Mobil 1 5w50 API SJ/CF

[gilpratama]

Hi Folks!

I live in Jakarta, Indonesia with typically hot weather. If you don't know Indonesia, I bet you all know what Bali is.

Yesterday I did a regular change of my car on the oil store nearby and I found on the shelf, some old Mobil 1 5w50 SJ/CF. Does anyone know what year is it produced? And the difference between this and the newer API SN/CF?

 

[Chris142]

20 years ago

 

[CharBaby]

Maybe even closer to 30 years ago.

 

[gilpratama]

Which means it's expired?

20 years ago

Maybe even closer to 30 years ago.

 

[addyguy]

I’d buy it as a collectors item!

 

[aquariuscsm]

Definitely an old school oil. Looking at the label it's from before the Exxon/Mobil merger. I'd keep also as kind've a collector's item. My 300ZX spec'd SJ oil and it's a 96.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Wow that is too old

 

[Chris142]

I would shake it up and use it.

 

[Gene K]

I would worry that it's an old container filled with counterfeit product.

 

[Jackson_Slugger]

Maybe even closer to 30 years ago.

Naw SJ was very late 90's to early 2000's...

 

[gilpratama]

I would worry that it's an old container filled with counterfeit product.

I'm not sure if it's counterfeit product or not. The store has been there for a long time and a good store. But mostly the people go there to buy the oil from the drum container because they are cheaper. But yes, Mobil 1 has so many counterfeit product in my country.

I would shake it up and use it.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will ask some another opinion from another member of the local oil forum in my area.

Wow that is too old

I bet it is.

I’d buy it as a collectors item!

Do people collect any expired oil product? Interesting

Definitely an old school oil. Looking at the label it's from before the Exxon/Mobil merger. I'd keep also as kind've a collector's item. My 300ZX spec'd SJ oil and it's a 96.

Interesting! I just knew that there are people who actually collect any expired oil.

 

[Loobit]

Modern version of the Rally Formula goes in the Lexus LFA.

 

[FCD]

It says right on the bootle, ACEA A3-96, i'd guess probably it's from 97,98,99,00...

 

[gilpratama]

Does it mean a good thing?

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Modern version of the Rally Formula goes in the Lexus LFA.

Thank you. I wouldn't worry because the API spec suits for the bike I use. But the shelf life bugs me. Thank you for the explanation.

It says right on the bootle, ACEA A3-96, i'd guess probably it's from 97,98,99,00...

 

[Peted]

Which means it's expired?

Mobil 1 says on their site FAQ their oils should be used within 5 years, its another conversation all together if the oil is actually expired or not usable, or just slightly not as potent as its original form.

 

[bruce381]

around 2000

see:
https://www.api.org/products-and-se...d-classifications/oil-categories#tab-gasoline