For those of you who are complaining about Mobil 1 and noise, you have to realize that it's the thin viscosity of the oil. I've used Amsoil, Redline and Mobil 1 and all have produced some valve clatter. RL was the quietest of the bunch. If it's not effecting wear values, there is nothing to be worried about. People are jumping to conclusions based on noise.
As far as Mobil 1 not having a good enough addtive package, can you be more specific? It has Moly (Amsoil doesn't), more Calcium then Amsoil, more Boron then Amsoil. The only thing Mobil 1 lacks right now is the same level of ZDDP, due to API restrictions. As Molekule has stated, there are other was around that and that is what Mobil has done.
Keep in mind also that there isn't ONE BEST OIL for every engine. Generally speaking we see that certain engines like certain oils for whatever reason. Pick one and try it. If it does good then use it. There are certain engines that like thicker viscosity oils.
[ December 12, 2003, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: buster ]
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