Originally Posted By: adubg
I found the Kendall distributor by using the following link from their website. I then called around to find the lowest prices / most convenient location (a place in Aurburn, Wa). Be sure to ask though and make sure that the distributor can sell for personal use, as some of the distributors on that list will not sell to the general public. ..And just in case someone points out the retail locations search tool on Kendall's website, I did not have any luck finding someone close to me using that tool.
https://www.kendallmotoroil.com/marketers
As far as the SA content, this new formula dexos is at a 0.9. It is also interesting to note that Kendall has recently updated their Engine oils to take in to consideration LSPI by meeting the new API SN Plus certification (see link to bee blog post Feb 2018:
https://www.kendallmotoroil.com/newsroom/upgraded-kendall-pcmo-line-combats-lspi ) Here is also a link describing what was done to make the new dexos formula:
https://www.autopartswarehouse.com/blog/...etic-motor-oil/. I think it would be nice to have a VOA to know what the moly / calcium content is on the GTI dexos oil. However, seeing their past history it looks to be a good oil! But is it better than the Valvolone or mobil 1 for my 1.6l turbo GDI engine?
Before d1G2, my take was that some flavor of M1 5W30 was the best choice for my DIT engine...vanilla M1, EP, and ESP all showed low calcium and next to no sodium in VOAs and UOAs. Castrol Edge 5W30 seemed to have been very low calcium around the time I was checking into oils for DIY, but quickly changed to mid calcium levels.
With d1G2, it seems like ~1100 ppm Ca, ~800 ppm Mg, and very low sodium is very common in 5W30s now. I think choosing an oil for a DIT now can largely be driven by price, availability, and/or performance details that are meaningful to the driver when information can be found...NOACK loss, HTHS, CCS viscosity, whatever floats your boat. I just bought some Valvoline FS because they were nice enough to actually publish a pretty good NOACK loss result at 9.3% and the HTHS was a bit higher than many d1G2 5W30s at 3.2, but I probably wouldn't buy it for the winter because the CCS viscosity didn't knock my socks off (~5000 cP).