Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: ArcticDriver
I'm not sure where that information came from, but that is inaccurate. API labels are to always reflect the correct specification. If the jug says CJ-4, it is still CJ-4. If it says CK-4, it is CK-4. [/i]
Well, it's within API guidelines. Shell does it (with CK-4 and with SN at its rollout), and one of our posters noted a very different coloured Mobil Delvac 1 ESP 5w-40 near the end of the CJ-4 life cycle. Mobil isn't being quite correct with what's actually required, and they had better take a look at some of their labels with errors over the years very carefully, including that very product.
Of course, the person who answered the email may or may not be correct; that's a different matter than what's allowed and what's not.
Come on...really?
Its within API guidelines.
What is? The response was Mobil policy and not API guidelines.
Shell does it.
What does that have to do with Mobil? Apparently Shell has a different and less stringent policy than Mobil. This is not an, "If A then B" equation.
One of our posters noted a very different colored Delvac-1 near the end of the CJ-4 cycle.
That is the premise of your accusal? Some guy said the color appeared darker? Did said poster have the oil analyzed before making such a claim? Wise individuals do not make unsupported allegations nor do they believe them.
Mobil isn't being quite correct with what's actually required, and they had better take a look at some of their labels with errors over the years very carefully, including that very product.
Mobil did not say what is actually required. The representative stated what the Mobil policy is concerning my specific question of CK-4 product in CJ-4 marked containers. You are creating a different narrative to defend a flimsy and unsupported alleged observation by an absent 3rd party.
Of course, the person who answered the email may or may not be correct; that's a different matter than what's allowed and what's not.
At this point, with an absense of any NOA and the single claim of one customer about the perceived color of his oil vs the statement of a Mobil representative, I know where my trust lies. Maybe this one customer had a light burned out in his garage. Maybe it was a cloudy day. Maybe he forgot he was wearing his sunglasses.
Maybe he enjoys conspiracies.
Regardless, I have a 5-gallon bucket of Delvac-1 and received a $60 rebate for what is one of the best oils on the market.
Life is Good.