Mobil 1 oil weight

[Grant Lenahan]

Yep. And the patents are all out there for all to see.
They've been discussed to death on BITOG.
But, frankly, none of this matters.

Grant
On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:22 PM, thejimrose wrote:

> Thanks Taka. I do use the german castrol occasionally. Haven't seen the
> Penz, but haven't looked.
>
> I guess the $64000 question is; "is the new, not fully synth m1 worse 
> in any
> real sense than the fully synth". Maybe mobil figured out a way to 
> make it
> cheaper and as good [yea right].  Maybe they have a new product 
> manager who
> needs to get revenue up 10%.
>
> Redline is what, $8/qt? Sigh, maybe i'll just bite the bullet and do 
> the RL
> at 6k intervals.
>
> cheers
> jim
>
> On 4/30/07, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Jim- some answers below:
>>
>> On 4/30/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> so.. am i understanding this correctly that M1 is NOT a 'real' 
>>> synthetic
>>> because it uses a non-synthetic base?
>>
>>
>> Basically, yes.
>>
>> crap. i've been paying 5$/qt for this stuff forever...
>>
>>
>> It only changed last year, so you've only been fooled for the last 
>> year or
>> so.
>>
>> and +1 on the i-5 thirst for 'lighter' oils. the a4 seems happy on m1 
>> 040.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Agreed on the M1 0W40 for the A4, that seems to be the best grade that
>> I've used, but the formulation has changed now.
>>
>> so [god i hate asking this] what IS the best REASONABLY AVAILABLE
>>> synthetic oil? I can only get the mainstream brands from the awful 
>>> auto
>>> 'parts' stores [kragen] here in San Francisco. i wish they'd call 
>>> them auto
>>> 'wax' stores since that's all they're good for.
>>
>>
>> If you can still get Pennzoil Platinum from before the changeover, 
>> that is
>> the best price/performance out there. Only 5W30, 10W30 and 0W20, 
>> though.
>>
>> If you don't mind paying $5-6 per quart, then German Castrol is one 
>> of the
>> few still available- you can get it at Autozone- only 10W30 Syntec, 
>> and even
>> then, you must check to see that it's made in Germany. All PAO base,
>> confirmed by the oil geeks at BITOG.
>>
>> Taka
>>
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