Not at Amsoil.com. I paid $12.69 quart online (free shipping) and the auto parts store was selling them for $16.
ato.de would be my supplier. Stiff competition to say the least.
Not you. I meant in car culture in general. It's been pushed a lot by others and burned me on it.
Honestly not pushed any move than Redline, Royal Purple, Castrol, etc and certainly not as much as Mobil 1.
Castrol EDGE EP 0W-20 does - it's MB 229.71 approved. However, they're rare.
The is no such thing as "AMSOIL push". Sure, the less-than-knowledgeable salesfolk out there tend to talk nonsense and can get annoying, but no one can force you to buy it or use the product. With that said, AMSOIL makes excellent products, above the ordinary bargain-priced Walmart varieties.
It follows the same formulation as the QSFS motor oil, with some added tweaks that won't show up in a VOA, like more anti-oxidants. It's probably good oil, not any better or worse than similar motor oils.
I have a hard time telling the difference, if any, in engine oils between oil brands, even viscosity. I once tried M1 EP 0W-20 in a 3.3L Hyundai GDI engine, and fuel mileage was excellent. I did it because that's the viscosity they recommend in Germany for that specific engine. The only drawback was that at startup there was additional timing chain related noise, and I didn't like it.
I was looking into the mobil 1 euro and a couple other euro oils that do have API SP but aren't non resource conserving. Is that resource conserving part important for the subaru FA24DIT application?
Resource Conserving means fuel economy, motor oil with a less than 3.5 HTHS. You trade wear protection for fuel economy. At least in theory. In practice, it's mostly up how well the engine is designed. Driving style, abuse, etc., also come into play. You drive like a normal person, perform sensible OCIs, use what's recommended.
I do OCI of about 3-3.5k miles. I don't care about fuel economy. But I do care about warranty amd protecting my motor.
From personal experience, and from the spec sheets that I've seen, most premium ILSAC GF6A 5W-30 motor oils are in fact 0W-30 motor oils (barely). There are some outliners like Valvoline EP 5W-30, with a HTHS of 3.2, but most of these 5W-30 oils have a HTHS of 2.9. What makes them not so great is their volatility. Since most of these oils don't have any Euro approvals, their volatility seems to be pretty high. In fact, Euro manufacturers either go with a 0W-20 with specific OEM approvals, or a 0W-30/5W-30 with 3.5 or higher HTHS, again, with Euro approvals.
Ah, I forgot. Actually, it is readily available at Walmart. But no ILSAC GF-6 and MB229.61 or LL01FE/LL12FE 0/5W30.
Super helpful. Thank you. Do you think api sp without respurce conserving would be an issue IF I ever need warranty work?
Always wondered what would happen if I put 0-20 in my MB.
Super helpful. Thank you. Do you think api sp without respurce conserving would be an issue IF I ever need warranty work?
Oil temps get to about 215+ in my wife's naturally aspirated 2017 Forester if it's over about 70 degrees and we're freeway driving about 70mph. I haven't checked it doing 85+ through the barren wastelands into a 20+mph wind climbing decent hills and mountain passes. I just figure it's getting hot enough to burn some extra carbon out of it at that point.
The Euro oils generally aren't actually API SP certified. Rather, they are "recommended for API SP applications", or "meet API SP engine testing requirements". They don't meet all API SP requirements, and aren't what Subaru specifies for your engine. I'd say that warranty denial risk is low, but not zero.
Understand your point Pablo but I would think the majority of vehicles nowadays would be real close to or more than 5 qt. capacity. In fact it's probably the 4qt. sumps that are the exception. Amsoil should be catering to the
Is the EP 5w30 pretty good especially in high heat?
Nope
