Lucas Oil Stabilyzer

[DaveHess]

I've been reading about Lucas products and have been contemplating adding Lucas Oil Stabilyzer to my next oil change. Has anyone or does anyone use this product and what are your thoughts on it. MY Ram has 94K on the clock and is used primarily in the summer months to pull my two trailers.

 

[MichaelOverfield]

I've been reading about Lucas products and have been contemplating adding Lucas Oil Stabilyzer to my next oil change. Has anyone or does anyone use this product and what are your thoughts on it. MY Ram has 94K on the clock and is used primarily in the summer months to pull my two trailers.

I would NOT do it. It's basically a viscosity increaser. I use it in my non turbo 200k miles Saturn (to help control oil burn and help with oil pressure), but I would NOT add it to any of my Turbo Diesel engines. You would run the risk of starving the turbo of oil and it spins at tens of thousands RPM. If starved for oil you can lose it really fast. Not sure which year you have, but it's also not compatible with DPF emmisions.

 

[mwilson]

I do not use any oil additives in my vehicles. However I sell the Lucas products and have many customers that run the oil treatment in big Cat, Cummins and Detroit Diesel engines. I have seen no ill effects from them doing this.*
The ratio they use for a 10 gallon capacity engine is 1 gallon of Lucas with 9 gallons of engine oil.
To each his own....

 

[Bob4x4]

The official answer I got from a Cummins engineer years ago on oil additives.We do not recommend using any additive nor have we approved any in our engines.He went on to say the base oil stock is often found to be inferrior to the recommended oils.

I don't understand the whole additive love some people have,the b series has proven itself for 3 or more times the miles of most other engines with normal maintenence

 

[Killer223]

To add to what Bob4x4 said, most of the additives will harm the chemical balance the oil companies have in the normal motor oils. The best thing for your engine is the correct grade oil for the climate you live. clean oil will let your engine live a long happy life. synthetic vs dino matters not unless your in very cold climate or you want to extend drain times. but for most that go 7500ish miles ANY oil the meets the cj-4 spec will be a great option.

 

[DaveHess]

Thanks Guys! I'll take the advice and not use the additive. Killer223, you made an interesting comment there regarding the 7500ish miles oil change. Since the CJ-4 Specification, I change my oil and filter every 3500 miles. Since mine is a 2003.5, my thoughts were the CJ-4 although backwards compatible, was not the best for my engine, so I change it more often. I do use Valvoline Premium Blue 15W-40. I do not take my pickup out in the winter too often up her in ND so I use 15W-40. When I do it is usually a trip to the local Lowes. Bob4x4, thank you for the Cummins information.

 

[Killer223]

I have an early 04, I use valvoline 15/40, and tractor supply travellers 15/40, I usually go 7-9k miles. All my oil reports have been great. Today's oils are designed to go 500 hours of service. Witch is on average 15000 miles. So the 7-9 I do is easy. You won't hurt anything. Double your usage and you should be fine.*

 

[DaveHess]

Thanks Killer223! I'll take that information under advisement. Like a lot of things, this is an old habit that may be difficult to break. That whole "whatever helps me sleep at night" thing.... :-laf