Triax 5-40

[52172]

Anyone try running this oil in their alh? Seems its a quality oil along the lines of Schaefer oil except much better price?

 

[oilhammer]

A new contender in the Oil Wars! It's like Game of Thrones, only with oil. And less floppy wieners.

 

[CleverUserName]

Anyone try running this oil in their alh? Seems its a quality oil along the lines of Schaefer oil except much better price?

What makes it “seem” like it’s quality?

Is it because it doesn’t have any API or manufacturers approvals?

Is it because it’s only sold on EBay and Amazon and they have to real retail presence?

Is it their flashy advertising and bold claims? Fancy words like “un-rivaled”, “outstanding” and “dramatic”

Is it because you equate value with small blenders who appear to offer superior product at a discount price?

Seriously want to know why

 

[52172]

Theres been 3-4 oil analysis completed after 5,6, and 7 k miles and all were excellent. As good as schaefer.

 

[CleverUserName]

Theres been 3-4 oil analysis completed after 5,6, and 7 k miles and all were excellent. As good as schaefer.

oil analysis is used to determine an oils servicibility during a time/mileage interval and duty cycle. Its also a way to check for contamination. Wear Metals measured in PPM are only useful data for tracking wear trends.

5,6 and 7k miles aren’t useful intervals to determine a lubricants servicibility nor is it for data.

 

[turbobrick240]

An ALH is going to be perfectly content with any 5w40 you feed it. If the OP is happy w the Triax stuff, I see no need to piss in his Cheerios. Unless you're just of a disagreeable disposition.

 

[52172]

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[CleverUserName]

An ALH is going to be perfectly content with any 5w40 you feed it. If the OP is happy w the Triax stuff, I see no need to piss in his Cheerios. Unless you're just of a disagreeable disposition.

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Oil Analysis Explained

Oil analysis is a routine activity for analyzing oil health, oil contamination and machine wear. Read about oil analysis tests, interpreting oil analysis data and more.

www.machinerylubrication.com

 

[52172]

Elementary

 

[CleverUserName]

Elementary

Elementary? Right, so you should understand that a single oil analysis at 5,6 or 7k is basically meaningless unless you’re looking for contamination. If you’re looking for trends, the data for years should be in an excel spreadsheet to find the “best” lubricant.

You’re a consumer, and you exist to spend money. That’s also elementary. Good luck in your quest to find the best lube, I hope the information I provided is useful.

 

[turbobrick240]

There are quite a few small blenders that can't afford to get API approvals on all of their products. A lot of them have somewhat over the top advertising claims too. That doesn't necessarily mean they don't make high quality products. Amsoil, Schaeffer, and CenPeCo come to mind. Triax does have API approval on 19 of their blend products. They seem legit, even if the ad claims are a bit much.