The Shocking Oil Film Strength Test Using Royal Purple’s Synfilm

In this informative video, follow along as Royal Purple measures oil film strength with a bearing test using Royal Purple’s Synfilm. Comparing RP Synfilm (with an ISO 68) to a competitor’s lubricant (with an ISO 220) to test the strength of Royal Purple's oil film.
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[@mauriosilva9867]

The reason why i started using RP because i work in the Oil Industry and all the refineries i worked at they use is RP and we all know refineries they run 24/7 so i was convinced that this product is good and i dont run my truck 24/7 so i can imagine it treating my engine perfect💯

[@HaloDaycare]

I'm an amsoil guy but acknowledged Royal purple to be an amazing oil. In fact, there are so many quality Synthetics on the market that you can run just about any of them and not run into problems

[@anthonyjulson8840]

If I can't get amsoil, I'll run pennzoil before Royal Purple.

[@josiahculley9877]

@@anthonyjulson8840 I use royal purple it works great and cleans the engine

[@bigdogstreetperformance6761]

@@anthonyjulson8840 Pennzoil Ultra Platinum is some good stuff!

[@fowvee]

in reference to the replies that are in this post, please note that the oils in this demonstration are not motor oils. They are industrial gear, bearing, and pump lubricants that are not formulated to deal with acidic combustion byproducts. The Royal Purple Synfilm iso 68 is marketed as a air compressor and industrial oil.

[@andryandry6606]

@@fowvee extreme pressure additive right?

[@dieselbroke7389]

I just bought some royal purple sae 75w-90 max gear for my 2008 ram 3500 manual g56 transmission. I’m hoping it is as good as everybody says it is. First time using a royal purple product so I’m excited to see the difference

[@ethanromero3442]

How is it so far?

[@dieselbroke7389]

@Ethan Romero I put my southbend dual disc in on the 11th and have put about 1100km on it with no issues. Shifts great and seems to be quieter

[@PaukSK]

Thanks for the test.

[@michaelkraemer8965]

Impressive

[@midcenturymodern9330]

This tester is nothing more than a Timken load tester with slightly relocated components and purple finish. RP is obviously a great oil, but this is not the best test to prove it. Motor oils work best when they are at around 100 degrees C. Here, the test is done at room temperature. This introduces a major thermal variable that puts the whole test in question. There is a reason why you never rev up and put heavy loads on cold engines. In this test, you are pretty much revving up and overloading a cold engine (with cold oil), so to speak. These test results are pretty much anecdotal. This test temperature is not what you see inside an engine. Repeat the test with oils at 100 degrees C and let's see what happens then. That would be very interesting!

[@j.t.cooper2963]

Agreed.

[@mikeschlup5279]

The one armed bandit is not the best way to test oil...gives you an idea of how it might perform...I know of a combination of products that blow RP out of the water in this test..RP must have some sort of ester in order to live up to its claims.

[@KaisTheFireWarrior]

Well his little device won't work with 200° oil because he would get burnt Also he used gear oil, which isn't heated up as much as in the engine. So yes a differential will be cold only until the car starts to move so this test is 100% relevant.

[@zx300ttt]

I have royal purple in my engine and transmission the best oil especially for high performance vehicles

[@luxurygeneration407]

You didn't have to do the test I only run royal purple on my azera and I'm a believer forever.

[@JazzyJonas]

Pretty impressive. Too bad this has nothing to do with their API licensed motor oil.

[@RichardBerish]

What a load of hyped up bulcrap I just watched. Project farm has a real test on this ware test. AMSOIL is the best.

[@Nissan370_z]

Why in the hell do you have to place waights on that friction test. Why can't it be timed to turn on and off with a digital timer? With set waights that don't change? Then it would be a fair comparison. I tried royal purple and it made my 370z engine run ruff I didn't care for it. Then went to AmsOil and was incredibly smooth. I also dipped some metal I had laying around in royal purple and dipped the other oils I had laying around . And the next day the one oil that didn't have any oil film on it was royal purple. Dont buy this stuff . All hype

[@Lucifer_334]

How many Miles did you drive on your 370z with Royal purple.

[@n0tlance314]

The weights are to stimulate different tolerances and wear in engines with different mileages. Oil should be able to keep an even film through as many different engine tolerances and wear. That's why he added weights. Newer engines have smaller tolerances and clearances, older engines have larger clearances because of wear.

