I also switched to a 50 weight, Redline.
I was seeing moderate oil consumption and the heavier viscosity seems to have fixed that issue
Pros: fixed oil consumption
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The best oil to use is the RedLine full synthetic two-stroke Racing oil. Modern full synthetic two stroke oils are way better than older oils and work great.
Pros: works great, way better
Vehicle:
Saab
Redline MT-LV 70W/75W GL-4
exceeds the Toyota required standards…used it in both my GX460 and my 4R, has been flawless.
Pros: exceeds Toyota standards, flawless
Vehicle:
Toyota 4runner
Red Line products go in all my cars. AMSoil and Motul also quite good.
Pros: quite good
Vehicle:
BMW
I use redline hp 5w30 for my n54. 7500 mi intervals. I’m at 113k miles currently. At about 90k I send my oil off to blackstone for an oil analysis. Came back in very good shape and they indicated I could easily go to a 10k mi interval.
Pros: very good shape
Mileage: 181126 km
Really wish I hadn't waited until 37k miles to switch to Red Line MT-LV 70W/75W GL-4 Gear Oil. Made so much of a difference and there was a ton of debris on the magnetic drain plug.
Pros: noticeable difference
Cons: waited too long
Mileage: 60000 km
I use redline high performance 5w30 and I don’t burn a drop of oil even with 7500 mile intervals on my n54 powered 335is…With bmw synthetic my car would burn about a quart at 7500 miles.
Pros: no oil burn
Cons: bmw synthetic burns oil
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 7500 km
I use Red Line in everything. The M3 gets 15w-50.
Vehicle:
BMW
I tried the redline 5w30 previously which has very high levels of moly (>800ppm) and the results were not as good as the moly-less 5w40.
Pros: high levels of moly
Cons: results were not good
I say nay. The only time in the 6 years that I have been driving Mk1/Mk2 VWs(count 12 of them) that I have used Redline gear oil, also happens to be the only time I have blown up a transmission.
Cons: blew up a transmission
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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