Royal Purple... Yay or Nay
 

I've heard great things about Royal Purple. Especially when I talk to people about the first oil change after the break in period.

So I pose this to you.

Is Royal Purple worth it immediately after the break in and afterwards as regular maintenance? Or is it pricey for no reason?

I am not a huge fan of synthetics for no other reason than they are expensive.

Do I run royal purple, no. Would I, no unless I got it for free. I currently have a good hook up with Castrol so I get a ton of synthetic stuff for free, even my daily gets oil changes every 2500-3000 km.

Do I think Royal Purple is needed after the first oil change, 100% no. Use regular oil and do oil changes every 3000 km.

Of course, there may be some science behind it that says i'm totally mental. But I know every car I have owned has used regular oil until this past 2 years.

thank you.

I figured the price was grosly inflated for no reason really. I was planning on sticking to synthetic blend .. I think my car right now says 10/50? I don't remember >.>

Hey it's your dime to spend where you want to! I use Royal Purple in the Mach and it works nicely. Is it worth the extra? I guess to me it is. Do I know if it works better than Castrol or Motorcraft or bulk! Nope! But I still use it.
All oils breal down some quicker than others and some keep their viscosty longer at a higher heat. Royal Purple claims to do a good job at this. I also like the Top Fuel car they had in he early 90's and always wanted to use their oil! So Ido.

Keep your oil changed regularly and you will not have a problem with any of them.

I use royal purple in my transmisson and it does feel better , as for the engine that's a bit rich for me .

If you were draging the motor or running at high heats maybe then but under normal road conditions and the odd stomp you get no gains. Thats only my 2cents from what I have read?

yeah you're right cruzen

she's not going to be a full out drag car. just something fun for the summers and yeah the occasional stomp, not going to be strung out for long periods of time [or repeatedly]

I like to waste my 85.00 a year (700-1000km) so I run Royal or Mobil 1. If there is no difference in oil may I recommend the 2.00 a quart no name junk:biggrin:

use nothing but full synth in my cars. i want to keep them and the extra buck cant hurt.
had a 78 tbird and had nothing but mobil 1 all the time never had a block heater and never needed one(living in winnipeg so 30-40below not uncommon) and when i took it apart there was nothing in the valve covers and oilpan looked like new and still had full compression after 250,000km so i think that the mobil had a lot to do with it. even after 5,000km the oil was still har the read on the dip stick

I run Royal Purple, I changed from Mobile 1. I noticed a difference, no power increase was felt but the motor is definetly quieter.

I say YAY!

its a great quality product!

worth the $$ imo.

I always use synthetic oils in my engine/trans/rear end. (usually either Royal Purple or Amsoil)

The RP powersteering fluid is the only fluid that doesn't overheat and blow out the check valve on the filler lid when I'm at the track. That makes it good in my books - no more fires on my headers in #9 at Mosport :D:D:D

I've also got RP gear lube, tranny fluid and have used it in my engine (although now I'm a mobile1 guy).

Some friends run it, I use AMSOIL.... I guess it's what you get used to.

The silver turd had RP in it when I bought it, and I switched to Mobil1 and I noticed a slight increase in noise afterwards.

I run a race shop in London and We run royal Purple XRP oil whenever we can. Another oil company sent in a sales person with a friction machine.... the royal purple oil worked so well the machine would not operate properly.... unlike the product that he was selling.
We see higher oil pressure and cooler engine temps when running it both on the engine dyno and at the track. Sure its expensive but very much worth it.

I use it so I say ya

I use Quaker State full synthetic 5w30. Got no complaints. My car's an automatic. I had the trans flushed and filled using a semi-synthetic. Also got no complaints.

I would run RP all the time if it was more readily available, I run Mobil 1 because it's on the shelf at CT. Otherwise I'd be running Royal Purple.

I like RP, but personally myself I run AMSOil :tup

I run Castrol GTX and Fram Oil Filters
Change every 5,000KM
No Problems

check this out

http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

according to that royal puple is better than other oils

RP is one of the few true synthetics on the market today. It is on par with Amsoil which is a Polyalphaolefin Group IV synthetic base.

A friend of mine uses only Royal Purple in his '87 Monte Carlo, that puts out almost 700 hp. He swears by the stuff. I, personally, only use Mobil 1 synthetic in all our vehicles, as well as our lawnmower, compressor, and snowblower. Corvettes, Evos, Vipers, and Porsches come with Mobil 1 from the factory, so that says something to me. If Royal Purple was less than $12 a quart, I might use it. Until then, Mobil 1 for me.:tup

I have opened up engines with high mileage with conventional and synthetic oils used. The differance is dramatic. The cars with synthetic do not have all that build up, especialy on the valve train.

Same here on the Mobil 1.
I wait for it to go on sale somewhere and stock up.

I bought the wifes car brand new in 1999 and since new have only ever put 100% synthetic in it and to this day the engine runs so strong and quiet.

I put synthetic in my lawnmower and snowblower as well and so far have never had an engine failure.

But.....my brother in law has a 1997 Ford F150 and he doesn't even do oil changes on it (he just tops it up when the dipstick is low....lazy bastard!lol).
The truck just rolled 200,000 km on the original engine but its gotta be a ticking time bomb.

I imagine it is due to the high detergent levels in the synthetic oil engines, keeps them good and clean.

I'm using Amsoil in both the motor and tranny, but when it comes time for a rebuild, I think i will be using RP, at least for the breakin period. The only problem I've found with the Amsoil is the availability! They sell it here in town, at both Cdn Tire and Peavey Mart, but quite often their shelves are not fully stocked, especially with 0w30 signature series, which I use. I just have to make sure I'm planning ahead, and have them order it in.:)

i use RP in my car....no problems....seems to be that synthetic can last longer and doesnt burn as much as conventional...

whoa! someone else from woodbridge. Im not an expert, im still learning about how cars work, but from what i've read the RP seems to be the most expensive and rare in most towns, and the Mobil1 and Amsoil seem to work perfect for most people. synthetic oil works better than conventional, but if i guess thats what i would lean towards imo

I just changed from Penzoil Full Synthetic to Amsoil.......so far so good!?! The great thing about Amsoil...when done right with the filter and everything, the oil only has to be changed every 10K Kms!?!? Oh and BTW my stang has 190 000Km.....

I still use dinosaur oil and it works for me.

Hi,

I use only full synthetic on my 04. I noticed better response when I converted it over and a bit better gas milage. Will I ever go back to dino oil? NEVER! Oh and I use Castrol Syntech.

Can you go from Synthetic back to non synthetic without any damage?

I got this from another site,can't remember where though LOL
Truth in Advertising: BP v. Royal Purple

I use royal purple in my cars. It's worth the bucks. But just like everything else someone will always tell you differently. It really comes down to personal preferance. Try it.

It's true.Everyone seems to have the best,or trying knock the other guy down.I don't think most of us have our engines last long enough (like to rebuild,over,and over),or keep our rides long enough to worry about the longtivity of the engine LOL.
I think the best way to keep the engine healthy,is sticking to the required oil change intervals,and use what you feel is right for you,and your ride.