I have just had a reply from an engine oil company that I asked why a particular fairly cheap diesel car oil did not appear on their recommended list when the details of my Volvo were entered. The reply from Liqui Moly follows:
Hello Mr xxxx,
This oil is approved for your Volvo and can be used very well and cover all the claimed specs. The product isn`t shown on the website because there are always just 4 or 5 products listed becuase to much products would upset our customers.
We hope we could help you with our informations. Should you have further questions regarding our products we would be very pleased to get contacted from you again.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best Regards
Obviously the oil that was missing was the cheapest one of 5 that meet spec for my 1.9TD, what a surprise!!
I then checked the Castrol and Mobil 1 oil finder guides and guess what, they also fail to recommend their cheaper conventional or part synthetic engine oils!!
I even passed by a local equivalent of a quick lube place that uses Castrol oils and asked them how much they wanted to change my oil and filter. The quote did include two different oil and filter choices, BUT guess what again, they managed only to quote for Castrol Edge 5/40 fully synthetic or Magnetec 5/40 HC synthetic, which is nearly as expensive. I asked if they could use Magnetec 10/40 or GTX 10/40 which are both OK for my car and the chap showed me their version of the oil finder site that managed to do an even neater job than the main Castrol one of not listing cheaper oil options.
It seems like you have to count your fingers on a regular basis when getting an oil service done for a diesel car in my local German town!
Hello Mr xxxx,
This oil is approved for your Volvo and can be used very well and cover all the claimed specs. The product isn`t shown on the website because there are always just 4 or 5 products listed becuase to much products would upset our customers.
We hope we could help you with our informations. Should you have further questions regarding our products we would be very pleased to get contacted from you again.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best Regards
Obviously the oil that was missing was the cheapest one of 5 that meet spec for my 1.9TD, what a surprise!!
I then checked the Castrol and Mobil 1 oil finder guides and guess what, they also fail to recommend their cheaper conventional or part synthetic engine oils!!
I even passed by a local equivalent of a quick lube place that uses Castrol oils and asked them how much they wanted to change my oil and filter. The quote did include two different oil and filter choices, BUT guess what again, they managed only to quote for Castrol Edge 5/40 fully synthetic or Magnetec 5/40 HC synthetic, which is nearly as expensive. I asked if they could use Magnetec 10/40 or GTX 10/40 which are both OK for my car and the chap showed me their version of the oil finder site that managed to do an even neater job than the main Castrol one of not listing cheaper oil options.
It seems like you have to count your fingers on a regular basis when getting an oil service done for a diesel car in my local German town!