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From: Ron & Maggie on 6 Apr 2007 16:45 Have used it for years in all my cars and love it. You are 100% right Steve it is 100% Synthetic and that is why I like it. Steve Barker wrote: > Wrong again. Mobil 1 has always been 100% $ynthetic. >
From: SMS on 7 Apr 2007 07:02 Ron & Maggie wrote: > Have used it for years in all my cars and love it. You are 100% right > Steve it is 100% Synthetic and that is why I like it. > > Steve Barker wrote: >> Wrong again. Mobil 1 has always been 100% $ynthetic. Mobil 1 has never been 100% synthetic. The base stock used to be 100% synthetic, and due to the Castrol versus Exxon-Mobil lawsuit and subsequent settlement, they can still call the current base stock (group III hydrocracked petroleum) 100% synthetic in the United States (but not in Europe where synthetics have to be true synthetics). The additives have never been synthetic, just the base stock. I don't even think that there are any PAO based synthetics (group IV) oils that are API certified, still available in the U.S.. Everyone, including Amsoil, switched to the less expensive group III base stock. There are still non-API certified group IV oils that are available.
From: "cnewton--removethis on 7 Apr 2007 14:06 On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:02:46 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Ron & Maggie wrote: >> Have used it for years in all my cars and love it. You are 100% right >> Steve it is 100% Synthetic and that is why I like it. >> >> Steve Barker wrote: >>> Wrong again. Mobil 1 has always been 100% $ynthetic. > >Mobil 1 has never been 100% synthetic. The base stock used to be 100% >synthetic, and due to the Castrol versus Exxon-Mobil lawsuit and >subsequent settlement, they can still call the current base stock (group >III hydrocracked petroleum) 100% synthetic in the United States (but not >in Europe where synthetics have to be true synthetics). > >The additives have never been synthetic, just the base stock. > >I don't even think that there are any PAO based synthetics (group IV) >oils that are API certified, still available in the U.S.. Everyone, >including Amsoil, switched to the less expensive group III base stock. >There are still non-API certified group IV oils that are available. > Based upon the test that was run on BITOG, I am pretty sure Castrol Syntec 0W30 is still PAO, but it is one of the few. You have to get the bottle that is labeled "Made in Germany" and it is only sold at Autozone in the US.
From: SMS on 7 Apr 2007 21:41 cnewton--removethis(a)akamail.net wrote: > Based upon the test that was run on BITOG, I am pretty sure Castrol > Syntec 0W30 is still PAO, but it is one of the few. You have to get > the bottle that is labeled "Made in Germany" and it is only sold at > Autozone in the US. LOL, it could become a good business, just like people import Coca-Cola that is sweetened with sugar rather than corn syrup. Import synthetic oil from places where synthetic oil has to be formulated from synthetic base stock.
From: Mark A on 7 Apr 2007 23:28
"SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message news:4618485f$0$27155$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > LOL, it could become a good business, just like people import Coca-Cola > that is sweetened with sugar rather than corn syrup. Import synthetic oil > from places where synthetic oil has to be formulated from synthetic base > stock. Mobil 1 Extended Life Synthetic Oil is already distributed in the USA. This is different than the normal Mobil 1 oil. |