[@greenlungo3996]

If you search "one armed bandit oil test" you will find several debunks of this testing method. You are right that it is not a fair test. The demonstrator did the classic move where he applied full force on the "poor" oil pretty much immediately, while the "good" oil gets to work in and warm up with just one weight for much longer while he talks about how good it is.

[@lisab3396]

I refuse to buy/use this product for one reason only. In freezing minus 34c temperatures, it is soo viscous that it won't flow on engine start. That will result in excessive engine wear and failure!

[@fromthebackofmymind]

The shocking part would be the presenter pushing himself away from the supper table. R&P oil and you can rev up 1000rpm higher than before. As seen on RubeTube. Dude, I weighed 305. I started chewing my food and dropped 100lbs in 6 years. My testimonial: Human size proportions not Golden Corral.

[@nebulaorion716]

royal poo poo

[@lotusman1974]

been running Royal Purple in all my rigs for years. Love the stuff. I saw an independent engine dyno on a Corvette high performance engine and it pulled another 10 hp over Mobile one! I am stuck on RP. DON'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE IN MY MOTORS.

[@johnf6687]

It’s the ionic charge that when the oil heats it cleans better then average oil, it seems like the ingredients are diesel fuel it’s thin oil

[@mrarikara975]

Mix royal purple WITH MOTERKOTE HYPER LUBERACANT and you got most silky-smooth oil ever

[@georgecrow158]

Dupont switched to Royal purple in 1990. Good news is worked so well they laid off 60% of the maintenance mechanical technicians....... 😂

[@larryayres7412]

That’s all I use I’m my Harley Davison Road glide and VROD!!!!!!!!!

[@ampegloud]

I dont Trust anybody that talks with her hands like that and poses like a salesman there phonies

[@bigdogstreetperformance6761]

Royal Purple XPR is one of the best oils you can buy!

[@scpittman5769]

Use Royal purple motor oil in my daliy driver very please and satifded with how well it oil performs would recommend this oil to anyone looking for a good oil that last out other synthetic oils

[@salsuginusrex5196]

Wow, this is incredibly non-scientific. Anybody unfortunate enough to believe this demonstration has any kind of credibility would do well to look up the Falex Extreme Pressure Test and why it's not approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

[@jesseferguson9464]

Sad had to add gear oil to show this lol

[@craigbadder321]

Quaker state has highest TBN over 152k than any oils.not sure trax,Trax, oil,etc.quaker state can stand hot oil temperature 295 degrees..can change oil 7.5k to 10k miles.work very well in high performance engine.save moneys.

[@thomaspeck7496]

i have used rp in my 98 z71 since new im at 311000 still runs body sucks engine, trans, transfer case, both diffs, and power steering all original

[@TonicofSonic]

My F150 sounds terrible when running RP. Pennzoil for the win.

[@chriswagner6310]

I like your product. I have it in my lawn mower. And my snowblower

[@lesliefunk5534]

had that grape juice in my buick for 100k miles. i like it!

[@You-qb9wn]

This test is useless if you are using room temperature

[@CL9k24a3]

and first lubricant was compared to was water lol

[@thebigempty_5792]

looks like he dumped about twice as much RP in the res. it was spilling out everywhere....hmmm

[@gateway8833]

Very impressive indeed

[@j.t.cooper2963]

RP motor oil doesn't flow well when cold. About 80% of engine wear is on cold starts. If you live where it never gets below 70 it probably wouldn't matter, but thats not the case where I live and the temp can drop below 0 at times.

[@knifelover73]

For their api oils yeah. Their HPS and their race oil flow pretty good cold from tests I’ve seen. It’s no amsoil signature. But pretty good.

[@j.t.cooper2963]

@@knifelover73 I already know that and that's what I'm referring to.

[@romaan843]

All I want to know is were does one buy that tissue or rag that he is using to wipe off the oil... Cause shit wipes every drop of oil away not a drop in sight when he shows you the damaged bearing... When I wipe of access oil on stuff there will always be some residue of oil on the surface

[@TaylorMadejdm1975]

The best snake oil on the market 🐍🛢

[@yeakass1]

The hell it ain't

[@kingleeland5122]

Dumb

[@turbochargers7841]

🤡

[@chrisx2015]

Stuff is garbage!

[@yeakass1]

So are you

[@stevet100]

Lol

[@emailromo]

He really went out of his way to help people see

[@gimmesomesugar]

I trusted RP enough to put in obscenely expensive truck.