Engine Oils of the 1980s
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I liked the old M1 Tri Synthetic Oil. It was my first love in synthetic oil in 10w30.
I was pouring ARCO Graphite into my 1979 Olds Cutlas Salon V8 5spd manual 2dr Coupe.
Never going to see Oil OR cars like that again!
Never going to see Oil OR cars like that again!
Me and all my friends ran Castrol GTX 20w50 in everything!
Boy... 30 years of progress, and yet today's marketing major millenials don't have anything on those from when these ads were made- either that, or all of the oil manufacturers lost their expertise as well!
Curious how we all oohed and aahed at M-1 AP, but come to find out Shannow's had AP+25% on his shelf for 3 decades!
Curious how we all oohed and aahed at M-1 AP, but come to find out Shannow's had AP+25% on his shelf for 3 decades!
Mammaries!
Really makes me think of how regular M1 is now just a ghost of itself. Really fell off after the coloured caps/Tri Syn era.
Really makes me think of how regular M1 is now just a ghost of itself. Really fell off after the coloured caps/Tri Syn era.
Originally Posted By: SubieRubyRoo
Boy... 30 years of progress, and yet today's marketing major millenials don't have anything on those from when these ads were made- either that, or all of the oil manufacturers lost their expertise as well!
Or, there have been no really substantial advances in engine oil, just marketing claims. The real improvements are likely on the (engine) manufacturing side.
Boy... 30 years of progress, and yet today's marketing major millenials don't have anything on those from when these ads were made- either that, or all of the oil manufacturers lost their expertise as well!
Or, there have been no really substantial advances in engine oil, just marketing claims. The real improvements are likely on the (engine) manufacturing side.
Ah, back when synthetic oils used Group IV and V. Thanks for loading those images.
Originally Posted By: SubieRubyRoo
Boy... 30 years of progress, and yet today's marketing major millenials don't have anything on those from when these ads were made- either that, or all of the oil manufacturers lost their expertise as well!
Curious how we all oohed and aahed at M-1 AP, but come to find out Shannow's had AP+25% on his shelf for 3 decades!
Yes, back in the late '90s/turn of the century, I had a 4Runner RV-6, and was talking to the Mobil technical team. Back when they HAD a technical team that you could talk to rather than an operator with compute access to their recommendation tool.
(All their technical specialists either left the Industry or moved to Penrite it seems).
I asked them about M1 0W40, the old 40,000 mile claims of M1, and BMW/Merc 35,000km oil changes.
Once we got through "manufacturer's intervals, and warranty", and they realised that I was serious, they stated that yes, 40,000km or one year was their technical viewpoint...one year and 5,000km, or one year and 40,000km, or any number in between.
20,000km for their dino ?
Yes they backed that too...
Boy... 30 years of progress, and yet today's marketing major millenials don't have anything on those from when these ads were made- either that, or all of the oil manufacturers lost their expertise as well!
Curious how we all oohed and aahed at M-1 AP, but come to find out Shannow's had AP+25% on his shelf for 3 decades!
Yes, back in the late '90s/turn of the century, I had a 4Runner RV-6, and was talking to the Mobil technical team. Back when they HAD a technical team that you could talk to rather than an operator with compute access to their recommendation tool.
(All their technical specialists either left the Industry or moved to Penrite it seems).
I asked them about M1 0W40, the old 40,000 mile claims of M1, and BMW/Merc 35,000km oil changes.
Once we got through "manufacturer's intervals, and warranty", and they realised that I was serious, they stated that yes, 40,000km or one year was their technical viewpoint...one year and 5,000km, or one year and 40,000km, or any number in between.
20,000km for their dino ?
Yes they backed that too...
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