Does Penn's 5W-20 contain moly?

[bottgers]

You guys should know this one. I emailed this question to Jonny the Pennzoil guy, but I haven't heard from him. I wonder if he's dropped off the face of the planet, or was he a victim of big oil hit men?

 

[cdavidc1949]

Yes it does. I had a VOA done on it. The resuslts are in the Virgin Oil Analysis forum.

 

[bottgers]

Johnny, you're back! Some folks have been saying the Penn 5W-20 contains 70% group III base stock. Is this true?

 

[bottgers]

cdavicd

Was that analysis done on new or used oil?

 

[cdavidc1949]

the oil was new

 

[bottgers]

Has anyone done an analysis on this oil with 3-5K miles on it?

 

[bottgers]

Which thread is it in? I didn't see a specific thread for Penn 5W-20.

 

[Johnny]

bottgers: Sorry, I have not received your email. Are you sure you sent it to the correct address. ([email protected])

To answer your question, yes our 5W20 does contain some moly. Not as much as Scharffers. Ours is between 80 and 90 ppm.

By the way, big brother is watching.

 

[cdavidc1949]

http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=000056

 

[bottgers]

Johnny, where'd you go again?

 

[bottgers]

Man I hate it when I'm looking for an answer from sombody and they just disappear! Johnny, where are you?

 

[Sin City]

The specs for Pennzoil 5w-20 look very good on paper. The flash point and pour point seem very high for a "dino" oil. I would imagine that this would be evidence of using a superior base oil (group III and II+). The specs are below.
Flash Point 229C (445F)
Pour Point -45C (-49F)
Vis. @ 40C 48
Vis. @ 100C 8.6
Vis. Index 158
ASTM D-5293 HTHS 2.65

 

[Johnny]

bottgers: Sorry I did not get right back to you. I only check this board about once per week now. I use to be like Patman but had to take drugs to calm me down.

Anyway, the answer to your question is yes. Give or take 5%

 

[cdavidc1949]

On the product data sheet the viscoscity shows 8.6@100 but when I sent a sample away to Blackstone it came back vis@100 8.1. Big difference from Pennzoil website.