Has anybody used royal purple oil on their car? if so how is it?

 

Lots of people do. Various arguments why/if it's better than the recommended Mobil 1 Syn.
Synthetic is already expensive enough, and I just don't see the cost effective advantages of using RP.

 

Really cause i was just thinking if it would be better than mobil1 & i have no clue but thanks for the input btw how many quarts of oil does the damn thing take dude at the store said 6 & i was like no way in hell

 

I think its 5 or 6 might be 5 1/2.

 

It "could" be. I personally believe it's just advertising. I will admit purple oil is cool as hell though.
As for how much oil, it really depends on your car.. some say 5, 5 1/2. I know a couple other guys, including me, use 6.

Like above, I have to use 6.

 

Let me google that for you

 

Damn for a 4 cylinder the damn thing needs hella oil

 

How did you do that? pretty cool, looks like a virus xD

 

Ill never use RP ever again. Their enging oil might be ok but the transmission fluid is ****.

 

Someone said RP is the same as mobile just pink dye, my friends dad use to sell RP before it was a big deal like it is these days and said there's graphite in it, so if u use it and switch brands itl prematurely wear ur sh-t out. I'm mobil all the way, plus mobils half the price

 

I use mobil 1 only in all my cars. Dont see a need to spend more for the same.

 

When I went to the Modern Performance meet today, they had an old dodge guy speak about proper lubrication in motors and transmission. An interesting point he brought up was the use of a particular element (something to do with zinc...i can't remember off the top of my head). Anywho, to make a long story short, he basically said that this particular zinc element creates a "bubble" that keeps lubricants bonded to between two metals so that the metals don't grind against each other and cause premature wear (he used a more technical term that, again, I can't remember). He could speak for Mobil 1, but he said that the High Mileage synthetic oil was the only one that had the most zinc in its oil. When I asked him, he mentioned that the regular Mobil 1 has only 200 parts per million, while the High Mileage has 1500 parts per million.

 

Has/does anybody use Mobil 1 High Mileage?

 

reality man...unless your balt is putting down 500+ hp. RP vs M1 isn't going to make a difference. Even then at the level of power, something else is likely to cause failure, not your oil. In the end it's your car, just put the right oil in it!

 

reality who gives a **** what YOU chose for your car these ***** arent driving or making your payment, people just want to be dick heads and have some constant stupid **** to argue about. putting down a person for a oil they put in THEIR car is stupid. ***** so annoying the childish **** that goes on on this site. no one has scientific facts about one oil or another **** if you want put amsoil in your car....ITS YOURS

and fyi i use RP and have been since i bought my car and i bought it new off the line so theres never been anything more than the preservatives in it to get it to the dealer...thanks.

 

Congratz, keyboard rage. No one was saying that Mobil 1 users are dumbasses, and RP user are spoiled rich kids. YES there is scientific facts backing up that RP is a SLIGHTLY higher quality oil than Mobil1.

 

[QUOTE=duffman11;6137025]Congratz, keyboard rage. No one was saying that Mobil 1 users are dumbasses, and RP user are spoiled rich kids. YES there is scientific facts backing up that RP is a SLIGHTLY higher quality oil than Mobil1.[/QUOT

Lol he mad. He real mad. Don't diss his oil

 

Lmao, he was just looking for input.
Nobody is arguing.

In the end, it is indeed up to him.

 

the tree huggers had zinc phospherous removed from typical off the shelf oils as it was said to be bad for the enviroment about the only off the shelf oils that have zinc in them anymore is diesel oils or a racing oil such as valvoline racing or brad penn grade1 or most of your racing oils

 

idk, he used to race for mobil 1 (not about to call an old timer a liar ), and according to him they put zinc phospherous in their high mileage synthetic. I can PM the guys at Modern Performance to double check for you if you'd like. After all, it was at one of their meets, and they know the guy's background better than I do.

 

Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed.

 

 

Lol at this thread. You're not going to make any more power with any oil. If you notice you are using a lot of oil try switching brands. I was using almost a quarts between oil changes with mobile 1. I switch to Eneos oil and I still havent had to add any. Nippon Oil ENEOS 5w30 (1 Case / 6 Quarts) - $54.00 : Kronos Performance, Leading since 6th Century BC

Most of the crap is just marketing. Find what you like and what works for you and go for it. I tried this stuff because my sponsor gave me a really good deal on it, otherwise I was looking at amsoil. I read the data sheets and the sae testing to make sure and between this, amsoil and redline oil they all come out about the same based on their data sheets and the sae labs testing.

