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I'm referring to Castrol Edge oils. Pennzoil has lots of GTL 90%

Castrol 0w40 M SQ is low SAP with 10% PAO. The older 0w40 SP is mid SAP still and now has >30-<60% PAO was >10 - <25%

Castrol Edge 5w30 K has a 3.5 HTHS not average compared to US API 5w30's

Now Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 is API SQ

https://www.gmdexos.com/brands/dexosr/index.html

Look at the Dexos site Mobil 1 Full Synthetic is DexosR

Only used oil analysis I have is from my GM 6.6L L8T. After 674 mile break in I drained the factory Dexos 5w30 and used Castrol Edge Euro 0w40 SP/SN mix to (SP 5qt. /SN 3qt.) before a 2K plus mile tow of my travel trailer. BS reported used oil analysis 100c cSt @ 11.34. Not terrible but it did...

I bought some 5w30 K off Amazon to use in place of the US Dexos 5w30 spec. oil in my 2018 JK 3.6L Pentastar, 2012 Ford 2.5L, and possibly the GM 6.6L L8T GDI in my GMC. I have not seen any VOA on the 5w30 K to see how it compares to the Castrol or Mobil 1 0w40 SP offerings so I might send some...

25 year 197th day of 2025

Just got a used oil analysis back from BS on my 2025 GMC L8T. The Castrol Edge Euro 0w40 ended up at 11.34cSt @KV100 after 3,700 miles (2,500 towing 6k lb trailer). I'm reading oil dilution might be the cause. The factory fill Dexos when drained was like water after a 674 mile break in. No oil...

What does that oil end up as and what is the OCI?

Fuel dilution was tested and not a issue. So I know the VII gave up. But I'm ok with it ending up at 11 cst after 5K miles. I'm not looking for long drain with a GDI engine. If I can figure out my problem attaching pdf's I'm put it up.

For what it's worth this is my used oil analysis from BlackStone on the first run of Castrol Edge Euro 0w40. I mixed 5qts of API SP with 3qts ff API SN to use up my remaining stash of SN and not go over 1500 ppm Calcium. Looks to be a close Calcium amount in add pack compared to posted VOA of...

Yep, so continue to attack me. These oil compete for he same use, stop you criticizing. You can argue and disagree.