What happened at Chevron?

[340_Magnum]

I saw a recent TDS on the Havoline Pro DS synthetic 5w30 and I noticed some changes from before. It is a tad thicker at 100c than it was before and the pour point has gone from -45 to -27. It used to have really nice cold cranking numbers and I was looking forward to using it for the winter but I think I'll be using Mobil 1 0w30 instead.

 

[bbhero]

It still has great CCS number... 4,000 at -30 is really quite good. Max at that temp is 6,600.…. And When tested by PQIA only Pennzoil and Amsoil have a lower CCS than Havoline Pro DS...

 

[Linctex]

Different supplier of the basestocks would be my first guess

 

[PimTac]

Originally Posted by Linctex
Different supplier of the basestocks would be my first guess




Chevron makes their own basestocks I thought ?

 

[bbhero]

Yeah they do make their own base oils.. Plus Oronite is in house additive supplier...

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by Linctex
Different supplier of the basestocks would be my first guess


Chevron makes their own basestocks I thought ?

They sell grp 2/3 base stocks to others...And they make their own add paks (Oronite)

Chevron Base Oils

Edit: sorry, wrong link

 

[bbhero]

Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by Linctex
Different supplier of the basestocks would be my first guess


Chevron makes their own basestocks I thought ?

They sell grp 2/3 base stocks to others...And they make their own add paks (Oronite)

Chevron Base Oils

Edit: sorry, wrong link



Basically what I said