What is the story with this oil? How does it differ from Std. GTX? Is it still available? There is no info page on the Castrol website.
Castrol GTX Start Up
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Another dumb Oil company marketing plan....
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Another dumb Oil company marketing plan....
bill
Sorry, it has been taken off the market. Was a flop.
Take care, bill
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From what I understand, it's got some Group V ester added to it to polarise the oil; this makes it stick to engine parts better.
I still see some at an Advance Auto Parts near my house, I didn't bother asking the price.
When this oil first come out, I had a feeling customers wouldn't buy into the whole 'StartUp' protection marketing.
When this oil first come out, I had a feeling customers wouldn't buy into the whole 'StartUp' protection marketing.
There's something to the oil.
I attended a dinner one night with an additive company, and there was a chemical engineer who had formerly worked for Castrol, during the period that they were developing the magnatec range for Australia.
Although working for a different company, he was quite positive about the "UMA" esters in Magnatec, and their ability to cling, even after an oil change.
He described their testing as
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with "baseline oil" (M1 15W-50)
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with test oil.
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with baseline oil
So the oil to be tested was compared both before and after with a baseline oil, and Castrol were using M1 as their benchmark.
He stated that they were surprised when the flushing oil worked better after the magnatec test than before it, and the Mobil 1 performed better after using magnatec than before it.
Given the position that he held in the company who took us to dinner, he had nothing to gain by extolling magnatec.
I attended a dinner one night with an additive company, and there was a chemical engineer who had formerly worked for Castrol, during the period that they were developing the magnatec range for Australia.
Although working for a different company, he was quite positive about the "UMA" esters in Magnatec, and their ability to cling, even after an oil change.
He described their testing as
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with "baseline oil" (M1 15W-50)
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with test oil.
- run engine with flushing oil.
- run engine with baseline oil
So the oil to be tested was compared both before and after with a baseline oil, and Castrol were using M1 as their benchmark.
He stated that they were surprised when the flushing oil worked better after the magnatec test than before it, and the Mobil 1 performed better after using magnatec than before it.
Given the position that he held in the company who took us to dinner, he had nothing to gain by extolling magnatec.
Ive used it and it really impressed me. I tried it on several vehicles, if they still sold it, I believe I would use it as my regular oil. It seemed to sound smoother and quieter.
I was so confused I wrote Castrol and they told me
Top to bottom from best to regular
Synteq
Synteq Blend
GTX Start-up
GTX
So then I asked why on God Green Earth is Synteq Blend and GTX Start-up the same price if you tell me the Blend is the superior product with all the benefits of Start-up??
Got this stores can set their own price blah blah blah..... Weird.
Start-up failed because they could not price effectively and explain it to the masses.
Top to bottom from best to regular
Synteq
Synteq Blend
GTX Start-up
GTX
So then I asked why on God Green Earth is Synteq Blend and GTX Start-up the same price if you tell me the Blend is the superior product with all the benefits of Start-up??
Got this stores can set their own price blah blah blah..... Weird.
Start-up failed because they could not price effectively and explain it to the masses.
If you see Start Up at AA, it should be .95 . Start Up is still carried in Saint Louis at AZ.
I used it and had a pretty nice UOA with it about a year ago. I got it on clearance, and if I see it for a good price I will use it again. I used it through the winter, and thought it acted a lot like synthetic on really cold mornings.
Due to customer feedback they are working on a cruising formula, high rpm formula, high altitude formula, stop and start formula...
Castrol GTX Ricer
Protection from the moment you turn on your purple neon lights...
Where have you found Magnatec 5W-40 and 10W-30 Shannow ? I know they exist (Castrol Oz website), but I haven't seen them anywhere
Now that's funny
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