Oil, which one

[lragan]

Annnndddd well Royal Purple makes there own to and are Texas proud!!!!  I have heard alot of good things about Amsoil too though 

Based entirely on my respect for your opinions, Allen, I went looking in Austin for Royal Purple.  The first auto parts store I asked directed me to another, and when I got there, they told me that Royal Purple had pulled their distributorship, in favor of "Mom & Pop" stores.  So I went to the web site, and found three dealers in Austin.  I went to each -- they were all in residential neighborhoods and there was nobody home.

I gave up and went to Amsoil...

[Charles S Otwell]

Lawrence they had to go to the mom and pop  stores because the guy that puts the purple food coloing in E-Z mart oil and pours it into the Royal Purple containers couldn't keep up with chain store orders. I heard his brother-in-law quit and left him in a bind!!

[hootmon]

I gave up and went to Amsoil...

Also for $10 / year you can become a preferred customer and get the same prices as the people who sell Amsoil, order directly from the warehouse and either have it shipped to you or pick it up and save the shipping, and get a periodic Magazine..
You just don't get the check back from volume of sale like a dealer.

BTW - the Warehouse for Texas is in Dallas

2234 Commerce Dr
Arlington, TX 76011

Shoot, there are enough of you in the Dallas area, you can all chip in $2 each and all order at the discount price and someone can pick the orders up at the warehouse...
OR, Chip in $4 each and someone become a dealer and split any checks between the group..
(I'm not saying that Amsoil would like that, but I'm sure it happens within groups)

[roboto65]

Sorry to hear that Lawrence I get mine for FREE LOL well except the first change on the Valk and I think Greg and I got it AutoZone or Oreillys right by his house. I do like RP and would pay if the supply ever drys up 

[L J VFR]

Here is something I read regarding royal purple a while back.  Kinda scared me away from the stuff.  May not be an issue with our motorcycles though....IDK.


Common knowledge among previous users such as myself that Royal Purple is crap oil. I've only lost one engine ever (4G63 in my 1998 Eclipse) and it was while using Royal Purple. In fact that summer three people I know (including me) all spun rod bearings using that oil. I have never used it again and never will. I tried Amsoil once with my SRT-4 and it was the only time that car ever used oil between an oil change. The main reason I stick to Mobil 1 is that it just works and is proven. I don't care about the ads showing private lab results or guys claiming hp gains on a dyno. Mobil 1 does the job and is the factory approved oil for my car.

royal purple oil not as good as you think

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just thought id share my experiences with you guys, i have a few customers that run royal purple and ran into the same problem. they all burn oil rather quickly. had a s2000 come in with valve train noise, dealer said it was the timing chain tensioner, but when i looked it over, it was 4qts low on oil. he was using royal purple, 6k miles burned 4 qts.
last week i had a sti come in he said hes low a quart of oil every 2-3 days, also using royal purple. no oil leaks so changed the oil and let him go. did a follow-up call today and the new oil completely fixed the problem.
just thought you guys might like to know....i know a lot of people like royal purple and have no problems but i wouldnt use it....


I used to use RP for everything, then I noticed that the oil actually foams, which for an oil is a really bad thing... I would actually see bubbles on the dipstick when I would check my oil.... after seeing that, and reading about AMSoil, I have since switched to AMSoil and love it.....

[hootmon]

Lance - that much oil usage is almost unbelievable especially if the engine didn't use any oil before.. It makes me question the truth of the article.
I will say that Synthetics will leak through gaskets where regular oil will not.. This tells me that it does actually work itself into smaller places than regular oil..
Oil leaks have not been a problem on the Magna, and I have more then 40K of running Amsoil so far with annual oil changes.. I can also run the full 10K miles without adding to the level..
At over 70K miles, no oil usage is pretty good!!!  

[L J VFR]

Don't get me wrong Hoot,  I don't know if it is good oil or not.  I'm just giving everyone another view on this specific oil. I look up info on all the oils I use and I came across this Royal Purple info awhile back. I personally use Mobil 1 in my vehicles and Rotella in my bike.

[roboto65]

I have used RP in alot of cars trucks and Motorcycles from XR 80 on it's last legs to Vtwins to V4s to Flat six and have never had a problem with it!!  I am not easy on things and do not follow the line so to speak as in we had RP Diesel straight 40w oil and used it in my V Star and in my Magna both of them. I have NEVER seen foaming but hey not saying it could not happen just never had so much of a hiccup with all the transportation I have used it in including our Tug Boats and we run those pretty much 24hrs a day I have never heard of a failure on our boats because of oil either..

Hey to each his own this is one of those debates that will go on till the end of time !!!!!

[Len Averyt]

I have been using castrol syntec
10W30 or 10W40, which everone doesn't have the friction modifiers in it that will make your clutch slip.

[TLRam1]

I have been using castrol syntec
10W30 or 10W40, which everone doesn't have the friction modifiers in it that will make your clutch slip.

That would be 10W40.