New mobile synthetic

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Ti Kan say:
>
> Brett Dikeman writes:
> > >   I just wish mobil made a 10w40 synthetic.
> >
> > What about 10w30?  Pretty close.  I run it nearly year 'round in the
> > 200q20v, both when I lived in MA and NY....its pretty
> > generic/average, quite popular on the list.  I used to run 15w50, but
> > realized it just wasn't necessary.
>
> Mobil 1 is commonly available in 5W-30 and 0W-30 weights too.  Recently
> they also added 0W-40 which is the factory recommended oil on new
> Porsche and Mercedes cars.  While the 0W-40 weight is not currently
> easily found in chain auto parts stores or mass merchandising outlets,
> rumor has it that you can get them at Porsche and Mercedes dealers.

Well, my '00 A6 specs 5W-40 as preferred, 5W-30 as a substitute.
I can't seem to find 5W-40 anywhere; if the new Mobil has it, I
may try it. Of course, I just changed the oil yesterday, so I have
a while to look for it!

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