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Too Many Mobil Oil Choices
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that is an amazing comparision - but it sure is right!
To answer the question about OCI's, Mitsubishi says 7500 mile except if you primarily operate the vehicle under any of these conditions:
Driving on dusty, rough, muddy, or salt spread roads.
Towing, police, taxi or commercial operation.
Extensive idling and/or low speed operation.
Repeated short trip operation at freezing temperatures (engine not thoroughly warmed up.)
Extended use of brakes while driving.
Driving in sandy areas.
More than 50% of operation in heavy city traffic during hot weather above 90F.
Can't say I would come close to primarily operating the vehicle under any of those conditions. In every new car I've bought in the last three decades I've always used just regular old M1 and done 7500 mile OCI's. That's four new cars. Never have had to add a drop except for a '97 Geo Metro that was either leaking or consuming about 1 quart every 1000 miles at the end when it rotted to death. Never added a drop to my '06 chevy aveo which runs and drives as it should at 260K miles.
I sure wish things were simple.
Driving on dusty, rough, muddy, or salt spread roads.
Towing, police, taxi or commercial operation.
Extensive idling and/or low speed operation.
Repeated short trip operation at freezing temperatures (engine not thoroughly warmed up.)
Extended use of brakes while driving.
Driving in sandy areas.
More than 50% of operation in heavy city traffic during hot weather above 90F.
Can't say I would come close to primarily operating the vehicle under any of those conditions. In every new car I've bought in the last three decades I've always used just regular old M1 and done 7500 mile OCI's. That's four new cars. Never have had to add a drop except for a '97 Geo Metro that was either leaking or consuming about 1 quart every 1000 miles at the end when it rotted to death. Never added a drop to my '06 chevy aveo which runs and drives as it should at 260K miles.
I sure wish things were simple.
Not 5W-40 Euro?
When every customer gets the feeling his car is special. Its called marketing!
I swear since it was clearanced 5w40 FS dropped 100 notches in the BITOG brand rankings
dropped?
Sure, make it a 4th one. Although I can hardly find it on the shelves.
One WM by me never has it and another 3 miles away always has TONS of it.
BrendanC
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not a mobil fan, but really all of the oils are starting to do it to some extent. huge valvoline fan and they’re doing the same
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As an ex oil developer, I appreciate the consumer choice XOM gives us. And their marketing literature is written the best!
Mobil used to make an oil called Mobil Clean 5000. Maybe they were predicting the future!
Mobil Clean 5000
It's refreshing to see that I am not the only one dazed and confused with the different oils on the market. I had posted a comment last week about the M1 0w16 Hybrid and the 0w20 m1 oils. Both of them said triple action protection. The differences were the GF-6A and GF-6B ratings. I know the 6A has a different rating for general motors requirements.
Upon further reading about the 6B, I learned the 6B was a more modern synthetic. Apparently it's designed for the start and stop functions of the hybrid engine, and could have different detergent packs, which have effects on different types of direct injection /Port injection engines.
Upon further reading about the 6B, I learned the 6B was a more modern synthetic. Apparently it's designed for the start and stop functions of the hybrid engine, and could have different detergent packs, which have effects on different types of direct injection /Port injection engines.
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Mobil 5000 was rated for 5k oil changes at a time when 3k was still factory spec'd. Therefore, Mobil1 is rated for 1 mile mileage intervals. Better get to changing! Lol
I'm a Mobil1 FSHM believer. It works, is reasonably priced (imo), and has never given me any issues in the dozen or so vehicles I've used it in over the years. Would I run it from new? Probably. Will probably never own another brand new vehicle, so that's really a rhetorical question and a moot point.
I also think that it's mileage limit (15k? Or is it 10k?) is more than sufficient since I go by time. 2x/year for my wife's short (<1mi) trip daily commute/direct injected Hyundai (usually has less than 2k miles at 6 months). Once a year for my longer interstate-tripped MPI Mazda, usually has 1500-2000 miles accrued in a year's time. Probably seen as a waste of money by a lot here, but it gives me peace of mind and I sleep well at night with one less thing to worry about!
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sounds like a marketing strategy the blends must be unique to some degree as advertised on the product packaging unless it would be false advertisement. There would be no real ill effects using 5w20 over 0w20 or vice versa
Speaking of Cheerios.... it might be the most healthy food on the .
Triple_Se7en
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ExxonMobil doesn’t care what you buy but wants to control the shelf space by filling most of it with their products.
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Exactly.
To the people who don't get why they have so many options, the point is to get you thinking not about Mobil vs a competitor, but thinking about Mobil vs Mobil. If they can get your brain switching onto, "should I get Mobil 1 Hybrid, or Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy?", then they've won.
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