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[Titanium_Alloy]

Valvoline!

Yes, such product exists and should be available for sale in the US according to Mercedes-Benz "star bulletin" dated May 9, 2002 which I found on Valvoline website.
Product is called Valvoline SynPower MXL 0W-30 and rated ACEA A3/B3/B4. Don't confuse with similar product called SynPower XL which is also 0W-30 grade. Online datasheet is also available from Valvoline's website. If you can't find it here is the data:

API SJ 0W-30
ACEA A3, B3, B4 0W-30
Mercedes Benz 229.3 0W-30
VW 502.00/505.00 0W-30
VW 503.01 0W-30
BMW Longlife-01 0W-30

Viscosity, mm2/s @ 100 ºC 11.7
Viscosity, mm2/s @ 40 ºC 65.0
Viscosity Index 171
Viscosity, mPa.s –35°C TBN, mg KOH/g ASTM D-2896 9.91
Pour Point, ºC -57
Specific Gravity @ 15/15ºC 0.855
Flash Point, PMCC, ºC 206

Has anyone seen Valvoline SynPower in 0W-30 grade? It seems like Valvoline doesn't list 0w-30 grade on their website among other SynPower oils. Do you have any additional info about it? Any formulation guesses? Do you think it is a Group III/IV/V or a combination of thereof.

Just wanted to give you guys something new to test and talk about.

Regards,

[ November 20, 2003, 04:55 AM: Message edited by: Titanium_Alloy ]

 

[Pablo]

Ahhhhhhh crap....here we go again.....

Headstart post: I haven't found it yet.

 

[mrhonda]

What colour is it, and what does it smell like?

 

[Cutehumor]

it looks the oil companies are listening to this board. everyone here thought castrol was a b*atch for marketing syntec as synthetic when it wasn't..so they bring the german castrol here. the majority here hate valvoline and they are bringing this valvoline synpower. interesting

 

[Titanium_Alloy]

It's interesting that we haven't seen it because the MB bulletin is dated almost 1.5 years ago. I guess it's a valid competitor for GC. I have no idea what color it is and how it smells like. Well let's just wait for MLX to show up in retail stores...

Regards,

 

[Roger]

Personally, I'm waiting for the new Chevron Supreme SLX 0W30. Oh yeah!

You know the one that my neighbor's wife's uncle's son who heard on Rush Limbaugh that Paul Harvey reported a sighting of it in a Roswell, New Mexico Auto Zone Sunday flyer that says it will be out in time for Christmas. Yeah, that one.

 

[Chris B.]

I can see it now..."I'm sick and tired of these GV threads, are you?!?!"

 

[Alex D]

Yeah, yeah, tell us!! How does it taste, how does it feel on your skin????

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Originally posted by mrhonda:
What colour is it, and what does it smell like?

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[Last_Z]

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Originally posted by mrhonda:
What colour is it, and what does it smell like?

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Speaking of smell....I received my order of fuel power today and since I'm a knuclehead, I took a sniff at it....**** ...I almost passed out....and since i'm such a ******* , I needed to make sure it was the fuel power that made me feel that way and so I took another sniff....needles to say, I almost passed out again.

 

[Mystic]

Best synthetic I have tried so far has been the German Castrol. The two things I don't like about it are the lack of API Certification and how hard it is to find this oil.

If there really is a German Valvoline that comes out I may try it. Especially if it has API Certification, is priced about the same as the German Castrol, and produces a smooth running engine like the German Castrol.

According to what I have heard, BMW motor oil is either Mobil 1 or Valvoline synthetic, and I know that Valvoline synthetic is acceptable is at least some BMWs.