Can anyone help me comparing Mobile 1 synthetic oil to Penzoil synthetic oil.
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Originally posted by ahowkins:
Can anyone help me comparing Mobile 1 synthetic oil to Penzoil synthetic oil.
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Originally posted by Kevin:
Unless they've added this info to their site, this tech. data is not availabe on the Mobil site; you might be able to obtain it by calling them ?
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quote:Originally posted by Winston:quote:Originally posted by ahowkins:
Can anyone help me comparing Mobile 1 synthetic oil to Penzoil synthetic oil.
Mobil is a pao based formulation while the Pennzoil is a group III based oil .
Although some of the group III formulations offer very good performance for the same money I pick the pao and Mobil has a very , very good additive package .
Please try the Pennzoil and have it tested after using in your car and let us know the results .
The following was posted on another site re Pennzoil Platinum (but is seems it is EOP instead of EOS):quote:Originally posted by Jmac:
[QUOTE]If you are talking about Penn Platinmum, this is not a majority GIII, but rather an EOS synthetic that should be in the same class IV as the PAO.
quote:Pennzoil Platinum - EOP base stock and additive package produced by Shell Chemical
ethylene-alphaolefin polymer. Here's an excerpt from a trade article from 2004:
PAOs have long been the premier base stocks in terms of performance. Although challenged by Group III stocks, PAOs still represent the superior product in the industry; however, Shell Global Solutions is developing a fluid to give PAOs competition from an economic and performance standpoint.
The fluid, known as ethylene-alphaolefin polymer (EOP), was originally developed by Pennzoil-Quaker State, now owned by Shell. Shell recently scaled up a pilot plant to produce EOP, making viscosities comparable to PAOs, like 4 and 8 cSt material.
At a recent presentation in Ostfildern, Germany, a Shell representative stated EOP is synthesized from ethylene, propylene and butene using a single-site catalyst, and the reaction products from the process exhibit comparable physical and chemical properties to PAOs. Even more, the feed stocks and manufacturing costs are significantly lower for EOP than PAOs.
However, some issues exist with EOPs that must be resolved first, of which additive solubility and seal compatibility represent the highest priority. Finished costs are expected to be 20-30 percent lower than PAOs for the 4 and 8 cSt material, with higher viscosities being as much as one-third the cost of a PAO.