"Sopus" Oils

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While looking at some different oils lately, I have noticed that Shell, Quaker State, Pennzoil, Valvoline Synpower and probably a few others, all had the same Sopus logo on the bottom of the bottles. Looking to further my oil knowledge, does this intern mean that all the oils with the Sopus markings are basically the same oil they are just in different bottles or is there still a big difference in the additive packages in each of the oils? Thanks for the help guys and gals.
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Originally Posted By: tackleberry625
While looking at some different oils lately, I have noticed that Shell, Quaker State, Pennzoil, Valvoline Synpower and probably a few others, all had the same Sopus logo on the bottom of the bottles. Looking to further my oil knowledge, does this intern mean that all the oils with the Sopus markings are basically the same oil they are just in different bottles or is there still a big difference in the additive packages in each of the oils? Thanks for the help guys and gals.
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First off, can you take a picture of the bottom of these bottles to show what logo you are looking at. You might be looking at the logo of the bottle manufacturer. Could be they make bottles for several different companies.

As for as are they the same question, no. Here is the basic difference in the three SOPUS brands.

Pennzoil uses Group II+ base stocks and an Inifenium additive package.
QS and Formula Shell use Group II base stocks and a Lubrizoil additive package.

There are other sutle differences but these are the main ones.

SOPUS has absolutely nothing to do with Valvoline or Valvoline Synpower.
 
What Camu said x2.

Shell, Pennzoil, and Quakerstate are all SOPUS products. Valvoline is not.

I'm wondering if you are looking at something that might indicate the maker of the bottle, and not the oil itself.

Formula Shell bottles are white though, are you sure you did not mistake a shell bottle for a valvoline bottle?
 
I knew/thought Ashland owned Valvoline too. The marking on the bottom of the bottles looks like a bold "G" It may be the bottle manufacture. The Valvoline bottles I have are grey because they are the Synpower bottles.
 
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Originally Posted By: tackleberry625
While looking at some different oils lately, I have noticed that Shell, Quaker State, Pennzoil, Valvoline Synpower and probably a few others, all had the same Sopus logo on the bottom of the bottles. Looking to further my oil knowledge, does this intern mean that all the oils with the Sopus markings are basically the same oil they are just in different bottles or is there still a big difference in the additive packages in each of the oils? Thanks for the help guys and gals.
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First off, can you take a picture of the bottom of these bottles to show what logo you are looking at. You might be looking at the logo of the bottle manufacturer. Could be they make bottles for several different companies.

As for as are they the same question, no. Here is the basic difference in the three SOPUS brands.

Pennzoil uses Group II+ base stocks and an Inifenium additive package.
QS and Formula Shell use Group II base stocks and a Lubrizoil additive package.

There are other sutle differences but these are the main ones.

SOPUS has absolutely nothing to do with Valvoline or Valvoline Synpower.


Ok thanks.
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I'll try to take a pic and post it here if I can figure out how to do it.
 
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That's not a letter "G". It is the symbol to recycle. They are reminding you to recycle the empty plastic bottle.
 
See, those bottles are manufactured by a secret society. I can't say anymore about it.
 
Originally Posted By: lostwrench
That's not a letter "G". It is the symbol to recycle. They are reminding you to recycle the empty plastic bottle.


recycling is a triangle with arrows. its not the marking I'm talking about.
 
I always new that KAOS would come back someday, but never had expected it to use a front as a plastic bottle manufacturer.

"Missed it by that much." - Agent 86
 
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I took a pic of two bottles of oil. The only similarity I see a 'G'.


excatly my point. Valvoline is made by Ashland and Penn is not but they have the same "G" type of mark inside of a "box" located on the bottom of the bottle in the upper porition of the Penn bottle. Some brands of oil have the same type of mark but it is not "bold" it looks like a "C" but without the "letter" filled in.
 
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Originally Posted By: tackleberry625
Originally Posted By: lostwrench
That's not a letter "G". It is the symbol to recycle. They are reminding you to recycle the empty plastic bottle.


recycling is a triangle with arrows. its not the marking I'm talking about.


the ones with the triangles with 1 and 2 in it can be recycled
 
Originally Posted By: lostwrench
That's not a letter "G". It is the symbol to recycle. They are reminding you to recycle the empty plastic bottle.


That's a new one for me. Source?
 
Originally Posted By: Mannix
G = Grahm Packaging


Ok so the letter means the bottle manufacturer? Not the company that actually bottled the oil? Right?
 
More confusion for me. The local walmart down here has Warren bottling their oils because it has "WPP" or "WN" on the bottom of the bottles and there is no "G" type marking on the bottom of those bottles. As I said before, Shell, Penn, QS and Val, all had the same marking on the bottom so I figured the same company was bottling those oil brands because they all had the same markings on the bottom of the bottle.
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