You mean dual injection methods? Port/direct? Like other manufacturers have used for a few years now?
Mobil 1 Through 3 CRITICAL Engine Oil Tests
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Took me way too long to figure out the title. They took Mobil 1 and put it through 3 tests. I kept reading it as, they took products Mobil 1, 2 and 3, and did some critical testing. Apparently my reading skills are on the wane, I know what Mobil 2 is but haven't a clue what Mobil 3 could be.
20,000 initial OCI, then longer than 20k OCI's from then on, and the vehicle still lasted 120k miles (was torn down) using 0w20 with parts that were worn so little they could be passed off as new parts.
How is this possible? According to BITOG this engine should have been in the scrap heap at like 40k 
How is this possible? According to BITOG this engine should have been in the scrap heap at like 40k
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Maybe a double-length time-lapse version of Engine Masters on Richard Holdener’s stock-bottom-ended 1,540HP LS 6.0?
Let’s have them use HPL’s @OVERKILL 0w20 while we’re at it…
VIDEO is found here . Scroll down around 3/4 of page to see video . BUSTER , thanks for the find . There's MOBIL 1 A.F.E. 0w-20 in the engine of the '13 FIT along with a FRAM Extra Guard PH7317 . Have used MOBIL A.F.E. many times and the ANNUAL PROTECTION once . May go with the EXTENDED PERFORMANCE or the E.P. High Mileage with the TITANIUM oil filter for next O.C.. Still would remain under a 10,000 mile interval .
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My observation. I’ve been using M1 5W30 (vanilla) Dexos Gen 3 in my Accord the past 2000 miles, and it unbelievably smooth and quiet.
Switched my 300ZX over to the 10W30 version, and will continue to use it for the life of the cars.
Switched my 300ZX over to the 10W30 version, and will continue to use it for the life of the cars.
Knowing how many views that video will get, they're only going to show him the best. They're not going to hand him a mediocre result.
The video is as much an advertisement as it is technical.
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Heck, he’s gotta eat and pay bills like the rest of us. That’s how he makes his living
Bingo. "Look at us and the great results we got!" goes a lot longer way than, "Crap, our engine only lasted 23 minutes on this oil for this 219 hour test. Let's put out the video anyway."
Definitely better than Project Farm.
I started using M1 when it first came out in 1975. Kept an original can for keepsake.
The can said "good for 25,000 miles" so I changed oil once a year at 15k miles. Even used it in my '59 Ford with the straight six.
Times have changed (so has Mobil) and I stopped using M1 around 2010.
What running through your 97 B2500?
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That reply - to what Tig posted is nonsensical … It has not mattered how many times the formula - or the PVL claims have changed - Tig got the same results for decades …
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The same that's in my sig. Guess I had a weak moment.
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Easy to say … Did not exist - and did not raise any standards …
I’ll bet not. Mobil has a long history of accurately measuring wear using the scanning electron microscope. They adjust their products to achieve A goal. It would be rather interesting to test supertech for turbocharger coke-ing Vs M1. But I already believe I know the answer.
short of moving to a boutique oil, properly chosen for the application, it is quite difficult to beat M1.
Yea but in the real world we live in, outside the lab, does it really matter?
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