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RedHatch08 · 06-12-2010, 04:08 PM

This may be better for a new thread, but does anyone have any thoughts on using an oil stabilizer (like Lucas Oil)?

I've never bothered, but some people like to replace 1 quart of oil with Lucas Oil.

I know that if you have an automatic tranny that's slipping, this stuff works pretty well, but I've never put any in my engine.

1stToyota · 06-12-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Who's frowning? It's just a frivolous expenditure that's really interesting to someone with a hobby interest in oil, like the posters over there. I'm very interested in the technical details of oils and lubrication myself. I've read whole textbooks on the subject and much of what's available online, and frequently lurk at Bob's forum. I'm just being the cranky SOB pointing out that it's unnecessary. There's got to be a devil's advocate or every poor soul who asks a question on oil will come away with the silly idea that synthetics are a panacea and that their Yaris probably won't make it across town without an engine rebuild on "dino" oil. But if you need something to obsess on, there are worse things to obsess over than oil.

That wasn't really directed at you, but since the topic comes up all the time there must be interest here, not just Bob's forum. I just don't like it when those that loathe oil threads act like they don't know how to avoid them instead of polluting them with silly answers and cussing.

zachryboles · 06-10-2010, 07:09 PM

im pretty rough on Yarii so i tend to stick to synthetic myself..... been using royal purple in all my vehicles since............... well forever and ive never had an issue.

ddongbap · 06-11-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by zachryboles

im pretty rough on Yarii so i tend to stick to synthetic myself..... been using royal purple in all my vehicles since............... well forever and ive never had an issue.

They say Royal Purple is famous in Japan...

..For blowing up engines.

smell my finger · 06-11-2010, 03:19 PM

So conola oil I use to make popcorn is not what I should be using?

R2D2 · 06-11-2010, 07:26 PM

The BIOSYN I use is veggie oil based.

Yaris Hilton · 06-12-2010, 09:11 AM

I thought it was made from beef fat.

RedHatch08 · 06-13-2010, 02:28 PM

I was just curious if anyone tried it.

A friend's Ford Ranger was slipping bad and I told him to try some in his tranny, and it fixed it right up. I think that was like 2-3 years ago, and he hasn't touched the tranny since.

Plus has anyone seen that little Lucas Oil display thingy that they have inside some mechanics shops? It has 2 sides. One side is regular oil. The other side with Lucas Oil. Both sides have a set of gears with little hand cranks. You crank both sides and you watch *miraculously* as the liquid on the Lucas Oil side "climbs" up the gears. Ooooh. Impressive.

Well not really ... but I've still wondered if it works well in engines.

ddongbap · 06-13-2010, 04:05 PM

My oil can be used for 27k miles now, with out needing change. I read it on the internetz. It is true.

06-12-2010, 04:08 PM	#1
RedHatch08 Canadetroiter View User's Garage Drives: 2008 3DR 5M Join Date: May 2010 Location: Detroit MI USA Posts: 237	This may be better for a new thread, but does anyone have any thoughts on using an oil stabilizer (like Lucas Oil)? I've never bothered, but some people like to replace 1 quart of oil with Lucas Oil. I know that if you have an automatic tranny that's slipping, this stuff works pretty well, but I've never put any in my engine. __________________ K&N Air Filter . Rear Debadge

06-10-2010, 07:09 PM	#3
zachryboles Chunk love Yarii View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Silver 3DR Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ft. Worth, Tx Posts: 331	im pretty rough on Yarii so i tend to stick to synthetic myself..... been using royal purple in all my vehicles since............... well forever and ive never had an issue. __________________ Yarii's falice enhancement list: 30% Tint W/ 15% Rear Tint, Tanabe DF210 Springs,Tanabe Concept-G Exhaust,Injen CAI,Piggies SSK Recent Kills: 06 Vette, 08 Cobalt SS, ?? Civic Del Sol, 10 Audi TT

06-11-2010, 07:26 PM	#6
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	The BIOSYN I use is veggie oil based. __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

06-13-2010, 02:28 PM	#8
RedHatch08 Canadetroiter View User's Garage Drives: 2008 3DR 5M Join Date: May 2010 Location: Detroit MI USA Posts: 237	I was just curious if anyone tried it. A friend's Ford Ranger was slipping bad and I told him to try some in his tranny, and it fixed it right up. I think that was like 2-3 years ago, and he hasn't touched the tranny since. Plus has anyone seen that little Lucas Oil display thingy that they have inside some mechanics shops? It has 2 sides. One side is regular oil. The other side with Lucas Oil. Both sides have a set of gears with little hand cranks. You crank both sides and you watch miraculously as the liquid on the Lucas Oil side "climbs" up the gears. Ooooh. Impressive. Well not really ... but I've still wondered if it works well in engines. __________________ K&N Air Filter . Rear Debadge

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06-11-2010, 03:19 PM	#5
smell my finger Drives: 2007 Yaris Hatchback Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 46	So conola oil I use to make popcorn is not what I should be using?

06-12-2010, 09:11 AM	#7
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	I thought it was made from beef fat.

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ddongbap Banned Drives: yw calls me douche and racist. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: hay Posts: 2,183	My oil can be used for 27k miles now, with out needing change. I read it on the internetz. It is true.

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