Changed the FF at 1,000 miles and so this only has 4,000 miles on it. I plan to do 5K OCIs. This is Mobil 1 FS 0W-40 but it has Mobil 1 EP 5W30 in it now. I figure the FS 0W40 seems to be on the low side of a 0W40 and usually ends up a 5W30 anyway so I gave it a try. This oil was cold when I did the oil change.
Mobil 1 FS 0W-40, 4,000 miles, 2020 Kia Soul
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Calcium is more interesting than the "shearing" to me, that's a high calcium for DI engines. Even more so if turbo-charged small displacement running low rpms...especially if the auto-transmission keeps the RPM's low.
Yup...this gets used in two NA PFI engines and it will eventually go into the Lexus but that's a combo NA DI/PFI dual-system.
Pretty disappointing for what many consider the benchmark oil. Add pack is becoming poor in Zn/P and the viscosity drop seems excessive with such low miles.
P/Zn levels look perfectly normal.
No it's the older version.
This is a 2020 with 5,000 miles at the time of change in late 2022? Or it's a 2022 and you made a typo?
Regardless, good report.
Regardless, good report.
Not true, this is some very good oil. I don't know what benchmark oil means in this context, but the new SP version has numerous approvals.
So does FS mean Full synthetic or Full Saps??
Full SAPS
He’s wrong. He’s also wrong that it’s bad for DI engines. It may be bad for forced induction + DI, but I doubt you can produce LSPI in the real world with a DI NA engine like a Corvette LT4 or Porsche NA 9A1. In any case, it’s not bad enough for Porsche to back spec their SN+ C40 oil for early models of the 718 with 2.5L TGDI engines. They still happily got filled with this oil for years.
Don’t get me wrong, he has a lot of knowledge and is generally right, but I thought this was a weak video.
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He says "FS, Fully Synthetic, What I mean by that is a PAO ester blend"
FS = Full Synthetic in this situation.
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