Lucas Oil

[oakranger]

Has any of you guys ever used this oil product?  Great stuff.  A while back i would drive to my work location, 260 miles, on Sunday and come home on Friday for over a 1 1/2 years.  What i did was mixed 50% oil and 50% lucas oil in the 1988, 160,000 miles, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.  that engine ran perfectly.  now i have a 2000 jeep Cherokee and notice my transmission slipping.  i add the Lucas Transmission Fix and my transmission no longer slips and runs smooth.

[gyrene81]

Right now I'm using Mobil1 high mileage 10-40 in my Neon...I have noticed a sticky lifter soooo...I'm thinking I might give Lucas oil a shot on the next oil change. If the transmission additive works good I'll do that too.

[choker41]

Lucas Oil does what it says.  I use it in all my vehicles.  I've never had any mechanical problems in any vehicles i own.  It's not just for old cars or hi mileage either.  Extend the life of your newer vehicle and give it some Lucas every other oil change.

[CAP1]

Has any of you guys ever used this oil product?  Great stuff.  A while back i would drive to my work location, 260 miles, on Sunday and come home on Friday for over a 1 1/2 years.  What i did was mixed 50% oil and 50% lucas oil in the 1988, 160,000 miles, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.  that engine ran perfectly.  now i have a 2000 jeep Cherokee and notice my transmission slipping.  i add the Lucas Transmission Fix and my transmission no longer slips and runs smooth.

i used a cap full of brake fluid in my c-6 in my old f-250. worked for 3 years. 

[68ZooM]

I use it in my Ford F150 FX4, and my engine and tranny in my wakeboard boat, its good stuff.

[Stoney]

I can guarantee that if Penzoil was better with whatever Lucas Oil is, Penzoil would put it in their motor oil.  Call me a slave to the manufacturer, but I only use Motorcraft parts in my F-250, and exactly what they call out for the assorted fluids...

[CAP1]

I can guarantee that if Penzoil was better with whatever Lucas Oil is, Penzoil would put it in their motor oil.  Call me a slave to the manufacturer, but I only use Motorcraft parts in my F-250, and exactly what they call out for the assorted fluids...

to the best of my knowledge, ford doesn't make those parts.

same goes for pretty much any parts that one could buy for any car.

[rpm]

Lucas makes great products. I used to carry a jug of their gear oil with me when I drove cross country. It never failed I'd be assigned to hook onto a trailer that had a bad wheel seal or dry hub.

[Masherbrum]

to the best of my knowledge, ford doesn't make those parts.

same goes for pretty much any parts that one could buy for any car.

Correct.  They are Ford's Auto Parts Division only.   IIRC, the FTC didn't look kindly on FoMoCo buying Autolite and pulled the old "Anti-Trust" on em in the 50's.  

Motorcraft does NOT make their own parts.   They are made by other companies, for the Motorcraft name.    

As for Filters (Air and Oil), I'll only use Wix (for my Jeep and our Mercury's).  

EDIT:  Stoney, Wix have always had better Oil Pressure results regardless of my AMC304 or 3.0L, 2.3L Ford engines.   Might be something you consider for the future.   I've tried them all and I found both Fram and Motorcraft to be sub-par.  

[CAP1]

Correct.  They are Ford's Auto Parts Division only.   IIRC, the FTC didn't look kindly on FoMoCo buying Autolite and pulled the old "Anti-Trust" on em in the 50's.  

Motorcraft does NOT make their own parts.   They are made by other companies, for the Motorcraft name.    

As for Filters (Air and Oil), I'll only use Wix (for my Jeep and our Mercury's).  

EDIT:  Stoney, Wix have always had better Oil Pressure results regardless of my AMC304 or 3.0L, 2.3L Ford engines.   Might be something you consider for the future.   I've tried them all and I found both Fram and Motorcraft to be sub-par.  

i've done best with valvoline in my 289's and 5.0L's.

the shop race car, we used pennzoil in.

ya////as for OE parts. i laugh to myself when the guy with the toyota comes in and asks me if i use original toyota parts on his car.
 i tell him that i use BETTER, then explain to him how all of the OE's farm those things out.

 there are often differences though. honda uses bosch to make their o2 sensors. yet, if i buy a bosch o2 sensor for that honda, from napa, i'm pretty much guaranteed to get a CEL. order it from honda, they look identical, right down to the vanes in the nipple....but no CEL.

[oakranger]

Right now I'm using Mobil1 high mileage 10-40 in my Neon...I have noticed a sticky lifter soooo...I'm thinking I might give Lucas oil a shot on the next oil change. If the transmission additive works good I'll do that too.

It will work.  you will notice it right away.  i kept noticing my tran slipping on me.  Checked my flu level, it was full, and have that red color, so there was no burning.  So i added the lucas trans flu and wow, great results.  I used a little less RPMs too. 

[rpm]

I've done best with valvoline in my 289's and 5.0L's.

I ran Rotella T (which I consider the best compression engine oil on the market) in my '89 F-250, it leaked like a sieve around the rings and seals. I switched to Dello and it stopped on the first change.

Havoline used to make a great oil. But, I've run Valvoline in my gas engines since the late '80's and have no complaints. I use the high mileage synth blend in my '02 Dodge. IMHO, Pennzoil and Quaker State are for chumps.

If I was going to run under race conditions, I'd use Lucas or Mystic.

[Angus]

Is that something like Militec? I use that one an old tractor engine. Before there was something named FX-1.
Super lube, both of them. On a diesel, on may have to re-adjust the oil feeding, since the rpm will go a little up.
Never heard of Lucas oil, so I'm all ears.

[JTs]

i use lucas and shell rotella t in my 2005 cummins isx 600 turned up to 925. i change the oil every 20,000 miles or 30 days. oil analysis shows no abnormal wear after 875,000 miles. if it works pulling 40 tons it should work great in your car.

[Stoney]

EDIT:  Stoney, Wix have always had better Oil Pressure results regardless of my AMC304 or 3.0L, 2.3L Ford engines.   Might be something you consider for the future.   I've tried them all and I found both Fram and Motorcraft to be sub-par.

No, I know other manufacturers make the parts that have Motorcraft stamped on 'em.  My point was just that whatever the manufacturer calls for is what I will use and that the motor oil business is so competitive that if any of the manufacturers could gain an advantage through using whatever is in Lucas Oil products, they would.  Since Ford doesn't call for Lucas Oil products, I wouldn't use them.  Kind of like "4 electrode" spark plugs--wouldn't use them either.