been using Mobil Clean 5000

[mossad]

I've been using Mobil Clean 5000 for quite some time now, and it really seems to perform well. In fact, I've never really used an oil in my car that didn't perform well or one with any noticeable difference. But I still feel as if I'm being pulled back toward using Valvoline or Castrol due to their availability on any given day. As many of you may know of me, I stick to short OCI's. I really got hooked into using Mobil 5000 as it seems to be really robust compared to Valvoline and Castrol, and yes I realize that even the M-5000 isn't the most robust oil around, but yet it seems to be better than the other two I've mentioned.
Do any of you think I should stay with it, or go back to Val or GTX, and why?

 

[buster]

How can you tell it is more "robust" without performing a used oil analysis? It's most likely no better or worse than any other SM conventional oil. They are all capable of 5k mile drains. I prefer Havoline, Castrol GTX and Motorcraft for conventional oil. Not a fan of the Na Mobil uses only bc it can lead some labs to believe their is a coolant leak.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

I prefer Pennzoil and Castrol dinos. Less consumption!

 

[mossad]

Buster,
Based on used oil analysis from other posters on the board, does the Mobil 5000 appear to be more robust than Val or Castrol?

 

[buster]

mossad, not at all from what I've seen.

 

[mossad]

Buster!
You dashed my hopes that perhaps I was using a superior dino in the Mobil 5000. I don't run used oil analysis so I'm not concerned with the Na issue as many other are. Any time in my life that I've had a coolant leak, my mechanic has found it for me via other means.