Great Maxlife Oil Grades in Europe

[TallPaul]

From the Valvoline Europe website:

MaxLife 10W-40, MaxLife 15W-40

MaxLife Diesel 10W-40
Improved soot control for diesel engines

MaxLife FE 5W-30
Improved fuel efficiency

MaxLife Synthetic 5W-40
- Full synthetic formulation
- Enhanced cold start protection

Interesting they have a diesel Maxlife and the 15w40. No 10w30 though (I know they use thicker oil in Europe, but why the 5w30 then?).

 

[ForeverFord]

Good Question!
At the moment all Europe Ford cars are stated to use 5W/30 Engine Oil, even the old Ford too!
I think that is wrong, newer Ford use 5W/20, maybe 5W/30 at later on and the older Ford use 10W/30 or 10W/40.
In both of our Ford cars are using Valvoline 5W/40 Full Synthetic SynPower which we are happy with.
But I can't speak for the other car's makers what Engine Oil they use.

 

[bar1]

10W-30 has never been a "popular" grade in Europe. When car manufacturers dropped 10W-40 they went with 5W-40 or 5W-30.

 

[Panzerman]

Fords dont use 5w20 in Europe, New or old. They call for 5w30 for warranty requirements. Difference in engines? Try good ole CAFE standards.

 

[BrianWC]

Dear Valvoline,
Please give us a 5W40 Maxlife Synth in the US.

 

[Auto-Union]

Their MaxLife FE is probally the same as our 5w-30 MaxLife.