What are the benefits from using royal purple? I was told that's it's nothing but a bunch of hype. Can someone enlighten me more on this.

 

Any synthetic oil that you use & change at the appropriate interval will suffice. It's all brand preference anymore. I use Royal Purple in my 03CLS6 & Kirkland/Amazon Basics in my 10 TL-SHAWD.

 

My ‘13 has 90,000 miles. I. This time I’ve ran Royal Purple, Mobil 1, Rotella, Quaker State, and Pennzoil all in 0W0 or 5W20 weights at 5,000-7,500 intervals. The car has ran perfect. Changed my valve cover gaskets this week and valve train has 0 varnish and 0 sludge. I can say with experience it doesn’t matter which synthetic you run in a TL, use correct weight and change on when appropriate.

 

 

The best oil for the money is Pennzoil Ultra Platinum.
The best oil is Amsoil Signature.
The difference between them and other oils isn't massive. All will do good enough, but the Pennzoil is priced low enough that you might as well use it.
Royal Purple probably makes the best filters and you can use an S2000 model for more surface area, but as long as the drain back valve works well, any filter should do the trick.

 

I’ve been using Mobil1 (5W-30 full syn) in my 2000 TL for two decades. The TL is one of my two well maintained vehicles, located all year round in Florida. Presently the TL has 87,000 miles and thankfully not burning oil but I can smell slight traces of blow-by on the dipstick as I check oil level which I guess is normal for a 24 year old engine. Three years ago around 75K I started using the Mobil1 full syn High Mileage and although these are full synthetic oils, I still like to change oil and filter every 12 months or sooner especially if close to 6,000 mile interval.

I’ve always been interested in Royal Purple motor oil but have never used it. Please tell me about Royal Purple 11748 HMX SAE 5W-30 High-Mileage Synthetic, are the claims true or is it just hype, is it a better oil and worth the higher price ? It’s $41 on Amazon and I don’t have any problem with it being $11 more as we all want the best “life blood” running through our fine Acura engines.

 

I read somewhere that Penzoil has Paraffin which in solid form is like a wax candle.

 

That is garbage and dates to stuff said back around 2004 to about 2008. It probably is the result of some mechanic who decided to read the MSDS sheet that was in a case of oil.

The word paraffin is a very common and basic term for base mineral oil (non-synthetics). The MSDS sheets for many conventional motor oils use the word paraffin to describe the main oil ingredient...as in "SOLVENT-DEWAXED HEAVY PARAFFINIC PETROLEUM".

 

sounds like u know more than i do about it.