Originally Posted By: nyumski
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
I can't speak for your specific engine, but I used Quaker State Ultimate Syn 5W-40 in a Ford 6.0 Powerstroke without issue in winter. I suspect that oil was close to Helix since it was the oil Ferrari used in the U.S. dealerships for a while (Quaker State, like Pennzoil, is a U.S. company owned by Shell and they badge their Helix products here as one of the two)...
hallo Nickdfresh, hmm that kind of oil you mentioned before, Quaker State Ultimate Syn 5W-40, it is never sold here. i wish i could have more options of oil in my place. hmm you mean rebadge the oil? interesting.
Shell acquired the Pennzoil-Quaker State oil companies in the 1990's I think. Both were at one time independent lubricant companies and were purchased because of their name recognition here. Shell does badge some of their oils here as Shell, but mainly their Helix line is sold as Pennzoil Platinum and Quaker State Ultra Durability (QUSD) synthetics. For a while the QS side was used as the US equivalent of Ultra Shell Helix for US Ferrari dealerships. They decided to use the senior Pennzoil name for their top tier synthetics line and the Euro Pennzoil Ultra and Platinum syns are harder to find here. In 2011 when this happened, they began to dump their QSUD 5W-40 at discount stores here so I picked up a lot of it cheap and I think Pennzoil Platinum Euro is now the equivalent of Shell Helix Ultra...
Platinum Euro 5W-40
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
I can't speak for your specific engine, but I used Quaker State Ultimate Syn 5W-40 in a Ford 6.0 Powerstroke without issue in winter. I suspect that oil was close to Helix since it was the oil Ferrari used in the U.S. dealerships for a while (Quaker State, like Pennzoil, is a U.S. company owned by Shell and they badge their Helix products here as one of the two)...
hallo Nickdfresh, hmm that kind of oil you mentioned before, Quaker State Ultimate Syn 5W-40, it is never sold here. i wish i could have more options of oil in my place. hmm you mean rebadge the oil? interesting.
Shell acquired the Pennzoil-Quaker State oil companies in the 1990's I think. Both were at one time independent lubricant companies and were purchased because of their name recognition here. Shell does badge some of their oils here as Shell, but mainly their Helix line is sold as Pennzoil Platinum and Quaker State Ultra Durability (QUSD) synthetics. For a while the QS side was used as the US equivalent of Ultra Shell Helix for US Ferrari dealerships. They decided to use the senior Pennzoil name for their top tier synthetics line and the Euro Pennzoil Ultra and Platinum syns are harder to find here. In 2011 when this happened, they began to dump their QSUD 5W-40 at discount stores here so I picked up a lot of it cheap and I think Pennzoil Platinum Euro is now the equivalent of Shell Helix Ultra...
Platinum Euro 5W-40