[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 24, Issue 110

[Harold McComas]

Taka,
I think that he made a mistake when typing the artice saying SUV is 15w-50. 
It is 5w-40. In on  paragraph he says "In fact the SUV oil is almost as good 
as the 15W-50 for high temperature protection and the 15W-50 has gone 
downhill over the years". and later "You can get Redline levels of 
performance (well almost) without the price and with official certification 
by using Mobil 1 SUV 5W-40".

Currently I am using the SUV oil and it is only available in 5w-40. My Wally 
mart only has that and the M1 10w30 in 5 qt jugs. Couldn't find the 15W-50 
regularly in 5 qt (even after going to 3 diff Walmarts), which is why I 
started using the SUV oil in the first place.

Harold
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
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> Nathan-
> Do you know if that info was authored by Eliot Lim or someone else?
> It's an interesting read- if the info is correct, then I'm surprised that
> the M1 0W40 is such a marginal grade- it is one of the only grades that 
> has
> the VW certification. When I had the 1.8T, that was really the only oil we
> used in the car and the engine was very clean internally.
> Is the M1 SUV formula a 15W50 weight or 5W40? On Mobil's site, the Mobil 1
> Truck&SUV formula is only listed in a 5W40 weight. Heck, if the spec is
> better than the 10W30 and it's available in big jugs at Wal-Mart, I'm 
> going
> to buy some and run that in our cars. The only oil I see that meets the
> specs mentioned in your post is the Extended Performance 15W50.
> Taka