Napa 5w40 $4.49

[fantastic]

That's not a certification or official approval. You still need to prove it's exactly the same oil as Valvoline branded oil, which was your assertion.

It's Napa/Valvoline's warranty that it meets those specs. As I said Plenty of folks run officially un approved oil. Where talking about Valvoline after all. It's a non issue. If there's any oil company to question about meeting specification it probably should not be one of the oldest oil companies like Valvoline.

 

[wemay]

Still a good price for a euro

 

[Rand]

Still a good price for a euro

That has no euro approvals.
If it was the same oil as valvoline 5w40 euro there would be no cost for approvals since its formula was already approved.

 

[TiGeo]

I'd be careful arguing about the wording of the bottle of that NAPA...a forum-favorite, Quaker State Euro 5W40 is about the same..."specifications" vs. "approvals"...difference is the QS is listed on the VW approved oils doc, Napa is not which isn't suprising for a "house brand" oil to me. The bottle language looks fine/on-par with others, but it's not on the list.

 

[OVERKILL]

I'd be careful arguing about the wording of the bottle of that NAPA...a forum-favorite, Quaker State Euro 5W40 is about the same..."specifications" vs. "approvals"...difference is the QS is listed on the VW approved oils doc, Napa is not which isn't suprising for a "house brand" oil to me. The bottle language looks fine/on-par with others, but it's not on the list.

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I give NAPA less latitude, since I assume Valvoline is printing the label for the NAPA oil and the verbiage is quite different from the Valvoline branded Euro 5W-40. If we stick to the Shell brands, Pennzoil's verbiage is identical to what we see on the Quaker State product:

Ultimately, as noted, the NAPA oil is not featured on either the VW list of approved products nor the MB BEVO lists.