Mobil 1 5w40 Euro
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That one does.
Must be store to store. My Walmart’s have the 0w40 edge and 5w40 edge and M1 0w40 and 5w40
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I believe so too.
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M1 Formula M 5w40 does
Here's my VOA:
Mobil 1 FS X2 5W40 Euro
Here's the new Mobil 1 FS X2 5W40 Euro. Also added the Mobil 1 FS 0W40 to the table to compare. Nearly identical sans TBN. This is going in my Golf next in a few mos. when I get about 5K on this QSUD 5W40 Euro.
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Thanks for posting, coming up on an OCI for the Passat waiting on the QSUD 5w40 VOA to come in.
I am too....I think it may have gotten lost. I sent it in before the 5W40 and it hasn't shown up yet....
Well that's a drag.
The USPS doesn't seem to like those Blackstone bottles. The last one I sent in was misrouted and stationary for over a week before it started moving again. I had written down the tracking number before I mailed it since I had that problem before. Not that you can do anything about it if they lose it.
You have to put it in a box or envelope to mail it. The PO just lets those canisters sit around. For some reason they don't like them.Well that's a drag.
The USPS doesn't seem to like those Blackstone bottles. The last one I sent in was misrouted and stationary for over a week before it started moving again. I had written down the tracking number before I mailed it since I had that problem before. Not that you can do anything about it if they lose it.
Interesting - the Mercedes 229.5 approval has appeared on the bottle. It WAS missing if you look at the pictures posted on the first page of the thread.
It is also now listed on the Mercedes BEVO 229.5 list
Mercedes-Benz Betriebsstoff-Vorschriften
Die Mercedes-Benz Betriebsstoff-Vorschriften zeigen eine Übersicht der Anforderungen der im Fahrzeug benötigten Betriebsstoffe und der empfohlenen Produkte. Betriebsstoffe sind alle zum Betrieb eines Mercedes-Fahrzeugs / Aggregats erforderlichen Flüssigkeiten bzw. Schmiermittel z.B. Kraftstoff...
bevo.mercedes-benz.com
Too bad they have not updated their own product page with the MB 229.5 - still only lists 229.3
PdsDetailsPage
Mobil 1™ FS x2 5W-40 European Car Formula is an advanced full synthetic motor oil engineered for the latest gasoline and diesel (without DPFs) engine technology delivering excellent all-around performance.
www.mobil.com
Wait, what?
OK, now this is big deal. I wonder if they did not get MB229.5 in time before they planned to start the sale? Who knows.
I would skip this oil in small Turbo DI engines due to calcium levels.
This is old-school oil. It is a really good candidate for my BMW and track use, but I would not use this in my Tiguan.
There's even more intrigue.
The bottle in the original post with MB 229.3 approval was "FS X2". The latest bottle with MB 229.5 approval is "FS".
Are their two different versions of this oil, FS X2 and FS? Or was there a delay in getting MB 229.5 approval when the FS X2 oil was first made available, although the oil actually met the 229.5 spec? Suppose the FS X2 actually was actually 229.5 approved - then why the name change???!!!
I'm incredulous that Mobil has done something as confusing as this. It seems that Mobil has either created overlapping products or they cannot even get their product naming right. This indicates a gauntlet of mind numbing departmental bureaucracy, a madhouse of corporate disorganization, or both.
Things like this makes you wonder what they actually end up putting in the bottle. I'm not impressed.
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When you search Mobil 44619(the last 5 of the barcode in the pic of the FS bottle) on Google you get two results on google from AAP that say Mobil FS X2, but when you click it it's just FS without X2, maybe they're rebranding it already
This is straight out of Pennzoil playbook. Good catch.
I believe it's two different products. If you check the bevo sheets on Mercedes for 229.5 and 229.3, on the 229.5 there is a Mobil 1 FS 5w40 and on the 229.3 sheets there's a Mobil 1 FS X2 5w40. So it seems like there's two different products. The real unicorn to get would be Mobil 1 Formula M 5w40. That's what the Mercedes dealers sell. Haven't seen it anywhere else.
I don't see any references to Mobil1 FS 5W40 on the latest Porsche A40 list I can find from the 36th Week of 2020
It only references FS X1, which is not available in the US, and FS X2.
It only references FS X1, which is not available in the US, and FS X2.
