PQIA results for three API SP 0W-20 oils.

[The Critic]

@buster sent this to me earlier.

PQIA Test Results in on Castol Edge, FRAM, and Pennzoil Platinum SAE 0W-20 Motor Oils | The Petroleum Quality Institute of America

pqia.org

Pennzoil must be using some type of non-metallic additive to replace P/Zn.

Fram and Castrol Edge are barely under the 12.5% NOACK cut-off for Dexos 1 Gen 3.

 

[FowVay]

Pennzoil must be using some type of non-metallic additive to replace P/Zn.

Pennzoil might be using their old tried and true "Z7" additive. Remember those days?

 

[OVERKILL]

@buster sent this to me earlier.

PQIA Test Results in on Castol Edge, FRAM, and Pennzoil Platinum SAE 0W-20 Motor Oils | The Petroleum Quality Institute of America

pqia.org

Pennzoil must be using some type of non-metallic additive to replace P/Zn.

Fram and Castrol Edge are barely under the 12.5% NOACK cut-off for Dexos 1 Gen 3.

Disappointing Noack on that Castrol product for sure.

And yes, SOPUS must be using something Infineum cooked up because those Zinc/Phos levels are wickedly low!

 

[MalibuRam65]

Let trust Pennzoil and how they blend their oils

 

[Schandyman]

Pennzoil might be using their old tried and true "Z7" additive. Remember those days?

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The original wax in a yellow can. Only other wax I know of in a yellow can is minwax.

 

[PimTac]

The original wax in a yellow can. Only other wax I know of in a yellow can is minwax.

That is not what Z7 is.

 

[OVERKILL]

That is not what Z7 is.

I think he was making a Pennzoil wax joke.

 

[Schandyman]

I’m jk I’m sure z7 is most likely “zinc” additive

 

[PimTac]

I think he was making a Pennzoil wax joke.

Maybe he meant Zip Wax?

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

I think he was making a Pennzoil wax joke.

"DON'T USE PENNZOIL!" .. I've run into folks that still think this!

 

[OVERKILL]

Maybe he meant Zip Wax?

I assumed he was making the "paraffin wax" joke that has been tossed around about QS and Pennzoil.

 

[PimTac]

I assumed he was making the "paraffin wax" joke that has been tossed around about QS and Pennzoil.

I understand that. It was the rumor way back when. I’ve told my experience of Quaker State jelling in the pan. The oils back then were not that great compared to what we have today.

 

[Samrsnow]

"DON'T USE PENNZOIL!" .. I've run into folks that still think this!

Go read the comment section on any pennzoil ad on Facebook or wherever, those people come out the woodwork!!

 

[OVERKILL]

Go read the comment section on any pennzoil ad on Facebook or wherever, those people come out the woodwork!!

Yes they do!

 

[Samrsnow]

Yes they do!

I got so peeved one day I blasted a guy in one of those comment sections and I postd in off topic here, boy I was HOT at that ignorance. Mods pulled my post quick and I wasn't surprised

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

I got so peeved one day I blasted a guy in one of those comment sections and I postd in off topic here, boy I was HOT at that ignorance. Mods pulled my post quick and I wasn't surprised

I've seen otherwise good mechanics not know motor oil worth a farn.

At least I liked my old wrench. He told me. "Hey. I'll put any oil you want in there. I'll put 20W-50 in if you tell me to. Shoot, I'll put 10W-60 or Straight 60 in, if you want. I'm just telling you, it says it takes 5W-30, so you should be fine with 10W-40, that's what I use."

 

[Rod Knock]

Disappointing Noack on that Castrol product for sure.

And yes, SOPUS must be using something Infineum cooked up because those Zinc/Phos levels are wickedly low!

And that's not even the latest incarnation of PP 0W-20, as I've seen it in Dexos 1 Gen 3 show up at my local Walmart now. Do you think they're using Alkalythed Naphtalenes now?

Do you happen to know the MRV @ -40C for Mobil 1 EP 0W-20?

I know for a fact that the Pennzoil Platinum line is a direct corresponded (as in rebadged) Shell Helix Ultra line-up.

I wonder if anyone knows what the Pennzoil Ultra Platinum lineup corresponds to in Shell's lineup? I doubt that they would make a specific blend other than the Pennzoil Ultra Platinum SRT 0W-40, which they haven't updated in a while, other than moving it to API SP.

 

[M56959]

Topic duplicate

PQIA VOAs of PP, Fram and Castrol EDGE 0W20

https://pqia.org/pennzoil-platinum-sae-0w-20-full-synthetic-motor-oil/ https://pqia.org/fram-sae-0w-20-full-synthetic-motor-oil/ https://pqia.org/castrol-edge-sae-0w-20-advanced-full-synthetic-motor-oil/ The Fram looks better than expected. 30ppm of Titanium is more than Castrol puts in...

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