what u think about pennzoil?

[kimcrwbr1]

castrol synthetic and a motorcraft filter every 5000 miles money in the bank.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

castrol synthetic and a motorcraft filter every 5000 miles money in the bank.

i cant use those right now, money is too tight

 

[exbass94]

so basically penzzoil is as good as every other regular oil?

Yes. Seriously I don't consider the brand at all when I buy oil. As long as it meets API SM, it's good for 5k miles. As long as you change it regularly, no matter what the brand, the engine will outlive the rest of the vehicle.

 

[Mafusa]

it does have a wax in it when the oil gets hot and starts to burn the water evaporates out thats whats left behind the wax causes the soot to build up around your valves springs and even your rods. Exbass is right on the money there I always read the back of the labels b4 buying any oil if I cannot afford amsoil or royal purple at the time.and yep 7500 miles I still do mine at 3000 only cause of how hard I drive my engines, oil can get stressed just like our engines can the harder we play the more we gotta pay.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

Yes. Seriously I don't consider the brand at all when I buy oil. As long as it meets API SM, it's good for 5k miles. As long as you change it regularly, no matter what the brand, the engine will outlive the rest of the vehicle.

ive been refusing to use pennzoil on my engines just cuz of the bad things people say. But considering its made as any other regular oils, and i do try to replace it regulary, it will be fine.

like i said, i think its worst having the engine 10k miles with the old oil on it.

this is what i was looking to hear. thanks man

 

[Hopman]

I still sticky by the 3/3 rule, but I just go by mileage, not time.

The truck just hit 160,000 and has been running like a champ.

 

[OilPatch197]

The ignorance in some of these posts claiming wax, sludge, etc would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic. Some are using the wax B.S. for a scapegoat for either poor maintenance or other factors beyond their comprehension or ability to research. Others are just indulging in stubbornness or self-righteousness which makes them appear even more uneducated. These kind of people will always be found and hinder progress with their ignorance and blinders. As far back as the earth is flat and the earth is the center of the universe all the way to 'I can make candles out of the wax in my engine from Pennzoil' and the like... Sad.

Below is a UOA of Conventional Pennzoil, 5w 20.

 

[Mafusa]

Read where it says sodium, its from the salts derived of H2O and what bad is most of those chemicals are in our tap water.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

The ignorance in some of these posts claiming wax, sludge, etc would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic. Some are using the wax B.S. for a scapegoat for either poor maintenance or other factors beyond their comprehension or ability to research. Others are just indulging in stubbornness or self-righteousness which makes them appear even more uneducated. These kind of people will always be found and hinder progress with their ignorance and blinders. As far back as the earth is flat and the earth is the center of the universe all the way to 'I can make candles out of the wax in my engine from Pennzoil' and the like... Sad.

Below is a UOA of Conventional Pennzoil, 5w 20.

pardon me but i dont get it

explaint to me please

 

[exbass94]

it does have a wax in it when the oil gets hot and starts to burn the water evaporates out thats whats left behind the wax causes the soot to build up around your valves springs and even your rods. .

Wow. That made absolutely no sense whatsoever. So you're saying Pennzoil adds water to their oil? You ever hear the phrase "water and oil don't mix"? And once the water burns off, all that's left is wax? LOL.

Read where it says sodium, its from the salts derived of H2O and what bad is most of those chemicals are in our tap water.

Sodium is a very common additive used in a lot of motor oils as a detergent.
Here's an analysis of Castrol GTX. Look it has sodium in it! And read the paragraph in the report "Sodium increased to 241 ppm...we believe it is from an additive in your oil."

Here's one using Valvoline. More sodium:

Please, stop with this nonsense before you make yourself look like more of a jackass than you already have.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

so it wont damage the engine, since its the same oil as the other regular oils, right?

 

[exbass94]

Correct. There isn't really such thing as a bad oil. They're all more or less the same, which is why I said I don't even consider the brand when buying oil. As long as you keep it changed regularly, it doesn't matter what brand you use.

 

[bcost882]

I love my valvoline never had a problem with it and it looks pretty good when i change it, and I have only heard that pennzoil is crap but never used it myself. prolly fine now i just found something i like so why change, but if pennzoil what the only oil and i was nowhere i would use it no second thought

 

[Mafusa]

yes its a water solluble petroleum "breaks down and loses viscosity" from just engine sweats or condensation, and the so called wax isnt wax its acually left over silicon and additives from the oil being seperated wich is normaly caused by the stress of driving it, it stays behind as the oil breaks down and burns out and yes theres water in it. its one of the things that they seperate from the crude, why do you think pennzoil leaves so much crud behind in your engines when at 7000 miles you pull your valve covers and youll have quite a bit of gunk or deposits left behind do the exact same test using a different oil, go the same amount of mileage doing the exact same driving and then do the same thing and you will notice a much cleaner engine.p.s who ever said they put parrafin wax in oil that parts not true the so called WAX is acually the silicone that got seperated from the oil as it burns up. and those tables are the used end product we buy at the store not the crude thats being pushed through refining. as we ALL know the oil we buy at the stores floats on water, how do you think they seperate it makes it much easier to pull the mud and crap out of it, then run it through another process which in turn start adding the additives, and sodium isnt the only element on those tables thats from our water either if some handed me one of those spec sheets my first response would be muddy water. just because they seperate water from it like I said, doesnt mean that what is in those containers from the store, and its not me that is being made an ass you tell that to the chemical engineers that build those refineries, I am only going on what I am told by them. almost all of our conventional oils are processed like that.by the way what the hell you think is in our oil when its drilled? MUD and water! which they seperate from it as well as the methanes and other natural gasses from the crude. thats what the refining and filtering of the crude is for.

 

[dp88]

The only oil I wont run is Valvoline High Mileage and Quaker State. I put the high mileage stuff in my last Fox body and I could hear valves and Im not sure what else. Changed it the next day with Mobile 1. Never heard it again.