your questions satifactiorally is beyond what this forum is designed for. Please feel free to contact me via redlineoil@redlineoil.com.au
Posts: 9 | Location: Australia | Registered: Thu May 18 2006"
"My name is Roger Miller. I do work for Red Line Oil in Victoria. One of my clients passed on your enquiry. In a rough sense this test is used for grease not oil. It is like using a quarter mile drag strip to find the "best four wheel drive on the market." A real test but totally irrelevent to what happens in the real world.The addition of friction modifiers to the test bears this out. You can take the nastiest oil on the market, add friction modifier to it and it will out-perform the best oil on the market. If you add friction modifier to a GL1 oil in this falex test you can make it exceed the results for a GL5 oil. Most general use oils contain friction modifiers to a greater or lesser degree depending on the recipe the oil manufacturer is using that particular day. So what does the falex test really test...???
To answer all your questions satifactiorally is beyond what this forum is designed for. Please feel free to contact me via redlineoil@redlineoil.com.au
Posts: 9 | Location: Australia | Registered: Thu May 18 2006"
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