Cruiser Oil

Id love to see how changing your oil can deliver 30% more power. If it was that simple Shell and others would be doing it. I detect a snake oil salesman.

More than happy to be prooven wrong though. Love to see the manufacturer post the independant tests on the web so we can have a look at them

Cheers,

Glenn

Cruiser oil by synforce has been around for a couple of years,

I use it, not because of the claims but because it is made right here in Hervey Bay by a small family (i believe) company, rather than a multinational.

Different types of oil can definetly alter the power of an engine. Oil is used to lubricate the moving parts in an engine and depending on the "slipperyness" of the oil, depends on how much drag is imposed on the engine. The drag is an appreciable amount, but 30% power improvement sounds very ambitious. Very viscous (thin) oils can improve power, but it "can" be at the expense of lubricating properties.

Also, power is simply "torque x rpm", so to be able to quote a 30% power improvement and only a 12% torque means that the improvement was not linear across the rev range.

Multigrade oils are an example of how an oil can be "altered" to improve performance. A long time ago one put in say a 10W grade oil in winter and changed to a 40W for summer. Now the one oil does the lot.

Typically, a synthetic oil can achieve some of the claims, but the "cruiser" oil is a mineral oil, not synthetic. Also, one must be careful about the levels of detergent and other additives in an oil. These are critical for diesel engines as they run relatively dirty compared to petrol or LPG engines. Nissan GU 3.0TD engines need the CF(4) grade oil, not the latest CG (4), basically due to the amount of detergents in the oil. Even though the 3.0TD is one of the latest diesel engine designs, it does not take the "highest" grade diesel oil.

Basically, while not knocking this oil, one has to be very careful with the type and grade of oil used. Thoroughly check the grade, both the petrol grade (SH, SJ, SL etc...) AND the diesel grade (CD, CE, CF, CG) thats recommended for your vehicle.

I believe a lot of problems with the GU 3.0TD engine is bought about by owners using the higher grade oil thinking they are helping. However, this is not the case and may be responsible for some of the engine failures being seen in this model.

Cheers

Mark
(Chemical Engineer)

A clever piece of marketing.

30% increase hey, lets see the verified independant dyno results thanks !!

I have seen the results of changing oil grades in race engines a few times , one of which was a nascar engine which as you know are fairly well built donks, the engine was running a 5w50 grade of synthetic, the oil was changed to 0w20 synthetic and the dyno run repeated with the same engine temp / compensation tables the same ,ambient temp the same etc.. The change was 6% at best, with reduced oil temps under load.

They are probably one of the back yard blenders, there are plenty around, it just depends where they are getting their base oil from and who is actually testing the batches etc.

On the other hand it may be snake oil in them bottles :-)Moo... everyone knows what a Jackaroo looks like :-)

emu poo in ya tank will give you about the same inreased as power as that oil i reckon!!
geez some people are gullible?Wow! am I cute
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Richard

Roachie ---- I am suprised that you have not had a post from `Brian 525 ` of Bi Tron Fuel and Oil Metal Treatment fame. Usually he is quite quick to respond to a post that has a fuel or oil thread. Maybe it`s that there is not a opportunity to make a sale to you as you are looking at another ( maybe? ) superior product .
Or has he stopped advertising on this Forum and confined his advertising to the Trader section as most advertisers do. Regards G.T.