Especially anything coming from M1....
Mobil 1 changes recommended oil
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The website oil selector functionality is not for advanced users. Some people just need to know what oil to buy, maybe they lost their owners manual
I would defer to owner's manual first and last.
Even then, I typically go one viscosity grade higher than recommended especially if the recommendation is xW20.
as much as I love Mobil 1 Extended Performance 10w30, I would never pay attention to what oil company websites say or suggest.
Even then, I typically go one viscosity grade higher than recommended especially if the recommendation is xW20.
as much as I love Mobil 1 Extended Performance 10w30, I would never pay attention to what oil company websites say or suggest.
curious what your OM recommends?
I would think for small turbo engines one of these Euro oils with bells and whistles may not be a bad idea.
I like Mobil 1 Extended Performance and use it often but if I had a small high revving turbo, I would consider the Euro oils like Mobil 1 FS Euro 0W-40 over Mobil 1 Extended Performance definitely after some research though.
Mobil Oil's website has changed it's recommendations...for my CTS V-Sport it is recommended to use Mobil 1 Extended Performance as it has before but the two oils recommended after are Mobil Full Synthetic and Mobil Super Synthetic...if you click on the more oils it then lists Mobil 1 regular full synthetic...this is quite a change from before and I suspect not only is Mobil's site not worth it's recommendations but that Dexos 1 Gen 3 may have something to do with it...but who knows...
...and as for the over 75K miles for High Mileage, you DO have to check that box, the site will not automatically give you that so if they recommend High Mileage I would want to know why as well as the OP'er...
including filters...I've put on this Forum before that Mobil apparently no longer makes a filter they recommend for my car despite making the filter they recommended for my car 6 months ago...who knows why and Mobil has never given me an answer beyond telling me they would consult Mann+Hummel and get back to me...it has been 5 months with no further response or answers to my emailing them again...
Bill
...and as for the over 75K miles for High Mileage, you DO have to check that box, the site will not automatically give you that so if they recommend High Mileage I would want to know why as well as the OP'er...
including filters...I've put on this Forum before that Mobil apparently no longer makes a filter they recommend for my car despite making the filter they recommended for my car 6 months ago...who knows why and Mobil has never given me an answer beyond telling me they would consult Mann+Hummel and get back to me...it has been 5 months with no further response or answers to my emailing them again...
Bill
Mobil 1 0W-40 is not a great choice for small, high-revving turbocharged engines if they're GDI (LSPI, intake tract deposits).
ESP is a better choice if it's a small TGDI.
TURBO would be my thinking
Their oil finder is whack. For what ever reasons (too old, assumed extinct or never existed?), their Oil Finder:
- Doesn't list the "Acura" brand, pre-1990.
- For model year 1998, doesn't show the LS400 in the model drop down list.
- For model year 1968, it shows only Ford and Pontiac in the make drop down list.
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