My apologies, I thought the lower calcium levels were LSPI friendly. My mistake.
Q: About today's Mobil 1 0W-40 line up
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It was revised and they are not showing the original PDS for the Supercar. I don’t know what to tell you this has been confirmed by both Mobil and GM and I have no idea why you’re arguing over it.
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Did not realize that there were two different ESP oil at the same time, just thought they are just replacement of the older version. Thanks.
Right, it is not the same as the old ESP 0w40.
It's the very first thing OP asked about in this thread and the title is "today's" lineup, not years ago.
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From the looks of it, I guess not.Are you 100% sure that they are exact same oil? But it doesn't matter anyways, eliminate guessing.
If my car required or recommended a specific approval(s), I would get a oil with that approval. Not something else that I perceive is the same or even better. If the writing is not on the jug, they can pull the rug out from under you!
Sound like you drive a Ferrari. No? What does your owner's manual recommend?
It is not about one car in particular, just curious as to what the progression is from one generation of Mobil 1 oil to the next.
Okay, so it doesn't.
Metal based ash deposits then, not carbon deposits.
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I do, lol. We make liberal use of remote start, typically for about 5-10 minutes during the cold weather.
It WAS the day it was relabeled. I don’t know why this is so hard. If you could buy ESP Formula still it would be the same oil, but you can’t! Jfc
The test sets a limit for the amount of total weight increase on the intake valves. That would certainly include carbon.
Correct! Well, maybe. Slight assumption that the formula wouldn't have changed.
I have seen that test that weighs intake valves. There must be a difference in valve weight due to carbon intake deposits when using different oils since they are doing test like that. Seems like a waist of time and resources if it makes no difference on what oil is used.
favorites?I’m on my fourth Corvette (a 2018 that I custom ordered new and will never sell!) I bought my first one in 1991 right out of college (it was a 1984 model) and have also had a 98 and an 05. So I’m not the typical Vette guy who just buys one as a midlife crisis thingI have been a fan since before I got my drivers license.
Oh right, okay I see. Thank you.
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My current one (C7) is my favorite and I liked the C5 better than the C6. The C4 was in rough shape
When I was a kid, every time my dad or uncles bought a new car, they would idle it for hours & hours with the hood up. They did that for several days between driving and they told me it's for "break-in" ... and non of the cars had any issues that I recall.
From what I know now, that's not an advisable method of break-in procedure.
We had a new car and day two or three took it for a very long trip with pretty much steady speed which is a no-no according to some owner's manuals.
I idled my new Tundra for a long time sometimes 30 or 40 minutes before each drive. I would sit in there reading the OM and playing with the gadgets and stuff. About 10 years later, neither car is burning a drop of oil or having any engine issues.
The point is that some of these stuff we sweat about (including oil) is on the OCD spectrum.
Few years ago, i was watching How It's Made (Dream cars) on one of the channels and I think it was a Ferrari they took right out of the factory straight to the race track for testing.
Sometimes or maybe always you have to follow the money as well.
If a "0W" is good enough for these guys, should pretty much good enough for anyone
They also recomend engine tear downs every 90 hours....
This is interesting. But what about transmission fluid temps? Don’t you also need to protect a transmission, especially in very cold weather when starting the car and driving off?
There’s always M1 15-50 that’s not talked about much. But I do believe the HTHS is over 4. Redline also makes some nice fine oils with a high HTHS.
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