Citgo Supergard Synthetic

[vvk]

Looking at the PDS, does this oil look all right? Which would you choose, 5W-30 or 10W-30. Notice the ineteresting wording about ACEA A1-98:

The SAE 5W-30 exceeds the requirements of ACEA A1-98 and SAE 10W-30 provides ACEA A1-98 quality performance.

Also notice the claimed HTHS of 3.5 for the 10W-30, which looks unlikely.

See the link:

Citgo Supergard Synthetic PDF

 

[haley10]

Didn't look, sorry. Unless a thin oil meets A5, I'm not interested. A1 like SL is a weak spec., imho. Wal-Mart oil meets this spec.

Like TooSlick used to say look for A5/B5 or A3/B3.

May be good oil, but... A1 doesn't mean much.

 

[Blue99]

This oil was recently on sale for $2.99/qt in my area. Probably better viewed as a high quality Grp III dino oil, than a Castrol Syntec or Valvo Synpower equivalent.

The JASO VTW, GM(4718M)Corvette, Chyrsler MS-6395F, and one of the Ford MC2C specs, all could be listed for a Grp III synthetic with a high quality add package.

"SAE 10W-30 provides ACEA A1-98 quality performance" - This wording no doubt is used due to the fact that a HTHS of 3.5 kicks it up into the A3 category.