Indyjenks

...anyone try this yet? Im about to put synthetic in my car for the first time and bought 5 quarts. Just curious if anyone has tried it.

suj220

yes the oil is fine for our cars but its shear rating is lower than the other offerings from the Mobil 1 line.

Plus, Mobil has discontinued its 0w20 offering and replaced it with the new 5w20. So for your next change...i would switch over to the new one.

TL_S_Driver

i've used 0w20 w/o a problem so feel confident making the switch

RUF87

I run that in mine in a 50/50 of 0-20 with 5-20 . . .

Ruf

jpadilla

Why? Seems too much trouble for virtually no benefit.

CJITTY

Discontinued! Dammit! I was wondering why I haven't seen it in the stores. Well, guess I got to use the new 5w-20 now. I loved the 0W-20, or at least my car seemed to like it. I'm thinking of going with Castrol Synthetic also.

suj220

the castrol syntec is not worth the $4 spent on it. The synthetic used by Castrol is just extra refined crude oil ("Group III oil"). Where as the Mobil 1 is developed using a synthetic process on purified ethylene gas which is turned into polyalphaolefin ("PAO oil").

So if you are spending the money on a full synthetic which is API certified then Mobil 1 is the only one worth spending money on.

The new Pennzoil Synthetic looks promising but its only partially PAO. After reading a lot on www.bobistheoilguy.com, I also think Schaeffers oil (partial PAO) is good but i am not sure if it is API certified.

I am only mentioning API certified if you are worried about warranty protection.

hangbok

Man.. no wonder why I couldn't find the 0W-20 Syn from mobil. I checked like 5 different stores which all carried it. I really liked it, plus it had a label saying it was made for hondas 5W-20 cars. That suxs.

Indyjenks

There was about 8 quarts left on the shelves when I got mine. I had never seen the 0-20 before OR the 5-20 from Mobil 1. I wanted to use dino oil anyway until I felt the engine was well broken in. 48K on it now, broken in just fine for starting synthetic. Sounds as though it may just get one oil change with the 0-20 and then go to th 5-20 Mobil 1 after that. Funny........you can shake that bottle of oil and its like water......

RUF87

I gets hot enough in the summer that I feel better about it . . in the winter I ran 100% 0-20.

and it's no trouble at all both oils are on the shelf next to each other and you just pour one in and then the next . . . so no diff

Ruf

suj220

Actually the 0w20 qualifies for the 5w20 stamp as well under the API testing standards. There is barely a difference. The best way to see if there is any benefit..is to do a Used Oil Analysis.