VW / Audi reportedly changes oil supplier

[shortyb]

Edge 5W30 A3 is also SL. Pink one was previous version of 0W30. There is new version of 0W30 and it is also SL. Probably SP 5W40 additive package inside.

Probably still has a good slug of Ketjenlube oligomers just like GC did too .

 

[edyvw]

Probably still has a good slug of Ketjenlube oligomers just like GC did too .

Pink one? No. Ketjenlube was green in color. I think Kyocera sold that to some Russian company, and they discontinued it some time ago.

 

[shortyb]

Not to get too far down this rabbit hole, but I think Ketjenlube polymers at last glance are still trademarked and manufacturing under Italmatch Chemicals in Italy, owned by the parent company Akzo Nobel. Wish Castrol would bring them back into the mix, loved the smell of Gummi Bears in my oil .

 

[edyvw]

Not to get too far down this rabbit hole, but I think Ketjenlube polymers at last glance are still trademarked and manufacturing under Italmatch Chemicals in Italy, owned by the parent company Akzo Nobel. Wish Castrol would bring them back into the mix, loved the smell of Gummi Bears in my oil .

Yeah, that thing was sooooo smooth.
Didn’t know about that Italian company.