I watched the first few minutes...co plate and utter garbage per usual.
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I watched the first few minutes...co plate and utter garbage per usual.
I agree that youtube testimonials are questionable. But that is not what Project Farm does.
I paid for my tests and I stand by what I reported. Yes, you are calling me a liar. But since you do not know me, that just makes you a pompous troll. You present your opinions as unquestionable facts. You make it hard to respect you or to give credibility to anything you say.
Hmm. Methinks that betrays your ignorance.
I changed nothing. I just gave more detail. You don't know anything about chemistry, clearly. The base number changes as acids are absorbed by the oil. The anti-wear additives and most others do not get "used up". But if the base number starts out very high, it takes a long time for it to fall down to the SAE standard permissible level.
Years ago, Briggs and Stratton did the no oil changes in push mower engine thing. I can't remember the time they called average for the mower to be ran, however they did say about 1/3 of the oil needed changed to keep a minimum of the additives needed for the oil to continue functioning properly. That's quite a bit even ramped up for a small automotive sump capacity, much more then an oil filters worth.
I know plenty in regards to chemistry and I am well aware of what TBN is.
AW additives most certainly do get used up. As do the calcium and magnesium based detergents that TBN measures.
You are aware there industry accepted methods for testing oils? Hint, they don't involve some cull heating oil on a hot plate.
So what is your academic background?
I am aware of that and so is Todd. He says as much. His usual words are something like this: "while these tests do not duplicate exactly the conditions in an engine, they can still provide valuable information". And indeed they do. His oil cooking definitely shows which oils are most volatile. His freezer tests definitely show which oils have the best cold flow characteristics. And his wear scar tests definitely show which oils have the best lubricity. He also sends oils to test labs to show what happens to their composition after testing. Granted, since his tests are short, they composition does not change greatly. But it does show wwhich oils have the highest base number, the highest detergency and the most anti-wear additives.
I doubt he can. Haven't seen any oil ever go that long without recommendations for being changed for one reason or another, let alone in a diesel engine. I'd possibly believe it in a propane or natural gad engine, but that would be a stretch too. Even then it starts loosing viscosity index, acidity starts going up, magnesium, calcium, zinc, etc start dropping off... ad nauseum at this point. Don't buy his claims one bit.
Now you are acting illiterate. Do you not know the difference between "your" and "you're"? It is not my job to prove you wrong. You may be right on many of your statements. But since you don't back it up with anything but your own pontifications, it remains opinion until you cite sources. There was once a time when I thought you were a man of knowledge and experience. I have come to doubt that, especially when you resort to calling people liars for stating things you disagree with. And to claim I am lying about tests I actually paid for, well, that is over the top. Some people would call it libel.
Good, so both of you admit the "test" is garbage. It's a start.
The wear scar tests are worthless for motor oil... zero relevance to what happens in a motor.
Formulating oil isn't as easy as pouring the additives to it. And in fact the opposite is the trend in modern oils and for good reason.
Let alone being as good as new like he claimed..
And like you I have looked at plenty of oil analysis results.
Well it only has 353,000 miles on it and runs the best
You need to work on your English comprehension. No one said the tests are garbage. read it again.
I am right... if your suggesting I am not prove it.
It's not my job to do research for your lazy azz.
I did not say it was as good as new. I said it met the specs for new oil. When the oil itself was new, it substantially exceeded the specs. I am saying after 30,000 miles it would have passed the specifications for new oil.
Nope. It is your job to prove your claims.
The one that gets me is the soot loading in a diesel. Unless you've added significant aftermarket oil filtration specifically designed to remove soot, there's nothing the oil itself can do to help with that, other than keep it in suspension. You're running grinding paste in your engine by running it that long.
