All You Wanted to Know About Mobil 1

[JAG]

I posted those links to educate, not try to prove that no M1 Supersyn oil has any Group 3 in it.

"I can clearly see that you WANT to believe that (most?) Mobil 1 products are group IV."
No I don't, but every Supersyn M1 does contain at least a small percentage of high viscosity-high viscosity index PAO.

The phrase "Group X based", where X is 1 through 5, seems to me misleading when multiple basestocks are used in one motor oil.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[buster]

I don't care what base oils they use. It doesn't matter. M1 is clearly one of the most oxidation resistant oils you can buy. The Honda turbo test showed that. Just remember though that ONLY Mobil 1 EP was tested.

 

[Steelhead]

Mobil 1 15W-50
Boosted, higher viscosity, fully
synthetic formula designed for
performance vehicles
HT/HS applications.
Racing and Flat tappet
applications. SM None
Nominal &
Relative Phos
Level0.12/H

even Chevron is telling us that flat tappet engines require higher zddp levels.

 

[uconn1150]

I went to the Canadian (Imperial Oil) site and noticed that a grade of Mobil 1 is made from "petroleum base stocks" vs "synthetic base stocks." Very interesting, eh?

 

[ARB1977]

I take it Moble one is still safe to use?

 

[uconn1150]

Originally Posted By: ARB1977
I take it Moble one is still safe to use?


Of course it is!

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: ARB1977
I take it Moble one is still safe to use?

[censored], why wouldn't it be?

 

[1sttruck]

It doesn't matter if M1 is safe as M1 is the devil. All the makers that spec or fill M1 in theior vehicles are the devil, as there are other oils, certainly a superior botique oil that they could spec or fill. But they don't, so like foosball they're the devil.

 

[BarkerMan]

I'm new here. I see Mobil 1 on the shelves for a bit over $6 a quart and Pennzoil Platinum at $4 quart. Is Mobil 1 $2 quart better than PP?

 

[daman]

Here we go again.

 

[BarkerMan]

It's just a question. Why does Mobil 1 demand a higher price?

 

[BarkerMan]

It's just a question. Why does Mobil 1 demand a higher price?

 

[Auto-Union]

How can Mobil 1 be "fully synthetic" when it has always contained some soluble additive carrier petro-base?

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: Auto-Union
How can Mobil 1 be "fully synthetic" when it has always contained some soluble additive carrier petro-base?


Starting with the Tri-Syn formula the mineral oil carrier was replaced with esters. Hence the "exclusive of additive carrier oil" was dropped from the label.

 

[G-MAN]

Originally Posted By: BarkerMan
I'm new here. I see Mobil 1 on the shelves for a bit over $6 a quart and Pennzoil Platinum at $4 quart. Is Mobil 1 $2 quart better than PP?


No. The $2 helps pay for those OEM factory fill endorsements from Corvette, Cadillac, Chrysler, Mercedes, Bentley, and Porsche.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted By: BarkerMan
I'm new here. I see Mobil 1 on the shelves for a bit over $6 a quart and Pennzoil Platinum at $4 quart. Is Mobil 1 $2 quart better than PP?


Please tell us who is selling everyday-priced Pennzoil Platinum at $4 per quart?

 

[flatlandtacoma]

Walmart. $19.99/5 qts = $3.998 per quart.

 

[flatlandtacoma]

Of course the 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 at Walmart works out to only about $4.60 per quart, not $6.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: flatlandtacoma
Of course the 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 at Walmart works out to only about $4.60 per quart, not $6.

yup good deal...

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally Posted By: buster
From the Japanese Mobil 1 Website:

15w-50 - PAO
0w-40 - PAO
0w-30 - PAO
0w-20 - PAO

5w30 - PAO + Hydroprocessed
10w-30 - " "

How one defines synthetic varies. Only Mobil 1 5w30 "Extended Performance" was tested and showed Group III. Also contained Group V.

LINK


Sweet! Does anyone know about the 5W-20?