So what’s he verdict? Is your favourite oil supplier offering their blend at less money than 100% synthetic?
I found this my local Walmart yesterday. It doesn’t say synthetic blend, but has the SP rating. Perhaps it’s old stock. Enjoy.Since Pennzoil no longer makes a conventional oil anymore, and the closest thing is a blend, where did that leave PYB? Is it the "new" blend, or did they completely do away with it?
The marketing departments are not in sync with the engineering departments. Here is some Supertech marked as conventional but meeting SP and and ILSAC GF-6A specs.I would not think ANY GF6A ILSAC RC oil to be a majority "conventional" blend
Consider the terminology a marketing differentiation - not solvent distillation v hydrocraking refining.
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The sp, is that what everyone refers to as the old "PYB"?I found this my local Walmart yesterday. It doesn’t say synthetic blend, but has the SP rating. Perhaps it’s old stock. Enjoy.
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I think that’s a close to PYB you can get. It’s probably a semi-synthetic now but it’s still in the good old Pennzoil Yellow Bottle ( hence PYB).The sp, is that what everyone refers to as the old "PYB"?
Interesting, Semi-relevant announcement I heard today.
Shell has a deal / joint venture with BlueTide environmental for Group 2+ re-refined base oils. And Re-refined base products are going to be part of shell’s portfolio going forward.
Might apply to Pennzoil syn blends. Might be relegated strictly to hydraulics and industrials. Not sure. But… they’re really focusing on it.
Also strictly a rumor, BP/Castrol has been sniffing around or possibly has a deal with a major re-refiner. For primarily PCEO products.
Take it for what it’s worth. Both Shell and BP were major speakers today at the conference I was at. Same with Valvoline (Motiva side) - They admitted how they screwed up on the Valvoline nexgen marketing.
It’s coming back sooner than folks think…..
Funny, bc ‘fresh oil’ production is at all-time highs, and prices aren’t high enough that purchasing/using used oil will lead to savings…
Plus the public doesn’t like ‘the idea’ of re-refined oils, wonder what the motivation is??