Originally Posted By: AnarchyX
Able to meet ILSAC and API requirements/specs, while name brands like Pennzoil and Valvoline meet the same specs, yet cost as much as double in some instances. I've seen a bottle of pennzoil synthetic cost double of supertech yet they both meet API and ILSAC specs.
Are the big brand's base oils that much better than store brands, or is it the additive packages that are that much better or both?
Just wondering cause I've read on here where people using Wal-Mart brand or Motorcraft get just as many miles out of their vehicles as those of us who use the big brands like Pennzoil, Castro, etc.
It cost the same to make name brand oil as no name brand, with brand names you pay extra money and they make extra profits off their marketing which convinces some, that their product is better with no proof, yet they ALL meet the API designations on the bottle.
Like any product, its about marketing and its impossible to know if one is better then the other if they all meet the same standard.
Able to meet ILSAC and API requirements/specs, while name brands like Pennzoil and Valvoline meet the same specs, yet cost as much as double in some instances. I've seen a bottle of pennzoil synthetic cost double of supertech yet they both meet API and ILSAC specs.
Are the big brand's base oils that much better than store brands, or is it the additive packages that are that much better or both?
Just wondering cause I've read on here where people using Wal-Mart brand or Motorcraft get just as many miles out of their vehicles as those of us who use the big brands like Pennzoil, Castro, etc.
It cost the same to make name brand oil as no name brand, with brand names you pay extra money and they make extra profits off their marketing which convinces some, that their product is better with no proof, yet they ALL meet the API designations on the bottle.
Like any product, its about marketing and its impossible to know if one is better then the other if they all meet the same standard.