LAB RESULTS: Does Motor Oil NEED To Be Shaken BEFORE Use?

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In a previous video, we tested some old oils, and we found separation in the bottom of the bottles. I was always taught to shake the bottle of motor oil before pouring it into the engine. I know shaking the bottles can't hurt, but does it actually help? Is oil like paint or peanut butter? Does shaking the bottles "fix" old oils?
We took samples of five different oils, both shaken and un-shaken and sent them to the lab to get the results and the answers. Three of those oils were "old" oils from that previous video about old oils - Here's the link to that video • EXPIRED: When Does New...
Here are some short cuts to the different segments of this video:
Sample preparation - 04:45
Chemical analysis - 15:54
Foam testing - 23:29
Here are the links to the products I used to do the tests.
Glass Beaker: amzn.to/3O3LYMJ
Oil Analysis: www.speediagnostix.com
For more about my Dad, check out this great video from @Stapleton42 • Lake Speed Shows Us Hi...
Who is the @themotoroilgeek ? I'm a Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Certified Lubrication Specialist and Oil Monitoring Analyst (I've maintained both of those for over a decade). I also worked for Joe Gibbs Racing for 12 years as their lubricant specialist. During that time, we worked with Wix Filters (one of our sponsors) to test and develop filters for our race engines. We also worked with Lubrizol and Chevron-Phillips Chemical to test and develop oils for our race cars. Following that, I was the head of R&D for Driven Racing Oil. During that time, I formulated and tested over 50 products. We also worked with Cummins, Comp Cams, Oak Ridge National Labs and General Motors on various R&D products. Those efforts are recorded in peer reviewed white papers published by SAE International and ACS Sustainable Chemistry journals. I also own and operate SPEEDiagnostix, which provides used oil analysis.
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@jeffrobodine8579

I will now store my motor oil upside down.

@driving-riding-wrenching1278 14 дней назад

The old oil info is interesting but everyone came here to see they should be shaking the new oil they are buying. That wasn't really covered at all. But if you pause on the data sheet, you can see that YES, the New shaken oil had much higher additive content than the New non-shaken sample.

@UnfinishedProjectDartSport 14 дней назад

My natural instinct when preparing to shake something that has “settled” is to turn the container upside down prior to shaking. How odd it was to see you shake it “right side up”.

@davidsawyer1599 День назад

It's not that you are not providing valuable information for free. We appreciate all the time,effort, and money spent on our behalf.

@artbennett7321

On the topic of old oil, in the '70s I went to Sears with my dad with our own container and you could buy bulk oil. If I recall their top of the line was called "Spectrum", cost about 30 cents a quart and really smelled bad. At the time I didn't know what the smell was until I became a hot rodder, bought my first Crane Cam and the pint bottle of oil additive they included had the same stink. It was the high pressure zinc etc additives!

@sixtyfiveford

New oil from Pennzoil had additive fallout in bottom of container. Sent pictures and emailed Shell. Their response was all new oil needs to be shaken heavily before used.

@scrapmanindustries

It’s cool that you’re actually willing to share your knowledge of oil to the general public like this. Most people in your position would try to keep things a “race team secret”.

@TheGumoutChannel

We love learning from Lake Speed, thanks for making great content. The foam coming off the old gear oil at the end demonstrates the importance of changing an older vehicle’s (often forgotten) gear oil. Yet another example of how maintenance matters.

@HP-hm3pn

I have leaned now in my 50's that lubricants are what I'm interested in. You're living my life, Lake! Good stuff!

@btw985

I love this channel because it feels like only the people watching this would be as excited about that foam test as Lake was.

@merlinpix

I love your videos very informative and easy to understand, "Oil: shaken not stirred; Stirring bruises the additives."

@MattsOffRoadRecovery

Wow. I would’ve got this wrong on a test.

@Bruzdawg28

Sure is refreshing to see some science backing up the claims. Tanks for all the hard work!

@Funkydood

We truly appreciate your sharing what you learn in your experiments & tests! Thank you, sir!

@DonDanDeLaVega

Glad to see you use HPL oil products. I’ve heard very good things about them and have used their products a little. Your use of their stuff is an independent statement of their quality.

@David-yf5fo 14 дней назад

My first guess guess was that components in the old oil have become oxidated and precipitated out of suspension over time. Oxidated products are likely to be more polar and be denser. That would not seem to be kind of thing you want in your new oil and more like something you want to drain out in an oil change. It could be an anticorrosive agent(s) that have been consumed by oxidation over time with no use and no longer available to protect a running engine. Shake it up all you want and get all that junk all in suspension, the same elements may be there, but not in the same forms found in the new oil. My sentiment would be to recycle the old oil and just by new oil as indicated here. This affirms the idea that if my car sits in a garage a lot, I should still change my oil after a year or so in spite of milage.

@9mmARman День назад

I just found a case of oil so old it's still in cardboard bottles! Im still watching the video, vut indoubt ill be putting it in my daily driver (1994 Chevy 4x4 that I bought new). That 350 runs like new even after 290,000 miles, with an oil/lube every 3000 miles.