Love most of their products. I've used their ATF, gear oil, power steering fluid and cooling system treatment in every car I've owned. For their lubricants, it's all about their Synerlec additive, which is the only reason I don't use their API-licensed motor oils. Ever since they removed Synerlec from their API grade stuff, I can't find a reason to spend the money.
For people asking just what/how this produce works, it is a multi function produce. 1. The main function is to reduce the surface tension of the water in the coolant mix. All liquids have surface tension of varying levels, the lower the surface tension is, the tighter the liquid can get to the surface of the heat exchanger. No surface on earth is ever perfectly smooth, if you were to put your radiator tubes under a microscope and magnified them 1000x or more. It would look like the Grand Canyon. This creates what's known as a bounder layer which is a small void/gap between air/liquid and the surface. We can reducing the bounder lay by making the water "looser" so it can get further into the "Grand Canyon" that is the surface of the metal used in the radiator.This creates more surface area and the more surface area you create to dissipate heat from the coolant the better the system works. 2. The anti corrosive properties, this properties help to stop rust, oxidation, and electrolysis in the motor and its damn good at it. 3. It helps to lube the water pump and maintain seals in the cooling system for a longer running system life. 4. The anti foaming and anti cavitation properties help to keep the water together. The system will not work if its foam out and the anti cavitation help keep the water pump from ripping apart the water in the coolant that can eat at the block and/or water pump. Just ask the 6.0l and 6.4l ford diesel guys about that, at the outer edge of the water pump impeller. The impeller is moving at will over 100 mph and just moving a shit ton of water, this cause the water to break down back into its two gas states and the resulting gas pockets basicly sand blast the water pump housing. Eating a hole into the time chain housing then filling the oil pain with coolant. For the people asking if this will adversely affect the cabin heating of the system it won't, in fact it will improve the heat transfer from the heater core to the air moving through it. Bumping the performance a little, we're not talking like 50% or more, but around 2-3% better heating of the air.
I think most VW owners use Mobil 1, Castrol or Motul. Don't see RP used much. Not sure why but I always got a sense that it is cheap oil. Never putting that stuff in my VW
Royal Purple Ice is not at all recommended for Honda, Lexus, or Mercedes and Audi do to their water pump manufacturing process. I have an 02 Accord with an OEM water pump, I ran the Royal Purple Ice and with in one year I had to flush my complete cooling system AND replace the water pump and radiator. The labor alone was an expensive lesson for me, the ice product is only mixable with water only. I went back to the Honda manufactured coolant replaced my radiator with a dual core all aluminum built. It has been six years and keeping to the manufacture recommendations I have had no problems. WHen I used the Royal Ice I honestly did not see or experience any significant cooling and the Accord is a company car averaging 1500 miles a week as a service vehicle.
Benjamin Williams I'm curious how that would have turned out if you'd have completely flushed out your factory coolant and switched to Prestone and then added the additive
OK -- I need some education here. The effectiveness of a coolant is its ability to transfer heat to the radiator. How can this treatment decrease coolant temperature by 20 degrees when I have my thermostat in my radiator set for 190 degrees. Is this snake oil, or does it work?
+Todd Dembsky this produce is a multi function produce. 1. The main function is to reduce the surface tension of the water in the coolant mix. All liquids have surface tension of varying levels, the lower the surface tension is, the tighter the liquid can get to the surface of the heat exchanger. No surface on earth is ever perfectly smooth, if you were to put your radiator tubes under a microscope and magnified them 1000x or more. It would look like the Grand Canyon. This creates what's known as a bounder layer which is a small void/gap between air/liquid and the surface. We can reducing the bounder lay by making the water "looser" so it can get further into the "Grand Canyon" that is the surface of the metal used in the radiator.This creates more surface area and the more surface area you create to dissipate heat from the coolant the better the system works. 2. The anti corrosive properties, this properties help to stop rust, oxidation, and electrolysis in the motor and its damn good at it. 3. It helps to lube the water pump and maintain seals in the cooling system for a longer running system life. 4. The anti foaming and anti cavitation properties help to keep the water together. The system will not work if its foam out and the anti cavitation help keep the water pump from ripping apart the water in the coolant that can eat at the block and/or water pump. Just ask the 6.0l and 6.4l ford diesel guys about that, at the outer edge of the water pump impeller. The impeller is moving at will over 100 mph and just moving a shit ton of water, this cause the water to break down back into its two gas states and the resulting gas pockets basicly sand blast the water pump housing. Eating a hole into the time chain housing then filling the oil pain with coolant.
TdrSld OK, that definitely helps. I never thought about surface tension. I can also see how this would reduce cavitation. I have seen cavitation eat through stainless steel propellers. THank you for the infor!!!
