Anyone rennet when M1 15w50 came out?

[53' Stude]

Hi again and there is a fellow member who tells me he remembers M1 15w50EP. Any of you guys and ladies remember this? I had not paid attention to when this came about. I am a history guy so forgive me if I don't remember. Thank you folks

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: car51
Hi again and there is a fellow member who tells me he remembers M1 15w50EP.

There has never been M1 15w50 EP.

M1 15w50 was introduced around 1980 or so, AFAIK.

 

[53' Stude]

I meant the "red cap" stuff. Sorry

 

[53' Stude]

Quattro Pete, I found a VOA from May 2008.

 

[53' Stude]

I see there was even a silver cap that was rare as hen's teeth and a red cap

 

[Quattro Pete]

What's the deal with the different cap colors? Does it signify anything?

 

[53' Stude]

I didn't read or find anything concrete on that sir

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
There has never been M1 15w50 EP.


I used Mobil 1 15W50 Extended Performance for years. It was the first oil I used in my Nissan. It was known back then as "15W50 Gold Cap".

 

[53' Stude]

Thank you sir! So "it does or did exist!"

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
I used Mobil 1 15W50 Extended Performance for years.

Wow! I'll keep quiet now.

 

[Mr Nice]

I still have 2 cases of M1 red cap from 2003-2004.

 

[Win]

I might still have some red cap and silver cap at the warehouse of junk. I used to use 15/50 in the Xj12.

I don't recall there being any special rarity or anything like that.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
I used Mobil 1 15W50 Extended Performance for years.

Wow! I'll keep quiet now.

You have no idea how heartbroken I was when Mobil discontinued it

. Here's an old UOA of it:

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/249934/1

 

[mjoekingz28]

Yeah QP, need to phrase what you know into what you think or remember. "I dont remember any gold top M1". Such as that.


When I got my first sportbike, red top 15w-50 was all the rage on the forums. Then I had an ATV that used the EP gold top, it was air-cooled.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

I had a case of M1 15-50 silver cap once. I used it in my 8v turbo mopar.

 

[A_Harman]

We used M1 15w50 in the big V12 marine engines at Torque Engineering Corp. during the period of 1998-2002. I couldn't swear to what color the caps were, though.

 

[aquariuscsm]

From what I remember,the red cap was discontinued and the gold cap remained. The gold cap was then discontinued (Target clearanced theirs out at a dollar a quart,so I cleaned the shelf!). For awhile M1 15W50 was completely discontinued and apparently it caused a huge uproar between loyal customers and Mobil. Mobil then had a banner on their website that said "Back by popular demand,Mobil 1 15W50" (which then became knows as Mobil 1 15W50 silver cap).

Mobil 1 15W50 seems to be legendary and has a kind've "cult following".

 

[53' Stude]

So did it come back in 2002 by the one jug advertising a race or later?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: car51
So did it come back in 2002 by the one jug advertising a race or later?


No it was definitely later than that. 2003-2004 I was still buying fresh stock 15W50 EP. I can't remember exactly though. After Mobil discontinued the 15W50 I started using Royal Purple 20W50 (Synerlec version). I was able to get it at dealership cost (maybe 3-4 dollars a quart). I'd buy it by the case. I was paying around $40 for a case of 12 quarts.

 

[53' Stude]

You dog you! LOL!