Same oils, different specifications

[Giorgiz]

Hello, I was viewing these 2 sheets and I realized that despite having similar viscosity grades, manufacturers' specifications are all different, the European version seems much higher, how do you explain this difference in specification between the American and European oil?
http://www.montoli.com/StoreB2C001/Store/ProdDocuments/Files/shehel07e.pdf

http://www.epc.shell.com/Docs/GPCDOC_GTDS_New_GTDS_Pzl_Platinum_Low_SAPs_5w30.pdf

 

[EddieCairns]

They are selling to a different market that has different cars on the road, Europe especially has just too many car manufacturers specific requirements and therefore require different additive packages.

It is getting to the stage where only the larger oil companies can afford to develop all the different blends.

You are accepting gossip that one specific make and model of oil is exactly the same as another make and model. In this case it has come unstuck.

Buy the oil that meets the spec of your car on the tin, simple eh!

eddie

 

[EType]

The US sheet had no date so there could have been a timing difference.

 

[R80RS]

They are very different oils despite having the same viscosity. The Pennzoil Platinum meets VW 505.01 specifically for PD diesels without diesel particulate filters. 505.01 oils are generally considered mid-SAPS oils. The Shell Helix is a VW 504.00/507.00 low SAPS oil for later model diesels with DPFs.