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Originally Posted by WVZR-1
The majority of the Mobil1 product purchased "across the counter" isn't in your "LINK"!
The product most see and I expect use is in the mobil1.us left column either the M1EP, or the next conventional M1, the rest is there also:
http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...Oils/Oils.aspx |
Yes, I believe the M1 product most find is there*.
But! The point of the link was to illustrate the variety of Mobil 1 products. Simply recommending Mobil 1, or "I only use Mobil 1" is a little ambiguous w/o some clarification, I recon.
*But to your point, the third one down on the second page, one finds the M1 10/30 API SN. It seems if there is only one Mobil 1 product on the shelf,
that is likely the one, I find. It "meets or exceeds requirements of all new car manufactures..." blah, blah, blah. Don't believe me? Check it out - you'll see.
I don't have to read about cam failure and lobes going flat: I have first-hand experience. I can't prove it was the low ZDDP content that caused the failure, but M1 and others have products with higher levels of the "good stuff" and specifically call out the fact it is intended for or suitable for flat tappet motors.
So, the thing I hope readers take away is the fact there ARE differences - even among Mobil 1 products, and there ARE products more suitable than others perhaps for the LT5, and it behooves one to know the difference and understand the importance, and to seek it out
especially since the difference in cost is NOT the reason not to! Are there examples of LT5s that have survived on 800/900 ppm stuff almost exclusively? Yep. Does that mean it is OK for MY motor? Nope. Why not? Because oils with levels of phosphorous/zinc in the vicinity of 1200-1300 ppm were specified at the time the motor was in production. YMMV.