Lucas oil treatment.

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my95mark8

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Anyone here use Lucas oil treatment? I was going to put some in my car but I did some searching around, and some people say it gets too thick.
Is there anyting better? I am starting to get that stupid timing chain noise once in a while when the car sits overnight. It doesn't last long at all...maybe a half a second, but I'd like to quiet it down.
 
What oil filter are you using? I have used Marvel Mystery Oil in the past and it has worked well for cleaning sludge out of the engine. Not sure if it will help with the chain tensioner issue. Running synthetic 0w-30 Mobil 1 would be the best for it, 5w-30 isnt bad either.
 
AMsoil all the way. It crushes mobil 1.

As for filters I use Purolator Pure 1 exclusively. It has unreal filtration capabilities and also has an anti drainback valve that keeps the pressure at the tensioners.
 
got sludge? use ATF.

wanna avoid sludge? dont use penzoil or quaker state.


i used to push lucas till i seen some testing done with it. it aireates pretty easily.
 
Lucas? Thick oil with none of the guilt.

Waste of time, and unnecessary. There is no way in hell you are going to improve a good synthetic oil by adding that stuff to it. A good synthetic oil will already protect your engine to well beyond 200k miles, so who really cares anyway?
 
I have been using a Motorcraft FL-820s, and Castrol "startup" oil.
What would adding atf do? I have this gunk motor flush stuff at work...I don't know if I want to try that.
 
You guys are not affraid that the lucas oil stabilizer is too thick for the modular engines? It is going to increase the viscosity quite a bit and these engines use 5w30 or 5w20 oil. I wouldn't use it unless my car had a lot of miles and I was trying to stop an oil leak or an enternal noise by thickening it up a bit. If you have ever poured the lusas out of the bottle it looks just like no smoke or motor honey. Just my 2 cents.
 
ONEBADMK8 said:
Thats a complete BS test, again lease refer to this thread for info. Click the "Oil Test" link in there too.
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1 of the first threads i read on here.


i also come from the TT world. running motorcraft 15w40 and i still got some bubbles on my dipstick.
 
turborich said:
You guys are not affraid that the lucas oil stabilizer is too thick for the modular engines? It is going to increase the viscosity quite a bit and these engines use 5w30 or 5w20 oil. I wouldn't use it unless my car had a lot of miles and I was trying to stop an oil leak or an enternal noise by thickening it up a bit. If you have ever poured the lusas out of the bottle it looks just like no smoke or motor honey. Just my 2 cents.
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I have been using it in EVERY car, EVERY Mark VIII and anything that uses oil. For a decade, zero issues or problems of any type.
 
It might not hurt it, But I'll stick with Ford's recomendation of not using any oil additives. Mobile1, motorcraft filter and regular oil changes is what I use. Lusas just appears to be way too thick. Now if I had an engine that used oil or made an internal noise then I would try it, but I don't so I wont. Ford also says it's OK to use a synthectic oil in the 4.6, That's why I use Mobile1.
 
the lucas synthetic oil treatment is designed for new cars and is 100% synthetic.and is not too thick. on a day like today when it's 108 degrees, I'm glad it's in there. 141000 miles and absolutly no problems at all. :D
 
turborich said:
It might not hurt it, But I'll stick with Ford's recomendation of not using any oil additives. Mobile1, motorcraft filter and regular oil changes is what I use. Lusas just appears to be way too thick. Now if I had an engine that used oil or made an internal noise then I would try it, but I don't so I wont. Ford also says it's OK to use a synthectic oil in the 4.6, That's why I use Mobile1.
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You dont get it because you never used this product before obviously. The Lucas SYNTHETIC treatment is thin as 20w? The non sys Lucas is Thick.
 
ONEBADMK8 said:
You dont get it because you never used this product before obviously. The Lucas SYNTHETIC treatment is thin as 20w? The non sys Lucas is Thick.
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That's what I was talikng about, the regular lucas oil stabilizer. I have never used or seen how thick the lucas synthetic stabilizer is. I still don't see why you would need it if you use good oil and do regular oil changes. All I can say is that we all have our own oppinions and preferences.
 
turborich said:
It might not hurt it, But I'll stick with Ford's recomendation of not using any oil additives. Mobile1, motorcraft filter and regular oil changes is what I use. Lusas just appears to be way too thick. Now if I had an engine that used oil or made an internal noise then I would try it, but I don't so I wont. Ford also says it's OK to use a synthectic oil in the 4.6, That's why I use Mobile1.
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Amen. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I said it before, and I will say it again. I have torn apart tons of engines of all power levels, and I have NEVER seen an engine that failed simply due to inadequate oil capability while running ANY decent oil.

I've seen engines get gunked up by cheap oil, I've seen engines get screwed by low oil pressure, I've seen engine dump because of flawed physical design of an oil system, but I have never seen an engine that simply failed because the oil itself was not capable of lubricating the engine, unless the wrong weight was used, or the oil quality itself was poor.

Cliff's Notes: Good Oil = No problem

There are cars in my family that have over 300k on the clock, and no Lucas ever touched them. Wow! Genie magic, right? Nope.
 
I personally don't try any of the "miracle-in-a-can" stuff unless I have a problem, even then I would only try it as a crutch until I could fix the root cause of the problem. Most of these types of additives are snake oil anyway. The timing chain noise isn't a even an actual problem in the first place.
 
ONEBADMK8 said:
AMsoil all the way. It crushes mobil 1.

As for filters I use Purolator Pure 1 exclusively. It has unreal filtration capabilities and also has an anti drainback valve that keeps the pressure at the tensioners.
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How much does Amsoil cost? Did I read once that you sell it?
Doesn't the FL820s have an anti-drainback valve?
Is an oil accumulator worth looking into?
 
my95mark8 said:
How much does Amsoil cost? Did I read once that you sell it?
Doesn't the FL820s have an anti-drainback valve?
Is an oil accumulator worth looking into?
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fl820 is a pure 1.


accumulator wont be worth it unless you encounter enough of a G to cause starvation at the pickup.
 
vr4 said:
fl820 is a pure 1.


accumulator wont be worth it unless you encounter enough of a G to cause starvation at the pickup.
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What's that mean?
 
It measn that unless you have oil starvation issues, it isn't necessary. You can use it for pre-oiling though, if it makes a difference to you.
 
I'll bet money that you can get 500,000 miles running lucas with good oil as opposed to 300,000 on good oil alone. also you need to remember if your motor is stock with no power adders all you need is good plain oil. my car is putting out over 400hp with the NoS, so I feel the need for extra protection.
 
has anyone here with 120+k and good oil changes ever pull some rod caps and see what the bearings look like?
 
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