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All these pages list API SQ https://www.mobil.com/en-pl/passenger-vehicle-lube/pds/eu-xx-mobil-1-fs-0w-40 https://www.mobil.com/en/sap/our-products/products/mobil-1-0w-40 https://www.mobil.co.uk/en-gb/engine-oil/mobil-1/car/mobil-1-fs-0w-40

I think the ESP line already meets SQ/SQ engine test requirements.

Emission System Protection, since it is a lower SAPS oil compared to their FS counterparts.

What do you make of Mobil 1 ESP X4 0W-40 having a VI of over 200? Would using higher quality VIIs help offset any potential issues? To compare, I looked at HPL's 0W-40 offerings, PCMO Premium and Premium+ are around 187, and Super Car is 179.

I dug around some more. It seems that there were multiple formulations of this oil. This one is from 2013: With approvals: BMW Longlife 04, MB-Approval 229.31, MB-Approval 229.51, Volkswagen 504 00/507 00, Porsche C30, Chrysler MS-11106, Peugeot Citroen Automobiles B71 2290/B71 2297. Noack...

On the same site, I found this for the 5W-30 ESP. Noack 8.6%. One would have thought that the 5W would have a lower value.

I found this on another website, does it tell anything?

Do you have a source on it using AN? Genuinely curious.

Are you referring to reduced Ca compared to Full SAPS?

Do you intend to run a UOA on the 0W-30? If so, when do you expect?

The spectrometer analysis for X3 and X4 are practically identical, I wonder what the difference between the two is. Could it be they just decided to get SP and A40 approvals on X3, and they just released the same oil under a new label?

I forget where I came across this (might have been this forum), but someone was explaining how this is a money laundering/credit card scam.

@tiredguy Why don't you do a run or 2 with say VRP and then the same with a euro oil and get a UOA for each and look at the wear metals to make a decision?

A member here mentioned that the cleaning is built into the add pack, not AN. Link

Could you provide a source on that? Genuinely curious.