Plant Based Oil to Mixed With Petroleum Based Oil

What nonsense. Please provide the URL containing the claim so that debunking can commence.

Is this certain plant a coconut?

coconut oil solidifies at about 70° F. Be pretty hard to pump that with cold engine.

"coconut oil solidifies at about 70° F. Be pretty hard to pump that with cold engine." Yup.

Our friend is asking to "... know about engine oil particularly on various oil additives/treatment that will enhance engine performance and longer engine life? especially on this plant based oil treatment."

He has been, in past threads, looking for ways to use coconut oil.

I'm just sort of reading between the lines. He may be on to something else by now.

Doesn't really matter what the oil is, the claims are outrageous.

Must be cheap in his neck the world. I use it for cooking and it's pretty pricey.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Don't believe such nonsense.

Hey, that's my line! -- JHF

Multimiles MM1 bio based engine oil

No additive will do all that, the fact the additive eliminates the need to replace the oil filter is a dead giveaway that this is likely some sort of scam.

Can you provide a link?

the oil is also the transfer medium for taking carbon particles etc from around the engine to the filter. If it is that good it disposes of these particles we are one step closer to a perpetual motion machine.

If I put a half dozen of those things that improve mileage 20 to 25% on my car then leave on a 500 mile trip with a full gas tank, how often do I have to stop to empty the tank and how much does the government pay me for the road dis-use tax since it is based on fuel consumed? -- JHF

Great comment Miklosh!

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While everything else is spot-on, your 1st comment is not quite up to par with the rest. In some of the cars I have had there is a clearly discernible difference in fuel economy and acceleration when motor oil is changed from the heaviest to lightest (or vise versa) weight (factory recommended, of course) motor oil.

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While I don't accept any of the claims made by the OP, motor oil can certainly have an effect on available power and efficiency.

What? No liquid Teflon?

No small gas engine runnning without oil?

In a place where facts are fluid all sorts of things are possible.

Unfortunately I live in reality so I think I'll keep my 5w40 engine oil thank you.

There have been thousands of these claims over the 100+ year history of the automobile. Think about what you are saying - old worn out rings = gas in the oil = reduced viscosity and lubricity. Wear particles = plugged filter, bypass opens, lets particles into engine = more wear = more wear particles.

Are car makers in cahoots with oil companies by saying oil and filter changes are needed as often as they are? Who knows, but if you look in an engine that has not had oil and filter changes often enough, you can see the effect.

The most long lived engines have regular oil and filter changes and get fully warmed up in each operation cycle. "Short Trip" driving and lack of maintenance = short engine life.

Just my opinion after 50+ years of running vehicles and fleets. Go ahead and dump on me. ( I have no patience for the story about one guy that ran a half a million miles with no oil change, no maintenance and usually on only a half a tank of gas.) -- JHF

In otherwords....

Just another snake oil salesman!

improves the viscosity

If this is true, then it will cut your gas mileage. Years ago people with worn out rings would put STP oil treatment in with their oil. It was a very viscous oil and was claimed to coat the pistons so that there was less blow-by (less smoke and oil usage). It may have worked, but was more expensive that regular oil.

I remember STP - is it still around? A friend of mine had a 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix with a 301 Cu In Pontiac V-8. It was close to 100K miles and my friend almost never changed the oil, but he would add STP - we'd joke that he was putting in the magic honey! Thick, slippery stuff! In Chicago wintery weather, it was hard to get out of the can!

Funny thing is that the engine didn't blow. My sister had the same engine in her 1981 Firebird and with regular oil changes, the engine blew at under 50K miles.

Go figure!

"put STP oil treatment in their oil"

Back around that time I worked in a wire drawing company. One of the guys I worked with kept his engine running by using 140 wt wire drawing lube in his motor. I hate to think just how loose that motor had to be to get away with it.

Smoked a bit too!!

For all you old timers out there, remember back to the late 70's when Texaco came up with that black can of Graphite motor oil. It failed miserably and caused more damage to the engine vs regular oil.

I think the best way to maintain an engine is regular oil changes with the oil viscosity recommended by the manufacturer. Synthetic doesn't hurt either, but if you have leaky gaskets, don't do it or they'll leak worse.

FYI, a few years ago I had a client with a Toyota Tacoma regular cab 4 cylinder manual trans pickup with 621,000 miles on it and the engine was never apart. He used it for his delivery business and ran it like crazy. I was impressed!