TRIAX Impressions
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Not for this excellent forum.
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We are as well and look forward to his review/impression.
Good question. Thanks for bringing this to the public stage for all of us to learn.
@Hootr what were you running previously that you saw an improvement when going to Triax 5w-40?
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Found this, and thought it was pretty funny. Another FTE oil thread!!! - YouTube
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Crazy like how? I am starting to understand that miles don’t necessarily tell the whole story. I’ve had good UOAs on high mileage OCI’s and bad ones on 7,000 mile OCI’s. Throw in different brands and viscosities and it gets even trickier.
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Lol perfect all is well then.
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Do you plan to do a mid-OCI UOA on the Schaeffer OTR? I am following your experience with great interest.
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If we try hard enough, this will in fact evolve into not just another oil thread... More pictures of anime and "off topic but on topic" things are required though to pull it from the depths of oil thread purgatory.
Kind of like my "NOT another turbo thread" which turned into a "discuss anything" thread with 2,098 posts 214,459 views since 2 May 2018. I too do not mind if the thread veers off course as there is often something to learn in what someone has to say.
Next turbo upgrade is this bad boy... It has a 9999.0 A/R though... So I need some bigger injectors for sure...
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This is last one I got using Delvac 1 5W40 was a little disheartening...lead was high but I have some thoughts about that. Schaeffer has been in there for about 1200 miles or so and believe the truck likes it a little better than T6 or D1. I will leave it in there for 10k or so and do another run with it since I have 2 gallons left over from the case I bought. And of course it will be tested.
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It's taking me awhile to get some miles on the rig to get an impression - might be a few days yet. Need a cold morning to test for no-romps too.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
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It's taking me awhile to get some miles on the rig to get an impression - might be a few days yet. Need a cold morning to test for no-romps too.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
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I’ve only ever sent samples in when it was dumped out and changed. I’ve had short runs of around 7k and long ones of 18k. They upped the price to around $40 per shot if you want the TBN tested so that would get a little expensive. If trying to hyper mile an OCI with an Amsoil bypass it would make more sense to send a sample in at 10k or so.
This is last one I got using Delvac 1 5W40 was a little disheartening...lead was high but I have some thoughts about that. Schaeffer has been in there for about 1200 miles or so and believe the truck likes it a little better than T6 or D1. I will leave it in there for 10k or so and do another run with it since I have 2 gallons left over from the case I bought. And of course it will be tested.
This is last one I got using Delvac 1 5W40 was a little disheartening...lead was high but I have some thoughts about that. Schaeffer has been in there for about 1200 miles or so and believe the truck likes it a little better than T6 or D1. I will leave it in there for 10k or so and do another run with it since I have 2 gallons left over from the case I bought. And of course it will be tested.
Also, less playing around with a pail, bucket or jugs...
It's taking me awhile to get some miles on the rig to get an impression - might be a few days yet. Need a cold morning to test for no-romps too.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
Makes sense about phone mics being less than optimal for measuring sound levels accurately. I was hoping to get a relative change in the reading from the Decibel X app, like what Byron did, and not pay much attention to the actual value. I don't have a way to calibrate it to a known accurate SPL meter. Really hoping I can just hear the difference. I have what I think is a noisy torque converter at idle, so that masks some of the benefit.
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I believe what product is dumped in or how many miles you run it is only part of the story as far as how the motor is wearing. I have had good reports with T6, a good report with the old formula Schaeffer 9000 and a not so great report with the old 9000 (elevated Pb) How the truck was driven and used and ambient temperature and motor temp had a lot to do with it I believe. TBN was never a problem on any report. The oil always has life left when dumped out. (But that doesn’t tell the whole story either.) D1 has a very high TBN of over 12 or so and is billed as an extended drain product. It’s a good oil as well but the motor saw harsh conditions that I believe would accelerate bearing wear with almost any product. As I said I have some thoughts on that.