Too bad RP doesn't really provide on their site info like HTHS, TBN, Sulphated Ash amount, etc.... Info I need to know before I would buy and put into.a TFSI/TSI motor
Just use normal coolant recommended by the car makers and change it every 3-5 years, maybe a flush once in a while if it's got nasty color and deposits.
high quality oils like mobil1, castrol(in eu most of them are fake), and liqui moly have enough additives, if you add more with this stuff you can fuck up more than help. maybe if you use cheap lukoil/walmart oil and add this stuff it can work, but then you are saving on oil and spend on additives... not worth.
( I'm 4 years late ) if you haven't used it yet, I'm currently using it in my 87 Wrangler and it's nothing but perfection, it definitely runs smoother then when I ran Valvoline and it does clean the engine pretty good as long as you only use Royal Purple
Love most of their products. I've used their ATF, gear oil, power steering fluid and cooling system treatment in every car I've owned. For their lubricants, it's all about their Synerlec additive, which is the only reason I don't use their API-licensed motor oils. Ever since they removed Synerlec from their API grade stuff, I can't find a reason to spend the money.
It's interesting how enthusiastic you look, and how uninterested he looks
Still a good video though!
Hahah. I am sure working at the SEMA show takes a lot out of ya. I know I was freaking exhausted that whole day.
idk replaced me trans fluid with royal purple atf and the box overall is so much smoother when the oil reaches operating temps
If you want Synerlec you have to get at least their HMX or HPS oils. Their API SN oil doesn't have it.
what exaclty is synerlec .. ester ?
I bet some of the thumbs down in this video came from Valvoline in Pennzoil.
Haha. Probably.
For people asking just what/how this produce works, it is a multi function produce.
1. The main function is to reduce the surface tension of the water in the coolant mix. All liquids have surface tension of varying levels, the lower the surface tension is, the tighter the liquid can get to the surface of the heat exchanger. No surface on earth is ever perfectly smooth, if you were to put your radiator tubes under a microscope and magnified them 1000x or more. It would look like the Grand Canyon. This creates what's known as a bounder layer which is a small void/gap between air/liquid and the surface. We can reducing the bounder lay by making the water "looser" so it can get further into the "Grand Canyon" that is the surface of the metal used in the radiator.This creates more surface area and the more surface area you create to dissipate heat from the coolant the better the system works.
2. The anti corrosive properties, this properties help to stop rust, oxidation, and electrolysis in the motor and its damn good at it.
3. It helps to lube the water pump and maintain seals in the cooling system for a longer running system life.
4. The anti foaming and anti cavitation properties help to keep the water together. The system will not work if its foam out and the anti cavitation help keep the water pump from ripping apart the water in the coolant that can eat at the block and/or water pump. Just ask the 6.0l and 6.4l ford diesel guys about that, at the outer edge of the water pump impeller. The impeller is moving at will over 100 mph and just moving a shit ton of water, this cause the water to break down back into its two gas states and the resulting gas pockets basicly sand blast the water pump housing. Eating a hole into the time chain housing then filling the oil pain with coolant.
For the people asking if this will adversely affect the cabin heating of the system it won't, in fact it will improve the heat transfer from the heater core to the air moving through it. Bumping the performance a little, we're not talking like 50% or more, but around 2-3% better heating of the air.
+TdrSld Thanks for the insight!
Can you use this product with GM Dex-cool antifreeze??
As good of an oil that Royal Purple is, that's the best brand ambassador that they could muster for SEMA?
ROYAL PURPLE ✨✨✨👑💜💯
Interesting stuff!
Did you have to arrange this interview ahead of time, or can you kind of just make these happen on the fly at this sort of event?
+Cars Simplified we set up the meeting, but not the topic
Ah, interesting! Thanks, I appreciate your reply.
I think most VW owners use Mobil 1, Castrol or Motul. Don't see RP used much. Not sure why but I always got a sense that it is cheap oil. Never putting that stuff in my VW
I've used Royal Purple in my VW since day one. Definitely not cheap oil in any sense.
Well RP keeps getting bought out by different companies when their stock fell out a couple years ago so go figure.
well this took a while to be published 😂 great informative video though.
Hahah yeah I guess it got lost in the schedule. I was like damn I never posted this video.
Royal purple oil is a group 4 oil.
german auto German oil. I always use liqui moly 5w-40
Never have tried royal purple ,not sure why, I use liqui-moly and with the results I've gotten from them I don't want to try anything else
+eric piggott I'm a bigger fan of Liqui-Moly than Royal Purple. Not that there's anything wrong with RP.
I use Liqui Moly oil with a Royal Purple oil filter. The best of both.
Royal Purple Ice is not at all recommended for Honda, Lexus, or Mercedes and Audi do to their water pump manufacturing process. I have an 02 Accord with an OEM water pump, I ran the Royal Purple Ice and with in one year I had to flush my complete cooling system AND replace the water pump and radiator. The labor alone was an expensive lesson for me, the ice product is only mixable with water only. I went back to the Honda manufactured coolant replaced my radiator with a dual core all aluminum built. It has been six years and keeping to the manufacture recommendations I have had no problems.
