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Re: Mobil 1 5w50 oil - anyone heard of it?
Posted by LesH [Email] (more from LesH) on Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:48:50
In Reply to: Mobil 1 5w50 oil - anyone heard of it?, EricG, Tue, 3 Jul 2007 01:17:35
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It meets ACEA A3/B3 so it is likely a fine quality oil. My concerns with using it would be:
* it's thick. Real thick. For sure you'll see a gas mileage hit. Can the 2.3 oil system move this stuff around effectively?
* 5w50 is a huge viscosity range. Generally a high viscosity range means lots of viscosity-improving additives have been added, which can shear down in short order so you end up with 5w30 or something similar after some unknown amount of miles. Would be interesting to see a UOA showing viscosity of a 5w50 fill after 5000 miles.
* there's no problems with using a more commonly available oil with more reasonable viscosity, so why not use one of those?
Posts in this Thread:
- Mobil 1 5w50 oil - anyone heard of it?, EricG, Tue, 3 Jul 2007 01:17:35
- Re: Mobil 1 5w50 oil - anyone heard of it?, LesH, Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:48:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- It's a fine oil, AdamB , Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:56:54
- No, but Castrol has a 5w50 oil that meets, Noel, Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:14:24
- Re: Mobil 1 5w50 oil - anyone heard of it?, TG, Tue, 3 Jul 2007 04:04:45
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