lucas oil stablizer...the real deal...

[rjdavis21]

I want to know if it really makes a difference with keeping the oil pressure stable and...just anyone who uses it let me know what all it does for you. Will it hard amything?

 

[WhiteTsiAwd]

Well ive used it since i have had my car, little more then a year now, and i love it. All my friends use it in theirs aswell. Before i started using it, the lifters were going crazy, and now you can only hear them for about 30 sec. on start up. Great Stuff!

 

[DevilSperm]

i used to have oil pressure issues on track days, now i dont...works for me

 

[a_scobel]

Now they have it in Synthetic...Sh*t's expensive though!! About 17 bucks at Kragen. Ouch.

I use it. Works good. Seems to quiet down my lifter tick a little, too.

 

[TSIfreek]

install up dated lifters if you have lifter noise not put a band aid on it. If you have a problem with something go to the source itself not try to hope this woks.

 

[AWDrift]

no drastic changes, but it didn't hurt anything.

it suprised me how thick the stuff was, i only put in a half a quart, so maybe you need more for the full effect.

 

[MigTalon]

I used it on my AWD tranny... Good Stuff...

 

[rjdavis21]

??im not putting this in for lifter noise...i have the updated lifters so I have no noise...my pressure just is up and down with the RPM's thats all.

 

[Nerfherder]

My oil pressure gauge remains rock-steady, but it is the stock gauge, so I'm not sure how accurate it is. I wouldn't worry about oil pressure fluctuating with RPMs, though. It's not a big deal.

 

[Dieselboy]

Used it in my first DSM and it quieted the lifters quite a bit. No ill effects from what I could tell.

 

[Tallen]

I won't touch that crap. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm
Oil bubbles + journal bearings in the turbo + High RPM's = Bad

 

[Dieselboy]

Great link ^^^^ . I havent added Lucas stabalizer to my current DSM, and I think Ill be passing on it this time around.

 

[DevilSperm]

I won't touch that crap. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm

ive seen that before, didnt stop me from using it though....i like lucas and i dont think it will foam in a dsm

 

[Tallen]

ive seen that before, didnt stop me from using it though....i like lucas and i dont think it will foam in a dsm

You don't think the crankshaft will act like an eggbeater?
I'll stick to Restore for my lifter tick personally.

 

[DevilSperm]

You don't think the crankshaft will act like an eggbeater?
I'll stick to Restore for my lifter tick personally.

tell you what, im about due for an oil change, ill run it before hand and then drain it and see if its foamy...i would actually like to see for myself

 

[WSU99GSX]

Let us know how that works..I would be interested.

 

[Defiant]

Not everyone has liked it:

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96596

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133085

 

[Nerfherder]

Well, I guess opinions truly are like bungholes. Everybody has one.

I'm going to keep using it. I like it.

 

[Sk8er07999]

I figured I would give it a try so I tried it in the beater. Old 88 Toyota Camry with 191,000 miles on it. Always knocks in the morning for about half a second on cold start so I figured I would add it to see if it would help. And yes it did very well! Cold starts are when 80% of engine wear occurs. It seems like it coated everything. Oil pressure builds really fast at cold start and I can still hear a slight knock from old motor but if I wasn't listening for it I wouldn't be able to hear it as where before passengers would be like what was that? Good stuff and I do plan on running the synthetic lucas oil stabilizer in my 1g next oil change.

 

[Defiant]

Cold starts are when 80% of engine wear occurs.

Or, such is the myth from manufacterers who want to sell you a "cure" for this.

 

[DevilSperm]

just got done with my oil change, i drove the talon around and beat the piss out of it....i drained the oil immediatly after i shut it off and burned my hands just for you guys....there was ZERO foam..i know this wasnt very scientific but its good enough for me....my oil pressure dropped about 5 needle widths without the lucas in so i think ill continue using it...i just thought id let you guys know i didnt see any foaming whatsoever...from that you can form your own opinions

 

[David15151]

the hell with that im going to drain out all my oil and put 5 quarts of lucas in there woot

 

[mistagst]

I won't touch that crap. What about Additives?
Oil bubbles + journal bearings in the turbo + High RPM's = Bad

that test was on gear oil not motor oil...which is why i think it foamed ### they are not the same compounds. i use the lucas syn oil stablizer and love it!

 

[JusMX141]

that test was on gear oil not motor oil...which is why i think it foamed ### they are not the same compounds. i use the lucas syn oil stablizer and love it!

Scroll about 3/4 of the way down that page....they use 15W40 as well with the same result rolleyes.


I still don't buy what Bob is trying to prove here. I've used Lucas in every engine I've changed oil in for the past 10+ years and I've never pulled a dipstick to reveal a foamy, light-brown mess.

 

[jimmythesaint]

Scroll about 3/4 of the way down that page....they use 15W40 as well with the same result rolleyes.


I still don't buy what Bob is trying to prove here. I've used Lucas in every engine I've changed oil in for the past 10+ years and I've never pulled a dipstick to reveal a foamy, light-brown mess.

Look a little closer and you will see huge drums of one of the brands he is testing in the experiements in the background of the pictures. Notice how he didnt add the Lucas to that oil in either test, only to the competitions synthetic oil (on the left).

Its a complety biased test and has no merit as an actually scientific study. He tested a full synthetic oil vs a standard oil blend (presumably as it doesnt say), and then only added the Lucas to one of them. Ever wonder what the tests would have looked like if the Lucas was added to both, or if they were the same blend of oils (standard vs synthetic) ?

I wonder which oil company Bob sells or he gets a kickback from?