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Opinons on Royal Purple

Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by DanGer, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. Feb 11, 2009 at 7:18 PM
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    DanGer

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    Hey I was just wondering for all of you who use Royal Purple. I just recently heard about it and have heard nothing from actual users. Is there anything special about it and how does it stack up against other synthetics.
     
  2. Feb 11, 2009 at 7:21 PM
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    blackhawke88

    blackhawke88 wo ai ni bao bei ^_^

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    I use it and love it. However, that's all I can say without starting a religious war over oil.
     
  3. Feb 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
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    start the war, i want to hear peoples honest opinions, no hold barred!
     
  4. Feb 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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    jaxchrisfla

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    Ive run it since i bought the truck new. At 50k miles now, and its been RP and K&N oil filter ever time for a change.
     
  5. Feb 12, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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    I run RP in my Diff.. and no complaints from me. :thumbsup:
     
  6. Feb 12, 2009 at 7:08 PM
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    cajuntaco

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    I am a believer that you get what you pay for. I also use Royal Purple and K&N oil filter, if I cant find K&N Wix makes an off road or extreme condition filter
     
  7. Feb 12, 2009 at 7:10 PM
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    Wix makes the filters for NAPA just a tid bit of info
     
  8. Feb 12, 2009 at 7:28 PM
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    Yep, the Napa Gold filter is indeed Wix and an awesoem filter it is!
     
  9. Feb 16, 2009 at 5:27 AM
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    Phantom_X-SP

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    I ran RP in my Probe GT for years...it actually saved the engine for sure on one specific incident. I'm not running it in my Taco yet but will once the factory warranty expires <----I'm not loony...there's logic to that :D
     
  10. Feb 16, 2009 at 8:29 AM
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    care to share the logic? :pray:
     
  11. Feb 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM
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    Phantom_X-SP

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    Well....since you asked ;)

    This is probably one of the few things that I ask my fiance about...thats right...my fiance lol. Reason being...shes been a service advisor at a large dealership here in SC for the past 5 1/2 years. I've always been the guy to get under the hood and work on my cars myself. I felt better about the work because I know I did it...and did it correctly. I told her about my urge to swap to RP in the Taco and she made a recommedation based on her experience.

    She stated if something goes wrong with the engine (within the warranty period) and you personally (not professionally) changed your oil...the chances of your warranty holding up is extremly slim. She said if this were to happen...you would need to have a chart stating when the oil changes occured, what mileage the oil changes occured, and the reciepts for all the products you used for each change. Now remember...you would need all this information for each oil change you did while under your factory warranty if something were to go wrong with the engine. So if you changed you're oil from the get go...you'll probably need about 7 oil changes worth of documentation.

    My thoughts on that...it wasn't worth the headache if something "were" to go wrong. Instead I'll choose to continue to go to the dealer for regular maintainance untill the factory warranty expires.

    Some people choose to tinker with the engine while still under warranty (I did it with my RX-8) and nothing is wrong with that. I'll just have a better piece of mind knowing that if something "were" to happen that I'll be taken care of.

    So call me loony for listening to my service advisor fiance...but I'll take the safe route this time round :D
     
  12. Feb 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM
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    98tacoma27

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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    Although I use Amsoil, I have never heard any negativity towards RP.
     
  13. Feb 17, 2009 at 7:28 AM
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    well if I am not mistaken the law now requires that the dealership be able to prove something 100% in order to deny warranty work. And someone who changes their oil at appropriate intervals; the dealership would have a hard time proving that lack of maintenance was the culprit. But thanks for the heads up and again I may be wrong on that
     
  14. Feb 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM
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    Well...lack of maintainance wouldn't be the only issue if something went wrong. Since this thread was about RP synthetic...the issue would be type of oil used.

    Think about it...by using a different type of oil (synthetic to be specific) than what is recommended in your trucks user manual...you have already given the dealership the 100% they would be looking for.

    To each their own...but like I said earlier...I'm taking it safe this time round :thumbsup:
     
  15. Feb 17, 2009 at 8:52 AM
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    I've never used RP, but I would like to know if it is worth the extra cost over Mobil 1? Any feedback would be appreciated.
     
  16. Feb 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
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    I use RP 5-30 w/ mobil 1 filter. Love it, and its a little cheeper then mobil 1. I can only find RP at walmart.
     
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    My manual for my 2007 says i can use conventional or synthetic...
     
  19. Feb 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM
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    You should be fine then...just be cautious...the choice is yours!
     
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    im just glad im out of warr. if thats the case.:D
     

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