Relative performance of oils - ACEA/API/etc.

[Christian_89LSC_96XJR]

Don't know if this has been posted before...

From Lubrizol's web page:
Relative Performance Tool

Allows comparison of ACEA, API, manufacturers' oil performance standards along multiple axes (wear, sludge, piston deposits, thickening, fuel economy, catalyst compatibility).

 

[Pablo]

That's been posted many times, but still I think it's one of the best visual aids out there. My wife always tells me that men are so visually orientated.

 

[saaber1]

Cool toy but is that thing accurate? It lists VW 502 (2005) as having HTHS 3.5. That doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Pablo]

Actually I think that is true.

 

[saaber1]

I thought Mobil 1 0w40 which is on the 502 list and several others on there have HTHS greater than 3.5 (isn't Mobil 1 like 3.7 now?) I had always thought having HTHS > 3.5 was one of the core qualifications of being a vw approved oil. ?

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: saaber1
I thought Mobil 1 0w40 which is on the 502 list and several others on there have HTHS greater than 3.5 (isn't Mobil 1 like 3.7 now?) I had always thought having HTHS > 3.5 was one of the core qualifications of being a vw approved oil. ?


Depends on the spec and the revision of the spec. Look at 505 or 507 for example. Must be >/= 3.5.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: saaber1
Cool toy but is that thing accurate? It lists VW 502 (2005) as having HTHS div>


VW 502 must have HTHS 3.5 or higher.

 

[Audi Junkie]

Awesome graphical. I wonder how the enhanced propertices of LL oils translate from theory to practice. I mean, we've seen Euro oem oils fail.