Go back for a pic!!!
Updated M1 FS 0w-40 - More PAO
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OVERKILL
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Should have got it for the nostalgia!
Yes! After I realized I can’t drain it, I tightened the bolt, and cleaned the bottom up. Then I wanted to check the oil level with the dipstick, first time it was dry and I was like “uhhh”. Second time I put it back in, let it sit, and got a proper reading. Time for a Mitty Vac.
I would, but I was visiting my parents a few hours away. If it's still there in 3 weeks I'll stop back in. Honestly, I don't know who would buy it at the same price as a new bottle, so it may well be there still.
I think it was marked API SM, but the front of the bottle looked super old, like early 2000s logo.
So was it this label that they changed around 2009-2010ish to the label that they continued to use until around 2021.
It was older than that one for sure. I think it had a white or off-white background and older Mobil font. I first bought M1 0W-40 around 2008 and it wasn't even that label that I remember.
This is the style of packaging they shown on their website in 2002
Same bottle but the label was a bit different.
OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
Did it say SuperSyn on it?
This is the oldest image I could find on a Mobil site, from July of 1997, bask in it's 28.8k friendly glory.
It's probably newer than that, I think it's actually quite similar to the SuperSyn label you posted but faded from time or UV, with the older style bottle that didn't have the scalloped edge. It was API SM, so I would have to guess it's just before the bottle you originally posted. Probably 2005-2008?
Honestly, I don't remember, I will try to find it again in a few weeks lol. I was already running late so I didn't snap a pic.
OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
I have some SM in my stash, but it's the sculpted bottles. SM was introduced in 2004.
If it was SM it would be in a bottle like that, from what I can find the bottle changed to the modern bottle around the SM transition in late 04 - early 05.
Doesn’t have FS on it. That is some stout oil.
here in the UK all I have seen for sale is the old spec not this one; either way there seems to be a shortage of it!
There is "New life" version which doesn't say FS and has different approvals!
I wish they used more technical/ meaningful titles for their product
There is "New life" version which doesn't say FS and has different approvals!
I wish they used more technical/ meaningful titles for their product
Looks that way doesn't it? Virgin oxidation read is very low now. That would be my guess as well.
https://www.exxonmobilchemical.com/en/products/synthetic-base-stocks/alkylated-naphthalene
and from what i read here is possible to be used in esp 5-30 too?
and from what i read here is possible to be used in esp 5-30 too?
Hard to say what is truly being used unless you had them broken down but my guess is they are using AN's now in most of their oils. They seem to prefer AN's to esters. AN's do offer some advantages especially in competing surface space.