WHen I used the Royal Ice I honestly did not see or experience any significant cooling and the Accord is a company car averaging 1500 miles a week as a service vehicle.
Benjamin Williams I'm curious how that would have turned out if you'd have completely flushed out your factory coolant and switched to Prestone and then added the additive
Charles what kind of car was that royal purple decked out car?
Not sure. I'll have to rewatch and see.
Aston Martin
Purple Ice compatible with our VW G12/13 red coolant?
OK -- I need some education here. The effectiveness of a coolant is its ability to transfer heat to the radiator. How can this treatment decrease coolant temperature by 20 degrees when I have my thermostat in my radiator set for 190 degrees. Is this snake oil, or does it work?
+Todd Dembsky I believe they are trying to sell it as a overheating issue remedy
***** That would make sense to a radiator that was starting to get clogged with lime build up. -- thanks !!
+Todd Dembsky this produce is a multi function produce.
1. The main function is to reduce the surface tension of the water in the coolant mix. All liquids have surface tension of varying levels, the lower the surface tension is, the tighter the liquid can get to the surface of the heat exchanger. No surface on earth is ever perfectly smooth, if you were to put your radiator tubes under a microscope and magnified them 1000x or more. It would look like the Grand Canyon. This creates what's known as a bounder layer which is a small void/gap between air/liquid and the surface. We can reducing the bounder lay by making the water "looser" so it can get further into the "Grand Canyon" that is the surface of the metal used in the radiator.This creates more surface area and the more surface area you create to dissipate heat from the coolant the better the system works.
2. The anti corrosive properties, this properties help to stop rust, oxidation, and electrolysis in the motor and its damn good at it.
3. It helps to lube the water pump and maintain seals in the cooling system for a longer running system life.
4. The anti foaming and anti cavitation properties help to keep the water together. The system will not work if its foam out and the anti cavitation help keep the water pump from ripping apart the water in the coolant that can eat at the block and/or water pump. Just ask the 6.0l and 6.4l ford diesel guys about that, at the outer edge of the water pump impeller. The impeller is moving at will over 100 mph and just moving a shit ton of water, this cause the water to break down back into its two gas states and the resulting gas pockets basicly sand blast the water pump housing. Eating a hole into the time chain housing then filling the oil pain with coolant.
TdrSld OK, that definitely helps. I never thought about surface tension. I can also see how this would reduce cavitation. I have seen cavitation eat through stainless steel propellers.
THank you for the infor!!!
Todd Dembsky No problem as a Engine builder I have used a lot of different produces over the years, and I have always had perfect results from RP.
Too bad RP doesn't really provide on their site info like HTHS, TBN, Sulphated Ash amount, etc.... Info I need to know before I would buy and put into.a TFSI/TSI motor
From what many said the oil is good, the problem is that those TFSI engines suck in reliability along with the TSI engines.
Guy with purple shirt got no clue whatsoever 😂
so the oil,and coolant additives are compliant to VW oil standards?
Just use normal coolant recommended by the car makers and change it every 3-5 years, maybe a flush once in a while if it's got nasty color and deposits.
When you want to over pay for something that will provide no additional benefits other then making you feel good about getting fleeced...
high quality oils like mobil1, castrol(in eu most of them are fake), and liqui moly have enough additives, if you add more with this stuff you can fuck up more than help. maybe if you use cheap lukoil/walmart oil and add this stuff it can work, but then you are saving on oil and spend on additives... not worth.
Can you not interview anyone chewing gum again?
Haha I didn't even notice until you said anything.
+HumbleMechanic Royal purple is good stuff though...
Big deal.
Royal Purple has no 502 approved oils. Bummer.
They don't advertise VW specs anywhere on their oil. I would personally be very weary of using this in a VW.
🙄 I see you are one of those guys. Ran RP on my stgIII Audi b5 s4 avant which is technically a vw with perfect results.
Would you recommend royal purple?
To be honest, I have never used one of their products.
( I'm 4 years late ) if you haven't used it yet, I'm currently using it in my 87 Wrangler and it's nothing but perfection, it definitely runs smoother then when I ran Valvoline and it does clean the engine pretty good as long as you only use Royal Purple
What oil do you put in your 2.8 vr6
In the Cabby I use Pennzoil Platinum. I haven't changed the oil in the GTI yet.
Who needs that expensive stuff
How many times you
Gonna cut the rp guy off jeez
SNAKE OIL at its BEST!
Your just paying for the damn name brand. Nothing special. It's a rip off.
Amsoil is 100% better
royal purple is wierd
Its so funny how the leader gimmick company pretends to laugh and shrug off waterless coolants.... Just another reason to avoid crappy overpriced oil.
Waste of money
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