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Kendall GT1
I was at Pep Boys and say they had Kendall GT1 Full Syn (Liquid Titanium) 5-30 for $5.50 a quart which was lot cheaper than the Pennzoil plat they had. I have been running Valv Synpower and PP for a while now. PP seems to quiet the engine down a little better than some other oils I used so I just bought 7 quarts at wally world. Anyone have any experience with the Kendall I listed? I have heard good things about Kendall but never used it myself.
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Nope, never have used Kendall, though I have used it's relative Wolfs Head at the behest of the local Dodge Dealer in a V8.
Years later, a guy at work wouldn't run anything but Kendall 10w-30 oil in his Torino & it seemed to do ok!!!!
"Liquid Titanium", now seeing as how pureTitanium is a realy hard, light weight & toxic metal, it sounds like Kendall has borrowed some of Castrols, Shell's & Arco's marketing specialists, to put some glib of tongue spin on their lube marketing!!!!
Don't know that I'd want Titanium in my lube & how in heck would you "liquify" it, or grind it up fine enough to hold it in suspension, so that it wouldn't settle out like Arco's graphite did & if you did manage to keep it suspended in the base oil, what kind of lube job is it gonna do, thats better than other things in our oil, like calcium, zinc, moly boron, ect, ect????
I don't know, I'd have to think about this some more before I'd want to jump into "Liquid Titinaum"!!!!! lol
Maybe one of the sites Tribiologists will chime in & educate us on the merits of "Liquid Titanum" in motor oil!!!!!
Years later, a guy at work wouldn't run anything but Kendall 10w-30 oil in his Torino & it seemed to do ok!!!!
"Liquid Titanium", now seeing as how pureTitanium is a realy hard, light weight & toxic metal, it sounds like Kendall has borrowed some of Castrols, Shell's & Arco's marketing specialists, to put some glib of tongue spin on their lube marketing!!!!
Don't know that I'd want Titanium in my lube & how in heck would you "liquify" it, or grind it up fine enough to hold it in suspension, so that it wouldn't settle out like Arco's graphite did & if you did manage to keep it suspended in the base oil, what kind of lube job is it gonna do, thats better than other things in our oil, like calcium, zinc, moly boron, ect, ect????
I don't know, I'd have to think about this some more before I'd want to jump into "Liquid Titinaum"!!!!! lol
Maybe one of the sites Tribiologists will chime in & educate us on the merits of "Liquid Titanum" in motor oil!!!!!
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Actualy, titanium is not as hard as most hardened steel and is non-toxic.
A high strength to weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance are its primary attributes.
Being relatively inert, I do not see it having much use in motor oil.
But if you are going to charge $6 for something that should only cost $3, you have to make it sound cool.
A high strength to weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance are its primary attributes.
Being relatively inert, I do not see it having much use in motor oil.
But if you are going to charge $6 for something that should only cost $3, you have to make it sound cool.
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I figured that the "Liquid Titanium" deal was a marketing ploy. If the oil contains any form of titanium in it that is news to me. A lot of people have the illusion that titanium is some ultra hard super metal which is not true.
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Aircraft/tennis rackets, etc. use titanium because it can be as strong as steel, but almost as light as aluminum.
A super hard super metal? Nope. That is ain't.
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I also saw that product on the shelf at Pepboys. Did you happen to notice that it is made in Korea? I thought ConocoPhillps made its own synthetic base oil, but SK can do it cheaper.
As for the "Liquid Titanium", COP has a branding mess in the lubricants department. With all the mergers, there is no "stand out" brand. They are trying to make Kendall GT-1 that brand, like Castrol is for BP, Pennzoil and Rotella for Shell, Havoline and Delo for Chevron. I dont think it will work.
Jim
As for the "Liquid Titanium", COP has a branding mess in the lubricants department. With all the mergers, there is no "stand out" brand. They are trying to make Kendall GT-1 that brand, like Castrol is for BP, Pennzoil and Rotella for Shell, Havoline and Delo for Chevron. I dont think it will work.
Jim
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I didn't take notice it was made in Korea. I won't be buying it if its made in Korea. I'll stick to using PP.
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Don't you watch M*A*S*H?
Koreans are our friends.
Koreans are our friends.
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I'm watching MASH now.
The North Korean's are not our friends.
Unfortuneatly I have seen first hand some of the complete garbage put out by some countries in that part of the world. There are plenty of other good oils I can get cheaper that are refined and bottled in the US.
The North Korean's are not our friends.Unfortuneatly I have seen first hand some of the complete garbage put out by some countries in that part of the world. There are plenty of other good oils I can get cheaper that are refined and bottled in the US.
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Provided Shell, or Exxon or whoever actually practices some sort of quality control, it should be OK.
But I appreciate your position.
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