New Castrol product

[msparks]

Saw a commercial for a new castrol product that is supposed to help with start up wear.

Is this stuff believable?

Castrol GTX Start Up is a new brand of motor oil that is specially formulated to provide superior start up protection
Key Benefits
Contains polarized molecules that cling to your engine's metal surfaces to provide advanced anti-wear protection.
Provides a superior level of wear protection under start up conditions.
Castrol GTX Start Up is formulated to provide superior protection against thermal breakdown.
In addition to providing superior deposit protection, Castrol GTX Start Up is formulated with higher quality base stocks that also provide superior protection from oil burn off.
After the start up period has concluded, Castrol GTX Start Up, with its synthetic boosters, will provide continued protection for your engine.

http://www.castrol.com/liveassets/b...assets/downloads/p,q/pds_gtx_start_up_usa.pdf

 

[integrare]

From some of the other posts, looks like some esters and GII or GII+.

 

[Asteroid]

Go to www.castrolusa.com just another sales hype to extract $$ out of you. A FOOL IS EASY PARTED FROM HIS MONEY, You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk!!!!!

 

[Drew99GT]

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Originally posted by Asteroid:
Go to www.castrolusa.com just another sales hype to extract $$ out of you. A FOOL IS EASY PARTED FROM HIS MONEY, You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk!!!!!

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Speak for yourself

Castrol is one of the best oil blenders out there, and per the VOA of Startup and the reports of it by members here, it looks to be a fine oil. Perhaps more of a synthetic blend, and a better synthetic blend (ester vs. Grp. 3 or 4) than Syntec Blend. Considering it's the same price as Syntec Blend, I'll take the Startup anyday over the blend.

 

[msparks]

Amsoil has been advertising polar affinity for years. Though they don't have a special startup product to call it. Just plain old ultra premium synthetic lubricants.

 

[Tree Hugger]

Yeah, but the advertising is so stupid !

"Your engine's worst enemy is - Startup!
So buy - Startup !"

 

[MGBV8]

In the UK its called Magnatec, but despite corny advertising, how true is this statement and how important are polar nature of esters ?

 

[MGBV8]

I guess Magnatec has been available in UK since 99/00 in 15W40 (old engines) and 10W/40 (modern engines).

 

[Ian]

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Originally posted by MGBV8:
In the UK its called Magnatec, but despite corny advertising, how true is this statement and how important are polar nature of esters ?

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There is Magnatec (10W40 only) in Singapore/Malaysia for quite a while already.... does this mean Castrol using this region as test market first???

 

[Chimay]

Why care about advertizing if the product is good, after all you are not buying the add.

 

[WeyounDS9]

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Originally posted by Tree Hugger:
Yeah, but the advertising is so stupid !

"Your engine's worst enemy is - Startup!
So buy - Startup !"

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funniest post in a long time