I want to try a new oil and I did a search but could not find a useful answer. I'm trying out Kendall GT-1 full synthetic 5W/30, "with liquid Titanium" and I wondered if anyone used it and what you thought of it's performance.

Kendall GT-1 Full Synthetic 5W/30 motor oil ? Just give me any nays or Yeah's. Thank you ! Please I want this to be simple posting of a simple question.

I know it doesn't pass GM4718M, but it does pass GM 6094M it's a API service sm/cf,Ilsac gt-4
anf it exceeds ILSAC GF-4 And it's not going in a LS1

 

Never heard of it but I know that titanium melts between 1540* and 1670* depending on the purity so I would be skeptical.

 

It says on the quart label that it "With liquid titanium" I don't know, but it sound like a marketing ploy?

 

Nope, haven't tried it. Frankly, I'd expect that any good synthetic will work. But then I'm not a die hard mobil1 fan either. Haven't used mobil1 in years, and the car runs just fine.

If you've done your research and you're comfortable with the data you've found, go for it and share your experience. If you find that you don't like the new oil, switch back.

Don't worry too much about the flames. Empty cans make the most noise. I've always found it funny that some guys make such a fuss about the brand of oil they put into their engines, then consume unhealthy foods and much liquor thereby doing major damage to the engine that can't be rebuilt!

Good luck!

 

Does it mention what the purpose of the titanium is?

 

Very well put my friend !

First off I should say I'm not using in any LSX V8, but on the label it says "Full Synthetic" But when I read the back label it doesn't include in the specs that it passes GM 4718M, but it's not going in the vette, but rather my DD and I have always used a good brand of conventional oil in the car and have 107.000 miles on it without any problems. But in this vehicle I do a lot of short trips and idling and I thought "Hay why not try a Synthetic oil on the up coming oil and filter change. Since it's not the Corvette but it is a 2002 GM vehicle, I change the oil every 3 month not every 300 miles.( I never believed in that 3000 mile crap from a long time ago.

So I looking at oils at the local Advance Auto store, and the isle is pretty long and after the tenth or twelve label you sort of get "Oil Shock" as soon you can't remember who's oil has what in it and all of the specs kinda blend together. But this Kendall say it's Pennsylvania oil or was, and it has all the right symbols and oil related specs other than the GM4718M, (Which is odd if it's a pure synthetic motor oil) but I don't want to start a argument, I was just wondering about how and if anybody had used it. It cost $5.79 a quart, which is about a buck and half shy of a well know synthetic like Amsoil or Royal Purple any of the top brands. Mobile-1 is usually what I put in the Corvette, but lately I been wondering about ExxonMobil. They have Mobil-1, and they have Mobil-1 extended protection or an oil for a car with over 75K on it and another version of Mobil-1 synthetic. So I really don't know about them and considering the price, you can buy Royal Purple or Amsoil for close to that amount per quart. Anyway thank for you advice, I'll change it out and see how well it performs. I'm in Pennsylvania and it say's it's Pennsylvania Oil, so. . .

 

Not sure why titanium would be included in a lubrication system. Their web page says something about it bonding to the interior metal parts to provide added protection. It certainly isn't used in any form as a lubricant. The melting point of titanium is more than 1,650 °C or 3,000 °F!!! The exhaust nozzles of after-burning jet engines are made of it due to that, and it's not susceptible to many types of corrosion.

 

Yeah, I saw that but I discounted it after reading the bottles label. I've always used a conventional oil in the car, and since I've read that there's no proof that a car will start leaking oil if a engine used conventional oil and is switched to a synthetic. So I thought "Hay what can happen? The back label has all the right info, it passes the GM6096M specs, as well as all the Mopar and Ford general oil specs.

I hate to say this, but my neighbor just bought a 2011 Ford Mustang GT premium and we went out for a little ride, and the V8 puts out 415 HP and you can really feel it pushing you down in the seat. But alas, I loved Corvettes for so long, I couldn't ever jump ship.

 

Nobody here could tell you the difference in "performance" of any approved oil.

 

If it says it is "synthetic" and then says it is "Pennsylvania oil" I would have a question or two. Synthetic, as far as I know, does not use oil from the ground.

 

no.

just like you asked.

 

Well on the back of the bottle it say's it passes all of the aforementioned specs. But on the larger portion that it's "Heritage" is from the oil fields of Pennsylvania ? So I'm not too sure too much of Pennsylvania anything in the bottle. The company it is produced by is ConocoPhilliaps, so it's just another major oil refiner. Like I said it was the company Kendall that drew my attention to it. I used to use Kendall years ago in my 1979 Corvette L-48 and it always read plenty of oil pressure on the oil gauge and I never had any valvetrain noise so I figure what the heck at $5.79 a quart or whatever it doesn't cost so much. But I thought because very often I never get the engine up to 200 or more degrees running short errands, that I'd like the extra protection a synthetic would provide ? I'm no chemical engineer, but there's no red flags at Bobtheoilguy.com about that I saw right off hand.

 

No....call me old school...I just use the old Mobil1 stuff and expect to get 150,000+ miles out of the engine...of course by that time I will be 80-90 years old and I prolly will not know if I am coming or going anyway ...just sayin

 

Lots of older people like Kendall. I have not heard any bad things about it. Honestly, any modern decent oil and I think you are going go 150-200k easy without an issue.

I use Mobil 1 myself. Often get it for $20-$25 for 5 quarts.

It's what I have used in all my Vettes over the past 10+ years and hundreds of thousands of miles and my engines look and run like new.

It works for me so I stick with it.

 

On the bright side, if the oil you're using lasts 50K miles, you'd only have to change the oil three times in your lifetime! Hey, that's a major cost savings!

I'm switching back to Mobil1 now and putting the money I save into my Roth!

 

"Please,no flames"

sorry,couldn't resist.....

 

I usually buy the cheapest oil (usualy Quaker State/Penzoil or Shell) I can find-never had an issue.

 

I've used several synthetics since driving Vettes. I think I've used five fully synthetics and usually buy a name brand, on sale. I'm sure it will run just fine.

 

I always use Mobil-1 5W/30 in my 2003 corvette, but this is the first time I tried using a "Full Synthetic" as it says on the front label of the bottles label. but it's going in my DD and am wondering if using a "Synthetic" might cause the engine to leak oil ? but everything I have read here and at other sites all say if your engine doesn't leak now being run on conventional oil, It won't start leaking just because I fill it with a synthetic. So it's an experiment for me. I asked this question and since it was about me DD, that I might be the target of flaming, but you people are really decent. No flaming and belittlement. I want to thank you all. You are what the Corvette community is all about. Thank you all for coming to my request and offering some very constructive comments and advice. You guys are great !

 

I like the Castrol Edge myself. Even if their claim of 8x better protection is BS thats ok, if its even 2x more protection, that would be reason enough to buy it imho.