Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Ahhh, OK. The M1 Euro (ESP) 5w-30 is Dexos 2, I assume you need Dexos 1. It has an HTHS of 3.58
Get ready to pay for that HTHS, at least if you're in the US...
Mobil SS doesn't seem to get much attention, I think the closest WM to my house at least used to carry it but I guess I'm never really looking for it.
These test results are getting awfully old, but the PQIA results for MSS 5W30 looked pretty good in 2013 and it seemed to be closest to Amsoil OE 5W30 out of a fairly big group of synths.
http://pqiamerica.com/March2013PCMO/Marchsyntheticsallfinal.html
I would assume that this grade of MSS has been reformulated given that it is a d1G2 oil now and the 2013 calcium levels were pretty high (maybe the big slug of moly could have saved it, though??).
Really looked pretty decent even compared to M1 5W30 in this analysis, the MSS had a slightly higher NOACK loss and was almost 40% thicker in the CCS test at -30C but was also a bit thicker at 100C.
Am curious to see a VOA of the d1G2 version!
So am i. It was interesting to see that Valvoline Conventional 5w20 (non-d1G2), recently tested by PQIA, now has no Sodium, less Calcium and more Zinc and Magnesium. I assume making each tier as uniform as possible makes financial sense.