The SECRET Oil Companies DON'T Want You To Know...

What does a box of Betty Crocker Cake Mix have in common with a bottle of motor oil? The answer is a secret that oil companies don't want you to know.

The fact of the matter is that most brands of oil don't formulate the oils they make and sell. That's right, the big 4 additive companies (Afton, Infineum, Lubrizol and Oronite) actually do the formulating and testing. Most oil marketers are buying an additive package and following the "recipe" provided by the additive company to make the oil, so it is just like making a cake from a box of Betty Crocker cake mix. To prove it out, we blend up and test an oil using Afton's HiTEC 11183 additive package. Of course, we show you all of the ingredients and the results (no one has EVER shown this before).

(I do not benefit from this financially, but I'd love to see fans of this channel support STLE)

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[berto]

This is one of the most needed channels right now in the automotive world. The amount of crap out there about oil is astounding. There's pretty much no topic that you could cover that wouldn't be relevant in some way to the discussions around oil. Thanks again for another great video!

[DillonPrecisionFan]

Thanks Lake, for pulling back the currain and showing us how it's done!

[charlesbartholomew]

Oh yeah, 0W-40 special blend for your Wombat. Bring it on!

[besssam]

Yes, please proceed to further testing and more video updates.
Thanks from Australia

[SootHead]

These videos are the gold standard for oil nerds!

[brianmann]

Thanks Lake Speed, Jr. I worked in Industrial Lubricants at Mobil Oil in the 80's in applications (engineering), so I find your videos reaffirming and sometimes I learn new things. I new the Lubrizol Rep in those days, too.

[unwrangler]

I’ve been learning a lot about lubricating oil from watching your videos and now I can’t wait to send my oil sample in to your lab for testing to see how my engine is doing using the oil package I’ve put together vs the off the shelf oil. Thanks for making these really interesting and informative oil videos.

[Kaylun_UO]

Can you do a test on royal purple/amsoil, etc... the *boutique oils* if you will.. I get you do all the typical off the shelf stuff, but I want to see from someone with your knowledge giving us some real facts about them.

[frankjones]

You need to offer T shirts that say "I'm a motor oil geek".
You've certainly hooked enough of us with your channel.

[P]

Hopefully the people that watch Project Farm "test" motor oil find your channel! This is GREAT stuff!

[Missin]

The bottom line: If a given oil (Mobil1, Valvoline, STP, Kirkland, Quaker State, etc.) meets the spec for a given car, there's no need to spend extra dollars if it's being used as 98% of the divers drive.

I'd like to see a deep dive into oil that are made for motorcycles also.

[jackmarley]

Could you do a show on 2 stroke oil. And does freezing weather Storage affect it. I love your show.

[shawnday]

This is great information as always. I have seen so many videos where someone just adds all the numbers up in a virgin VOA and thinks the higher total number is the best oil. Your testing shows that there is clearly more to it. Thanks!

[Funkydood]

Keep feeding my mind with the good stuff, bro'!!! Greetings from Puerto Rico!!!

[Joe-hudi]

My dad was a PHD organic chemist. He would have been glued to this.

[jimrice]

Another great video. You may never run out of engaging content for gas automobile engines, but some of us drive diesel trucks. Would love it if you would address that segment.

In this engaging video, you spent 20 minutes going through a lot of really great stuff and closed by saying...a) application drives oil selection and b) if you drive a gas powered street car, just use generic grade appropriate oils (which begs the question about why dwell on all the other great comparative tests you have done on gasoline engine oils...but that's another question).

If "application drives selection" tell us how we can extend the life of our diesel engines? I'll bet you can get some new followers if you begin covering diesel.

[richardstone]

Bottom line - USE A GOOD QUALITY OIL AND CHANGE IT EVERY 6 MONTHS OR 5, 000 MILES WITH A GOOD FILTER.
All of my vehicles get 250, 000 miles plus without issues.
I also change all of my vehicles fluids including coolant annually.
No cooling, transmission, transfer case or axle problems is the result.

[dbrandon]

Never get tired of this channel! Congrats on 125k subs!

[parkerfox]

thank you lake for the very in depth analysis of how oil is made and improved upon. You really are answering questions it seems most people are scared/frowned upon for answering. Engines thank you!

[CreatingExcellence]

Another amazing and informative video! Thank you!

Will we ever see content on transmission fluid?