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Yup, it's a recent change and one that's quite interesting, corresponding with SP. This may correlate with an anti-wear test or it may just be an interesting artifact.
New Mobil 1 0w40 Super Car
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SELL IT!!!!!!
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And Mobil 1 was FF in the Viper for years - then one day? not good enough for a Neon -
Yeah, business & engineering relationships save time/money through trust … Something that’s looked down upon on this site not short of “gotcha” types …
Yeah seriously what's the point of the car? Get a Geo Metro.
3000 RPM is about 110 mph in top gear. I got the car for its handling and high cornering limits, not to smoke and burn $500 each tires.
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In summary - seems this new name was meant to avoid confusion over 0W40 PVL’s …
GM rolls with Dexos/Dexron and that’s pretty simple to me …
GM rolls with Dexos/Dexron and that’s pretty simple to me …
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If you consider that the Porsche only drives 0W40 in the racing car, even in the LMP1 vehicle, where in theory a 10w40 would make more sense. Nevertheless, they have been doing it and without any problems for more than 20 years now. Then this large spread should not be wrong even with our vehicles with short intervals. It also depends on the use and the installed engine.
They “name” the oil for the grade and winter rating the oil tests for and achieves per SAE J300. That’s why the specific license, specification or approval is what’s important.
It does get complicated though when in reality more than one variety is completely acceptable in an application.
More so how they have the following available, it gets a little convoluted.
Mobil 1 FS ("European Car Formula")
Mobil 1 ESP
Mobil 1 ESPx3
Mobil 1 Supercar
Yes, different oils with different properties reflected in different licenses and approvals.
How different is Supercar from ESP? Everything I've read points to Supercar being a re-branded ESP?
What's the "x3" in ESPx3 give over "regular ESP?"
This oil and clearing up all this confusion is what brought me to this site.
You must be fun at parties 😆
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That’s the thing, approvals and licenses are designed to reduce confusion not increase it. What are you looking for? Just because it says “supercar” doesn’t mean it is appropriate or superior for your engine.
Here's my thread I posted about it all. Interesting read.
Thank you.
6th Gen Camaro LT1 Oil - Lots of Confusion
I recently bought a 2022 Camaro with the LT1 engine. You would think finding the correct oil for this would be simple, but I'm finding that it's anything but that, and hoping you can point me in the right direction with understanding some things. Typical answer of "what oil do I run" would be...
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You need an oil with the proper dexos license that is either a 30 or a -40 grade. Either one will work and have a sufficient HT/HS.
The c8 Corvette requires a 0w40 either dexos 2 certified (2020-222) or dexos R certified (2023+)
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