UOA for 2006 987S Mobil 5W50 vs Red Line 5W40

[san rensho]

Very good wear metals, especially Fe. Also, tha additives, Zinc, Phosphorus in Red Line look very good. 500+ Moly! Why did the moly numbers go down so drastically?

M1 5-50 looks good too. Those are about the numbers I get with M1 0-40.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by san rensho

500+ Moly! Why did the moly numbers go down so drastically?

Years ago, I asked Charles Navarro this question (and Red Line). Moly is a friction modifier, and you can see how Red Line did a refromulate. Maybe to save cost?? Don't know.

[MikenOH]

Originally Posted by san rensho

Very good wear metals, especially Fe. Also, tha additives, Zinc, Phosphorus in Red Line look very good. 500+ Moly! Why did the moly numbers go down so drastically?

M1 5-50 looks good too. Those are about the numbers I get with M1 0-40.

1973 Opel manta--you must be the other guy in the US that bought one.

Great car just needed more HP.

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by MikenOH

1973 Opel manta--you must be the other guy in the US that bought one.

Great car just needed more HP.

Best deal I ever made on a car. I bought it for $350.00 and I must have put 70k miles on it driving all over the country. Wasn't much to look at, interior and body were very rough, but it just wouldn't die.

Yeah, underpowered, but my brother lost his license while driving it, got caught going over 100 mph.