juankimalo

Hi guys:

Someone posted some info about Xenum Oils in Soloporsche Forum.
I didn't heard anything about it before. So if someone could give us more info, will be welcome.

In Spain the price is 156 € = 210$ (5 litre) Too high!!

http://xenum.be/


There is an Ester-ceramic based oil:

WRX 7.5W40 Synthetic Extreme Performance Racing oil





Specification:
Meets or surpasses the requirements of the following specifications:
API SL/CF, ACEA A3/B3/B4, Mercedes MB 229.1, VW 502/505, Porsche, BMW, etc…

Application:
WRX 7.5w40 is recommended for all modern petrol and diesel engines equipped with the latest advancements such as: direct injection, common rail, turbo charged and catalytic converters.
WRX 7.5w40 is specially designed for modern, technically advanced, petrol and diesel engined cars and racing applications. Recommended for Formula, endurance, rally and saloon car racing as well as turbo charged and WRC engines.
It is also a perfect choice for older cars, such as pre 1990 models.



Available in:
5L - 1L
box: 4x5L
box:12x1L

2K7TTMIA

I haven't seen or heard of Xenum here, but there are other brands that do a good job for alot less.

Macster

Best advice I can offer is search for a materials safety data sheet for the oil and hopefully it will contain a list of ingredients and the percentages of each ingredient by weight.

Or you can contact the company directly for a MSDS for this oil.

Sincerely,

Macster.

juankimalo

I know it


I use Valvoline VR1 5W50 with fantastic results
Motul 300V 5W40, Castrol, Redline... there are many good choices, but I wanted to know if someone has any info of Xenum, simple curiosity

logray

$5 says Xenum is not made by Xenum...

juankimalo

Sorry Logray, but perhaps due to my english level, I can't understand your phrase

Could you explain it for me?
Thanks in advance

logray

No problemo. My Spanish is much worse than your English, but my German is better.

What I meant to say is that the oil created by Xenum is fabricated by a different corporation.

2K7TTMIA

that's what I'm sayin.... if Xenum ( or Xena, or Semen) was US$3/litre, then we would try to get more information to compare it to Motul, Castrol, or Pentosin, etc....
If it's $43/litre, they can keep it on the shelves.... it's not worth it, period.
btw, looks like the same container Lubro Moly uses.....

juankimalo

OK THANKS!

I undesrtood it!

I think the same: The oil is too expensive to use for any test.

In soloporsche we've talking about "oil complements". There are some of them proper to work in the engine not as an additive, but as a complement for reducing friction/antiwear like Metal Lube, Superkote 2000, etc.

A guy used it in his Boxster 986 and did a test with Durametric values:

It offered less engine temperature, improving radically the engine sound. It was incredible, really! And less vibrations.
We know that an elevate temperature, AOL could fail, the cilinders have a high working temperature, and early M96 engines could fail too. So this guy decided to protect his engine and added Superkote 2000. I must say that there is a huge difference before and after, a real difference.


Before adding Superkote:
Speed 120 Km/h consumption = 9.5 L/100
speed 150 Km/h consumption = 10.2 L/100

after running 1.300 km:
Speed 120 Km/h consumption = 8.0 L/100
speed 150 Km/h consumption = 8.8 L/100

The result was -1.5 L average consumption values after adding Superkote 2000


I used Metal Lube (similar) in an old and small urban Peugeot 206 1.9L diesel, a car with lots of vibrations, black smoke and high horrible sound, and it improved those values and reduced consumption too.




These products are not additives. In gear boxes work very fine, reducing friction and helping to insertion better too.

I know that high quality engine oils have their proper antiwear additives, but these products are formulated to work as a complemet, not as an additive.

We're discussing it in Soloporsche forum and as we're always talking about IMS failures, and so on, it could be a reasonable option, as they are not an expensive article.


Perhaps Xenum is formulated with something similar, and as you said It's too expensive, when you have several alternatives.