I spotted one of the guys from my local autozone in New Braunfels, Texas out and about the other day. He told me not to worry as they were simply trying to sell all of the current stock in preparation for a new bottle design coming out soon...
Holy cow I must have been tired when typing I had meant to mention that I have been running this for 9000 miles now over ther period of 3 oil changes. I'll be sending a sample off to Blackstone after the end of this batch. Should have me at 89k miles on the oem motor, will be interesting...
It would be nice to have the old MD356000 offered here in the States... I've been using the newer OEM ones for a while now. Has anyone actually found a quality/safe aftermarket alternative filter?
Mitsu recommends M1 10w-30 for the car but my Evolution just tends to eat that oil up. The M1 seemed to break down pretty quickly. I've been running the new GC 0w-30 for the summer, about 9000 miles now and winter is coming to Texas soon. That doesn't mean to cold of temps but nevertheless I'm...
Call it paranoia setting in but after reading of several instances of bearing failures in 2.0L Mitsubishi Evolution 4g63's, I must ask if the new German made 0W30 is safe for turbocharged motors and their operating temps.
I picked up 5qts at an Autozone in San Antonio two days ago for my Evolution. It states that it is indeed "Made in Germany" and has the little BP logo on the back.