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posted by LarryL
Castrol bean counters discovered what was going on and pulled the plug.
Did they?
The reason Castrol made the European version of Castrol 0W-30 (GC) is because they need a product that meets the European specs for their cars, they already have an American version of 0W-30.
Why sould a company produce two versions of the same thing on purpose?
That would add to confusion of the Castrol's product line and to Castrol's keeping track of their products, think of all of the extra material standards (specs) for raw materials Castrol would have to keep track of and update when changes were needed for two products that do exactly the same and meet the same performance specs for vehicles.
I do not think Castrol made the German Castrol to have fun with us Americans and cause us confusion,
the first time I saw GC I thought it looked like Anit-Freeze, I wonder if Castrol's tech people haven't received calls asking them why there is Anti-Freeze in the oil...
Why the GC changed color I do not know,
I think as long as there is a need for a 0W-30 to fullfil European specs sold in North Amerca Castrol will make it.
Did I get off subject with my reply?