Mobil Super 3000 5w30 XE

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Hello everyone.
Mobil Super 3000 5w30 XE arrived this week at my local autoparts shop, and i would like to know a bit more about this recently release oil (here in Portugal).

Has anyone used it, and anyone knows its TBN (not mentioned on its datasheet)?

Its sold here has Fully Synthetic, although in Germany is sold as "HC".. could this be visom, or plain group III?

Thanks.

 

[chubbs1]

Boy, you don't see that oil in the US (at least I have never seen it nor is it on the US Mobil website. It am pretty sure if it is sold in Germany as an HC oil it is at best grp. III. Hope that helps a little.

 

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Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Boy, you don't see that oil in the US (at least I have never seen it nor is it on the US Mobil website. It am pretty sure if it is sold in Germany as an HC oil it is at best grp. III. Hope that helps a little.


Mobil Super 3000 is positioned here as Mobil 2º best.
Since Mobil 1 is some sort of mix of visom with PAO.
Because of that i had some hope that Mobil Super 3000 would at least be visom, since its beeing sold here at a "special launch" price of 49.90€.. for that price, and beeing Mobil's second best i would expect to be at least group III+

Oh well.. thanks for the input.

 

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Well, based on the info that Mobil Super 3000 5w30 XE was group III, i went for Castrol Edge 5w40:

API SM/CF
ACEA C3
VW 50200/50500/50501
BMW LL04
MB 229.51
Renault RN710
Meets Ford WSS-M2C917-A
Meets Fiat 9.55535-S2

AND it was 45% cheaper.. costed me 29.99€

At leat if this one is also Group III, it cost 45% less

 

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Castrol Edge 5w40:

API SM/CF
ACEA C3
VW 50200/50500/50501
BMW LL04
MB 229.51
Renault RN710
Meets Ford WSS-M2C917-A
Meets Fiat 9.55535-S2

cst@100ºC 13.9
VI 174
Pour Point -48

Mobil Super 3000 5w30 XE specs:

API SM/SL/CF
ACEA C3
GM DEXOS 2
VW 50200/50500/50501
BMW LL04
MB 229.51
Meets Ford WSS-M2C917-A

cst@100ºC 11.9
VI 173
Pour Point -36