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I personally like the redline oils.....from my own experiences it has worked best for me so far. I have tried amsoil and redline in outdrives..both TRS units....the first time i used redline was when i blew the lower unit on my TRS....i had new gears overnighted to me and tore it down with home made tools and slapped it together with no manuals or tools to check clarences...just so i could get back on the water for the weekend....filled the drive with shock proof heavy and crossed my fingers it would hold. Babied the drive all weekend and on the last day say "screw it" and did a full speed run to get my speed fix. Not only did the drive hold, but i ran it the rest of the season (about a month here in IL) and gave it to BAM for rebuilding during winter. He told me there was very little wear on the lowers but it did have pitting/rusting on the uppers from what he said was probably there before the lower blew. That sold me on the oil right there
I ran Amsoil in a friends TRS cig because he bought the oil and heard good things about it.....after the first day out the drive was all chalky on the uppers (No drive showers) indicating it was running hot. Never had that problem before using the merc HP oil before.....so we drained it and it had a funky almost burnt smell to it...still "looked" fairly clean but we didnt want to take any chances.....i filled his drives with the redline heavy i had, and all problems went away.
I am currently trying the Royal Purple in my daily driver...in the trans, engine, and the rear axle. I have to say i am a little disappointed thus far. The engine oil seems to "evaporate" a little faster then any oil ive used thus far. The trans i had rebuilt by a certified GM tech and is running 100% synth....it too is having "issues" on real cold days its like it doesnt want to shift between the gears till it warms up...and the shifts between 1-2 and 2-3 have a "slip" to them...almost like the trans is releasing the bands early and not catching the next gear fast enough ... funny thing is i put 10k miles on the trans with the syth.....i drained it all out(as much as i could anyway) and put redline in...and it all went away...trans runs perfect now. The rear end i will let ya know in the spring when i change fluids but it seems to me my factory posi unit is not operating properly. This oil is supposed to have the additive in there yet i have no posi... but again that i have to investigate....
Also one other note.......i originally started using redline on my 1999 chevy crewcab dually w/454. As soon as i got 1000 miles on it i switched it over to redline.....now i cant say for certain that the oil was the reason...but my engine since new for that 1000 miles always had a small "stumble" to the idle if you want to call it that...it would shake slightly every so may hundred rpms......when the redline went it it all went away...again i dont know if it was the oil or the computer re-learned my driving habits or if the engine "broke it" better....but that again sold me on the oil.
So theres my story