Will we ever see Pennzoil Platinum Euro oils?

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I followed the link, it shows some overlap between US and Euro oils.. My question is: What do you guys class as Euro oils? Country of manufacture? ACEA but not API/Dexos? Add pack? 5w30 is 5w30 no matter where you buy it or use it. RIght?
 
Originally Posted By: Olas
My question is: What do you guys class as Euro oils? Country of manufacture? ACEA but not API/Dexos? Add pack?
ACEA A3/B4 and European car manufacturer specs.
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5w30 is 5w30 no matter where you buy it or use it. RIght?
Not quite. Most of the 5w-30 oils sold in the US are resource conserving, low HT/HS oils. Such oils don't meet the requirements of most Euro manufacturers. On other other hand, a Euro 5w-30 oil will be a thick 30 grade with HT/HS of at least 3.5 cP.
 
Originally Posted By: Olas
I followed the link, it shows some overlap between US and Euro oils.. My question is: What do you guys class as Euro oils? Country of manufacture? ACEA but not API/Dexos? Add pack? 5w30 is 5w30 no matter where you buy it or use it. RIght?
From what i understand US oils are something like ACEA A1/B1 with maximum HTHS of 2.9., and their Euro oils are with minimum HTHS of 3.5.
 
BMW dealerships should be selling LL04/LL01 Penzoil in a couple of months being that the Castrol contract was not renewed.
 
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Originally Posted By: Olas
5w30 is 5w30 no matter where you buy it or use it. RIght?
In addition to what others mentioned, there are also 5w-30 HDEOs, which are certainly not the same as North American ILSAC type 5w-30 grades.
 
Originally Posted By: Leonardo629
Will we ever see the new Pennzoil Platinum Euro grades?
With Mobil1 0w-40 and Castrol 0w-40 available at Walmart for cheap, it doesn't matter much what Pennzoil does. And Belgian/Germam Castrol 0w-30 at Autozone or PepBoys etc. for more.
 
Originally Posted By: route66mike
Originally Posted By: Leonardo629
Will we ever see the new Pennzoil Platinum Euro grades?
With Mobil1 0w-40 and Castrol 0w-40 available at Walmart for cheap, it doesn't matter much what Pennzoil does. And Belgian/Germam Castrol 0w-30 at Autozone or PepBoys etc. for more.
Yeah, Castrol obviously figured out that M1 0W40 is killing them in Euro market oil segment bcs of price and availability. It seems Pennzoil still needs some time to come to same conclusion.
 
There is a Pennzoil 0w40 oil sold in US Chrysler dealerships. Could it be considered a Euro oil? I'm still going to use Castrol 0w40 anyway.
 
Originally Posted By: BrianC
Originally Posted By: artificialist
There is a Pennzoil 0w40 oil sold in US Chrysler dealerships. Could it be considered a Euro oil?
According to the PDS, No. http://www.pennzoil.com/wp-content/uploa...sler-en-TDS.pdf
I'm sure it could pass many of the Euro requirements. I would not have any hesitation using it in a Euro car that's spec'd for ACEA A3/B4, though obviously it carries no OEM approvals so a car still under warranty is probably not the smartest application.
 
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
With a NOACK of 13%, it wouldn't be able to pass many of the Euro mfg approvals.
Yeah, seems more like Castrol 5W40 Made in USA.
 
Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
BMW dealerships should be selling LL04/LL01 Penzoil in a couple of months being that the Castrol contract was not renewed.
BMW are having big problems with oil leaks (according to a tech that used to work at our place and is now a BMW tech), I wonder if that has something to do with the change?
 
Originally Posted By: riggaz
Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
BMW dealerships should be selling LL04/LL01 Penzoil in a couple of months being that the Castrol contract was not renewed.
BMW are having big problems with oil leaks (according to a tech that used to work at our place and is now a BMW tech), I wonder if that has something to do with the change?
Interesting note: With the BMW 5w-30 (Castrol product) in the sump my valve cover gaskets on the M5 leaked. I was thinking I had to replace them. As soon as I started running M1 0w-40, the leak stopped and hasn't returned shrug That has been a few years now.
 
The same thing happend when i changed from some HDEO to Mobil Super 3000x1 on wife's Punto. This car have gasket between head and cam deckel and is major pain to change it. Mobil stop the leak completely.
 
It's not beyond the realm of possibility. He said literally every car that comes in for a service that's about 3-4 years or older he's guaranteed to find oil leaks.
 
Originally Posted By: riggaz
Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
BMW dealerships should be selling LL04/LL01 Penzoil in a couple of months being that the Castrol contract was not renewed.
BMW are having big problems with oil leaks (according to a tech that used to work at our place and is now a BMW tech), I wonder if that has something to do with the change?
Naw. Gasket leaks are common for BMW'S. Especially valve cover and where the oil filter housing is attached to the block. I think it's the choice of material. Who knows... I think the leak around the oil filter housing is a result of over tightening the oil filter cap.
 
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