Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: il_signore97
I just cashed in on that Canadian Tire sale as well. 26.99 for 5L of the Castrol 0W40 A3/B4 is a great deal. I service 7 vehicles (mostly German) for myself and my family, so I bought 9 jugs lol!!!
We still have the older Made in Belgium 0W40 up here, but it is essentially the same as the newer Made in Germany 0W40 that the US currently has on shelves. As far as I can tell, there were no formulation changes (i.e. it is still mostly PAO as indicated by the German Castrol website / PDS). It was strictly just a factory re-organization (0W30 A3/B4 moved from Germany to Belgium, and 0W40 A3/B4 moved from Belgium to Germany). It will take us years to get rid of the old stock up here, so hopefully Canadian Tire keeps having these sales
When Catrol changed factories and made the 0w40 in Germany and the 0w30 in Belgium, they started using titanium based additives.
Yes, you're right. What I meant to say in my last post was that I do not believe any "major" reformulations/changes were made (with respect to base stock, etc) after the factory swap. The 0W30 and 0W40 oils both still meet all relevant European specs, which would have required re-certification if major changes were made. They are also still considered full-synthetics as per German definitions, which implies (at minimum) a certain level of PAO content.