 

no one said that using one particular oil going to make more power than the next...this is merely a discussion about royal purple brand oil and mobil 1. As tired of discussion as it has become amongst several members here, it's still much debated subject as there is little to no information available to the public concerning the molecular content of either brand. I, for one, would like to read some genuine information about the subject, and since I recently came across some viable material, I'd thought I'd share it.

 

The best I can do are the manufactures data sheets.

Mobil 1 5W-30
SAE Grade 5W-30
Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) 11.0
Viscosity, @ 40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) 61.7
Viscosity Index 172
Sulfated Ash, wt% (ASTM D874) 0.8
HTHS Viscosity, mPa•s @ 150ºC (ASTM D4683) 3.1
Pour Point, ºC (ASTM D97) -42
Flash Point, ºC (ASTM D92) 230
Density @15.6 ºC, mg/l (ASTM D4052) 0.855

Royal Purple

MULTI-GRADE OILS — TYPICAL PROPERTIES*
SAE GRADE / API SERVICE 0W-20 0W-40**** 5W-20** 5W-30** 5W-40**** 10W-30** 10W-40*** 15W-40*** 20W-50
ASTM TESTS SN SM SN SN SM SN SN CJ-4 SN
D-445 Viscosity
cSt @ 40˚C 42.58 79.9 48.58 60.62 93.7 65.27 83.67 105 181.4
cSt @ 100˚C 8.37 14.3 8.5 10.42 15.7 10.75 13.36 14.8 20.23
D-2270 Viscosity Index 177 182 153 162 179 155 162 146 130
D-4684 Pumping Viscosities
cP @ -40˚C — 20,000 — — — — — — —
cP @ -35˚C 25,100 — — — 21,500 — — — —
cP @ -30˚C — — 33,000 22,300 — 33,000 33,000 — 33,000
cP @ -25˚C — — — — — — — 15,500 —
cP @ -20˚C — — — — — — — — —
D-92 Flash Point ˚F 420 465 435 410 425 425 425 430 425
D-92 Fire Point ˚F 450 495 470 445 470 480 470 435 480

Eneos

Typical Properties of ENEOS Motor Oil
Quality grade API SN/RC ILSAC GF-5
SAE viscosity grade 5W-30
Density (15°C) g/cm3 0.852
Flash point (COC) °C 238
Kinematic viscosity
(40°C) mm2/s 55.75
(100°C) mm2/s 10.35
Viscosity index 177
CCS Viscosity mPa's 4200 (-30°C)
Pour point °C -42.5
Acid Number mgKOH/g 1.79
Base Number (HCIO4) mgKOH/g 7.65
Color (ASTM) L3.0
HTHS Viscosity (150°C) mPa's 3.05

Redline

TYPICAL PROPERTIES

API Service Class SM/SL/SG/CF
Viscosity Grade SAE 5W30
Vis @ 100°C, cSt 10.6
Vis @ 40°C, cSt 62
Viscosity Index 162
CCS Viscosity, Poise, @*C 60@-30
Pour Point, °C -45
Pour Point, °F -49
Flash Point, °C 252
Flash Point, °F 486
NOACK Evaporation Loss,1hr @ 482°F (250°C), % 6
HTHS Vis, cP @150°C, ASTM D4741 3.8

AMSOil

TYPICAL TECHNICAL PROPERTIES
Signature Series 100% Synthetic 5W-30 Motor Oil (ASL)
Kinematic Viscosity @ 100°C, cSt (ASTM D-445)
10.5
Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C, cSt (ASTM D-445)
60.3
Viscosity Index (ASTM D-2270)
166
CCS Viscosity, cP @ (°C) (ASTM D-5293)
4911 (-30)
Flash Point °C (°F) (ASTM D-92)
228 (442)
Fire Point °C (°F) (ASTM D-92)
246 (475)
Pour Point °C (°F) (ASTM D-97)
-51 (-60)
NOACK Volatility, % weight loss (g/100g) (ASTM D-5800)
7.0
High Temperature/High Shear Viscosity
@ 150°C, 1.0 X 106 s.-1), cP (ASTM D-5481)
3.2
Four-Ball Wear Test @ 40 kgf, 75ºC,
1200 rpm, 1 hr, scar diameter, mm (ASTM D-4172)
0.35
Total Base Number (ASTM D-2896)
12.6

You can compare them yourselves.