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I own a 2003 SAAB 9-3 SS. The owners manual says to use 0W-30 oil that meets GM-LL-A-025 specs. There are only two oils in the US, that meet these specs. I could buy the SAAB fully sythetic turbo oil or Mobil 1 0W-40. I'm not to crazy about Mobil 1. There is a sticker in the engine comparment that reads "SAAB recommends SAAB oil or Mobil 1" I know Mobil paid SAAB for them to print this and to say to use Mobil 1 also. I feel SAAB went with Mobil because they had the deeper pockets of the other oil companies out there.
I did some searching on the site before I posted. Some people said, that the SAAB turbo oil is Elf Evolution SXR or Mobil 1 long life. Does anybody know for sure who makes it? Here's how the bottle looks. The full synthetic looks the same.
It kinda looks like a Mobil 1 bottle. I also did a Google search. They use totally different bottles then us in the US. They mostly use 4 Liter jugs. So I couldn't tell if the SAAB bottle matched any of those oils listed above.
The Opel spec sheet also shows Castrol SLX GM as a approved oil. Is this different then the regular Castrol SLX and SLX II? I would like to use the Castrol SLX(GC Syntec)in my car. I haven't found any GC in Washington state yet. Does it say it meets GM-LL-A-025 on the back?
Here is some reading material
SAAB oil
Thanks for your time
I own a 2003 SAAB 9-3 SS. The owners manual says to use 0W-30 oil that meets GM-LL-A-025 specs. There are only two oils in the US, that meet these specs. I could buy the SAAB fully sythetic turbo oil or Mobil 1 0W-40. I'm not to crazy about Mobil 1. There is a sticker in the engine comparment that reads "SAAB recommends SAAB oil or Mobil 1" I know Mobil paid SAAB for them to print this and to say to use Mobil 1 also. I feel SAAB went with Mobil because they had the deeper pockets of the other oil companies out there.
I did some searching on the site before I posted. Some people said, that the SAAB turbo oil is Elf Evolution SXR or Mobil 1 long life. Does anybody know for sure who makes it? Here's how the bottle looks. The full synthetic looks the same.

It kinda looks like a Mobil 1 bottle. I also did a Google search. They use totally different bottles then us in the US. They mostly use 4 Liter jugs. So I couldn't tell if the SAAB bottle matched any of those oils listed above.
The Opel spec sheet also shows Castrol SLX GM as a approved oil. Is this different then the regular Castrol SLX and SLX II? I would like to use the Castrol SLX(GC Syntec)in my car. I haven't found any GC in Washington state yet. Does it say it meets GM-LL-A-025 on the back?
Here is some reading material
SAAB oil
Thanks for your time