Lucas OIl, whats the scoop?

[barbwire]

Was at a tire store the other day, and saw this little demonstration on the counter. It was a stack of plastic gears in a plastic tower. there was a little crank that you turned by hand, that turned the gears. this in turn picked up oil out of the bottom and followed the gears to the top. There were two of these setups, and one had some form of regular motor oil in it, the other had Lucas oil in it. when you cranked the one with the reg. oil, it took a couple of cranks to get the oil to cover all the gears. The other with the Lucas oil was much faster in covering the gears.

What I am wondering is, is this (Lucas Oil) just snake oil, or is this a tried and true product?

Took a literature packet, and got this info off of it. www.LucasOil.com Or, Lucas oil products inc. , 302North Sheridan St. , Corona, California.

It looks like it was doing a good job in the demonstration, But whats the real life scoop? Anyone Know?

 

[Shovelhead]

Look here for more info on Lucas Oil Treatment.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm

 

[barbwire]

WOW!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Shovelhead

Look here for more info on Lucas Oil Treatment.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm

"What an eye opener" Glad I did'nt buy any for my vehicles. Whew!!!!

BTW, thanks for the reply. It's a real gear saver

 

[95REDRAM]

Really good info on above link. Everyone should check it out. The Lucas Oil does work really well as an anti-rust treatment. If you have some bare steel or sheet metal that will have to sit a while before you can paint or otherwise finish it, coat it good with the Lucas Oil. It does do a great job of clinging to what you put it on. A friend used it on the chassis kit for a VW powered rail. After welding all the pieces together he had to put the project on hold for a while. Coated it with Lucas Oil and there was no rust at all.

 

[fox]

I tried some Lucas in the wifes Jeep. Immeidately showed lower oil pressure, at idle it was 1/2 the guage reading from Mobil 1 delvac.

So it came out in the first 500 miles.

 

[DOWG]

What they don't te;; you about the "clinging" effect is that it is created by a tackifier in the oil. Once the oil has been run a while, the tackifier shears from going through the gears. It really only works for a while or in the plastic gear boxes. They also don't tell you they change out the gear oil in the plastic box 'cause after a while it wears out and ruins the demonstration.



If you want good (better) then spend the money and buy it. Synthetics like Amsoil, Lubrication Engineers, Red Line, etc. , are better; they just cost more and folks have a hard time getting over that price hump. You get what you pay for. Cheaper oil, change it more often.



The superior lubricating properties of "better' oil means with two engines run on synthetic versus dino oil, both engines can have high mileage; the synthetic oiled engine will be in better shape when it gets there.

 

[jeff95]

I don't know anything about oils. I do know that in the past I have added Lucas to a slipping automatic transmission in passenger cars and it has helped. Would another product have worked as well or better, I don't know. Does it harm the transmission? I don't know. I do know that it prevented the slipping and worked for a long time.

Jeff

 

[PRout]

I wonder if it would fix my stuck piston return spring?

 

[esommer2500]

I'm not sure if I buy everything stated in the above link. I have used Lucas in everything from mowers to four wheelers to my truck with good results (one quart oil treatment with every oil change, fuel treatment, and gear oil in axles, transmission, and x-fer case). I'm not discounting the information, I just need some more or see the test myself to warrant the claims.



We also use Lucas in all our equipment at work, and all the trucking companies around here use the oil treatment and fuel treatment.



Eric

 

[Jeff Knight]

I run the upper cylinder lub in my truck. My uncle had 150000 mile on his truck and used it since day one. He still had the original lift pump on when he wrecked it. His was a 98. 5 Cummins.



Jeff