Highest moly conventional oils?

[aquariuscsm]

Which conventional oil has the highest moly level now? Is it still Pennzoil Conventional and Quaker State Advanced Durability? No real reason,just curious I guess and something I was wondering with all the newest formulas coming out.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Another SOPUS brand with some moly is Formula Shell. It may even contain more than Pennzoil Conventional and Quaker State Conventional.

 

[Zee09]

Chevron Supreme is right up there with 167 ppm of moly ( 5w20) and the bottle doesn't say it but it is SS
Plus it has a good dose of Boron and its just over $12 every day without rebates

 

[SatinSilver]

Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
Another SOPUS brand with some moly is Formula Shell. It may even contain more than Pennzoil Conventional and Quaker State Conventional.


And should be on sale right now at Home Depot for $9.98 or so.

 

[THORROMIG]

Formula Shell is on sale at Home Depot as of right now for $9.88 on the 5 quart container. Stopped at the closest one to me yesterday & they were all sold out of the 5W30 grade. Tons of 10W30 grade though.

 

[Danno]

http://www.pqiadata.org/July2016SAE5W20SidBySide.html

PYB has highest moly in this test

 

[UNC063]

why conventional oil?

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted by Bjornviken
why conventional oil?


Why dont you tell us "why not?"

 

[UNC063]

Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Bjornviken
why conventional oil?


Why dont you tell us "why not?"


If there is no "why not" from me, what then?
Just want to know why someone use conventional oils.

 

[53' Stude]

Probably because people like my father and grandma that do less than 4k a year. Why waste a synthetic oil.

So "why not use conventional"? I asked it once more

 

[PimTac]

Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Probably because people like my father and grandma that do less than 4k a year. Why waste a synthetic oil.

So "why not use conventional"? I asked it once more





It really depends on the car. If they are driving a late model then I would vote synthetic and change it every 5k or two years, whichever is easier to track.

As to the original question, Chevron Supreme, Quaker State green bottle are a couple of oils with higher moly.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Good Golly Miss Moly!

 

[jongies3]

Originally Posted by Bjornviken
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Bjornviken
why conventional oil?


Why dont you tell us "why not?"


If there is no "why not" from me, what then?
Just want to know why someone use conventional oils.

Because they're good oils, and synthetic isn't everything! I prefer conventional in older cars or cheap cars I don't care about like my Ford Contour, it gets nothing but conventional Quaker State, I wouldn't waste money putting synthetic in a $200 car!

 

[bbhero]

Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Probably because people like my father and grandma that do less than 4k a year. Why waste a synthetic oil.

So "why not use conventional"? I asked it once more



I agree 53. Synthetic is not necessary for everyone.

 

[aquariuscsm]

What I wonder is why most synthetics have less moly? PP,M1,Castrol Edge,etc will have double digit moly (except Quaker State Ultimate Durability and Redline,which have triple digit amount),but Quaker State Ultimate Durability and Pennzoil Conventional have triple digit amount. I just find additive chemistry very fascinating and interesting. Of course most of it goes way over my head!

 

[PimTac]

I'm surprised you don't know this. 12 year member.

Different kinds of moly.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted by PimTac
I'm surprised you don't know this. 12 year member.

Different kinds of moly.


I know that,I just want to know the reasoning behind it.

 

[OilUzer]

Originally Posted by aquariuscsm
What I wonder is why most synthetics have less moly? PP,M1,Castrol Edge,etc will have double digit moly (except Quaker State Ultimate Durability and Redline,which have triple digit amount),but Quaker State Ultimate Durability and Pennzoil Conventional have triple digit amount. I just find additive chemistry very fascinating and interesting. Of course most of it goes way over my head!


iirc, some or all? synthetics have a different kind of moly which is more effective and not as much is needed. One of the experts can clarify. I think i read it on bitog so it must be true

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted by OilUzer
synthetics have a different kind of moly which is more effective and not as much is needed. One of the experts can clarify. I think i read it on bitog so it must be true

I've read that here as well too. But then Redline,which is a top of the line synthetic,comes along with 700+ppm of moly

 

[PimTac]

Originally Posted by aquariuscsm
Originally Posted by OilUzer
synthetics have a different kind of moly which is more effective and not as much is needed. One of the experts can clarify. I think i read it on bitog so it must be true

I've read that here as well too. But then Redline,which is a top of the line synthetic,comes along with 700+ppm of moly

The Redline moly is the older version. The newer tri-nuclear moly does the same job with less. Most modern oils use the tri-nuclear version.

Then the proverbial question arises as how much moly is really needed? If 500ppm is good then 700 must be better and 1000 even better yet. At some point the benefits stop increasing.

There must be hundreds of threads here on this subject as well as plenty of reading in the Motor Oil University section here.