This is great info, and is the answer to the question I asked to start this thread. Thank you!!! Didn’t realize the base oils were ever so slightly different between the two oils. Good to know they use the same add pack. These really are two oils, that if one wanted to mix, would do quite well...
Why? It’s a thin 30 grade oil that shears heavily, and carries fewer approvals than either ESP oil. Nothing wrong with it either, and I’ve used it. But it’s far from Mobil’s best oil.
The correct answer is that the 0w-20 is green. Haha. I’ve used both in our van. Has the 0w-30 in it now. Don’t notice a difference honestly. I know they target different specs but they seem similar: both are API SL and meet SP engine test requirements.
I know that both contain esters, gtl, pao. According to Mobil’s product sheet, the 0w-20 flavor has slightly more phosphorus and zinc. Are the other additives pretty similar? I know that 0w-30 has a much higher HTHS.
All rubber will bloom naturally. Sometimes it’s white. But removing it isn’t harmful. As for the UV part, I don’t know. But the brown looks terrible so I like to remove it. I’ve never had tire life shortened by applying 303, which itself is a UV protectant.
Just came across Enmarket on a recent trip. We stopped at one to use the bathroom and the entire street in front of the station was roped off with police presence haha. Something must have happened across the street. Also the sink didn’t work. The store seemed fine though.
I have a customer who services heavy trucks, and also rents Penske trucks from his shop. So I assume he, and shops like his, services them. He also works on county plow trucks and the like.
My parents bought a new ‘old’ Hyundai Sonata back in 2017. It was a 2016 model and they got a nice amount off MSRP, since the 2017s had a refresh. IIRC, my old 2008 Sedona, which I bought used, was built about 13 months before it was ever registered.
Just got back from our trip. Well over 2,000 miles driven in mostly 90+ degree weather, and some mountains. Timing was never pulled on 93 octane that I could see. Hottest the oil got was 241F while running high speeds at 95F ambient. Glad I had a 30 grade in the sump. Fuel mileage was also great...