Originally Posted By: Solarent
Agreed on Delvac. Hopefully they have more universal options than 5W30 too.
I should hope so, too, though it does appear that Delvac 1 LE 5w-30 is basically their flagship product, with the most builder approvals, not to mention a marketing tie-in with McLaren F1
Originally Posted By: Solarent
They also make the statement on their website that they won't be recommending their product for use in gasoline engines. "especially with respect to catalytic converters" is what they say. Sounds to me like they won't have universal oils - so Delo comes out on top in that regard. I guess we will have to wait and see.
I guess we will have to wait and see, but I can't see PC being too far behind off the mark. Their sales model might mean a little different way of marketing and announcing things, for all I know. I don't know how much is done straight through the distributors. Imperial Oil seems to be pretty good at getting information out to the distributors in the form of literature that isn't always available on the web, oddly enough. As for the dual rating bit, we've all seen my arguments here with Shell people, how they dislike their HDEOs being used in a gasser, despite the SM rating, even if the vehicle actually simply calls for an SM 5w-40, like we have seen in the PCMO section. If Shell quit hiding their A3/B4 options at expensive dealerships and didn't see the need to use their retail shelf allocation for a dozen different varieties of ILSAC 5w-30, then fewer people might be looking for Rotella for gassers, but I digress.