daveak05

Scott, what do you make of Mobil 1 "Extended Life" synthetic? It's sold alongside reg Mobil 1. I don't see the point...if they have a better formulation, why not just go with it. why both? same product rebottled, marketing ploy? another possibility is that it has an awful lot of detergents, weakening the base stock.

your thoughts...or first hand knowledge?

RI A6

I've got no information on M1 Extended Life. I expect it just has more detergent additives, but who knows. It might be Delvac repackaged. Have you searched on BITOG?

daveak05

looked into it any further. i'm a little wary of using it, and would use reg Mobil 1 before trying the extended version, without knowing exactly what the difference between the two is.

RI A6

UOA results are consistently good on a variety of engines, and Terry was involved in the testing for Pennzoil.

daveak05

but got away from them after they went the cheapo route on their oils.

Shell owning them doesn't exactly add to my confidence level. but, the Platinum may be a good one, as you say.

one thing i hate in oils is gimickry..."adaptive molecules" that supposedly break apart, change shape, and then reform, give me a break.

brianja

it shows as "Pennzoil Synthetic European Formulation."

Doesn't mention platinum.

Is this just mis-marked on the website?

xr8edS4

filled with 5w40 pennzoil platinum...will ship tha tone out too when the time comes.

RI A6

Meets MB 229.3, VW 502, and VW 505.00 specifications<ul><li><a href="http://oilstore.stores.yahoo.net/pesy5weufoca.html">http://oilstore.stores.yahoo.net/pesy5weufoca.html</a</li></ul>

brianja

Thanks.