Mobil 1: Odd Recommendation

[dwcars]

This story is somewhat related to the discussion of oil weights and vehicle manufacturer recommendations. My father bought a 1956 Studebaker Hawk with a 259 cu in solid lifter engine. Studebaker recommended a straight 30 wt oil. The dealer recommended 30 wt non-detergent oil. I think that the recommended oil change interval was 2000 miles. From day one my dad used a 20w-20 detergent oil and changed it every 5000 miles. He never had the slightest hiccup from the engine and finally traded the car when he had put 170,000 miles on it. It was using just slightly under a quart between changes at the time. So much for manufacturer's recommendations~!
My Lincoln Town Car has 148,000 miles on the odometer and gets the oil changed every 10,000 miles using Cam-2's 5w-20 synthetic oil. The oil consumption is so small that you can't even measure it.
And for those of you who go to heavier weight oils in the summer, I'd recommend getting a car with an engine cooling system that uses a thermostat~!

 

[Gene K]

This story is somewhat related to the discussion of oil weights and vehicle manufacturer recommendations. My father bought a 1956 Studebaker Hawk with a 259 cu in solid lifter engine. Studebaker recommended a straight 30 wt oil. The dealer recommended 30 wt non-detergent oil. I think that the recommended oil change interval was 2000 miles. From day one my dad used a 20w-20 detergent oil and changed it every 5000 miles. He never had the slightest hiccup from the engine and finally traded the car when he had put 170,000 miles on it. It was using just slightly under a quart between changes at the time. So much for manufacturer's recommendations~!
My Lincoln Town Car has 148,000 miles on the odometer and gets the oil changed every 10,000 miles using Cam-2's 5w-20 synthetic oil. The oil consumption is so small that you can't even measure it.
And for those of you who go to heavier weight oils in the summer, I'd recommend getting a car with an engine cooling system that uses a thermostat~!

It's not the fact that it's a 20 grade that I find odd. It's the fact that Mobil recommended an oil designed to meet European Car Makers and ACEA specs rather than the specified Honda USA ILSAC Specs. They have a whole catalog full oils that actually meet the spec. Recommending AFE 0W-20 instead of ESP X2 0W-20 would have been what I expected.

 

[PimTac]

I have always taken the website recommendation with a bit of salt. Mobil should concentrate on making their website easier to use. As Steve Jobs would say, three steps should get you what you want. Mobil misses that by a mile.

Example; on the front page you pick your region and a sub menu comes up and you pick North America motor oils in English. Sounds great until you get to the next page and have to tell them all the info again.