Wow and I thought Mobil 1 was expensive!! Over $8 a quart! Out of curiosity how closely is the price of synthetic oil tied to the price of a barrel of crude oil!

 

Thanks for the reply. If I am not mistaken, this is not the same oil you would want to use in vehicles. The formulation I believe is different. I asked Amsoil if they made a 0W-40 and the gentleman asked me what vehicle it was for and when I replied he said he had 5W-40 that should work but not 0W-40. I have been a dist. for them for several years but to be honest, it has been only for discounts on my usage. I use it in everything I own. It is one of the best oils available and it does beat Mobil 1 as well. I was disapointed to find out they did not have something available. The guy could have been correct hat the 5W would be fine but until I see where it is in writing, I will stick to Mobil 1 for the SRT.

Steve

 

I was mistaken. This is not intended for automobiles. I didn't read the application when I found this link:

Formula 4-Stroke® PowerSports
0W-40 Synthetic Motor Oil(AFF)
AMSOIL Formula 4-Stroke® PowerSports Synthetic Motor Oil (AFF) is specially formulated for four-stroke recreational motors, ATVs and snowmobiles.

 

believe it or not synthetic oil starts out as regular crude, then is refined down to a point that the fossil portion is gone and only contains certain molecules. I am not an oil chemist but I believe it takes about 2 qts of crude oil to make 1 qt of synthetic oil! I have been in the auto repair biz for 20 yrs and just learned this about a year ago.so yes synthetic oil prices are tied to crude prices.

 

Are you sure?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_oil

 

if you read the entire article on wiki, you'll see that it begins fossil based in most occasions, I do see the reference to completely man made. But My vendors reps including mobile one and castrol both tell me it starts as crude, then is super refined. Like I said I'm not a chemist, or expert but getting materials from oil sands and hydrocarbons sounds crude based to me, read the whole thing. Maybe in war times it was different?

 

If you look at the Mercedes 299.5 page you will see all the oils that fall into this range---there are many oils that meet the 299.5 criteria, some not for sale in North America but it still offers a lot of options, the listers that say 0/40 is the only oil for our cars do not understand the 299.5 spec and what oils meet it, the range is small but it allows up to 10/40 and if you investigate you can find diesel synthetic that is better than std synthetic----more Boron in diesel, good for bearing life]
]There are many web page of oil investigation, I run 15/40 Diesel syn in all my other vehicles, 03 Focus, 2000 Dakota R/T and 98 Sportster 1200 Sport -no problems in over 110,000 miles on the Dakota

as to the Crossfire I will defer to the list in the oil selection and stay away from any 15+ combinations

 

Just spoke with Exon-Mobil and they let me know via Email and voice that they are not discontinuing production of Mobil One 0-40! The problem you must have had is a supplier stoped ordering product from lack os sales. This information is as of Jan. 2, 2008 7:29 AM PST. It makes me feel a little betterand I am sure the rest of the Forum would appreciate the news!

 

Parts Source, Canada have 0w-40 for sale till jan 30 2008. Reduced in sale by 20%, $8.99 to $7.19. Only available in 1 liter size, Not available in 4.4l

 

Yikes!

I guess I don't feel so bad about it being $5.67 at my the Wal-Mart near where I work.

 

Just visited the local Advance Auto Parts store in Belleville, IL to buy some K&N filters for the car

They had a whole shelf full of Mobil 1 0W-40 @ $5.69 a quart. Sales staff had heard nothing about it being discontinued

BTW - Advance Auto gives a 10% military discount on each purchase (AD or retired - doesn't make a difference)

Cheers

 

Hey all you Canucks out there . . . .yes, Parts Source has the 0W-40 on sale til end of January 30. HOWEVER !!!!!! . . . . after buying up all they had at my local shop, they advised they had PLENTY on order, and were NOT going to discontinue carrying that weight ! The sales are not thru the roof, but it is steady enough for them to continue carrying this viscosity !!! Check your local Parts Source before you buy elsewhere (unless someone finds it cheaper . . . . ) . . . . .

Mark
A12Rag

 

Just bought 9qts of Mobile1 0w-40 at walmart. It was even marked "for european cars"...how nice.

 

Hi,

A couple of links of possible interest:

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ilability.aspx
http://www.performanceoilnews.com/oi...nst_oils.shtml


Modge

 

I guess that answeres that question.

 

From the horses mouth.... Mobil and Esso recently merged, actually Esso bought Mobil. The Mobil 1, 0-40, is in fact discontinued in Canada and Europe. BUT it was replaced by Mobil Delvac 1, 0-40 diesel, which now has European manufacturers spec standards. The only thing is that it is not available in 1 litres but only in 4 litres jugs. I received this information from 1-800-567-ESSO (3776), and it was confirmed to me by my Chrysler dealer and the by the Lube X tech when I got my oil change yesterday. That's the oil the Chrysler dealer uses as well.

The Esso customer service lady said that the website will be updated once stocks of Mobil 1 are depleted. Apparently they have had many calls on the subject.

Good enough for me...

 

What about us folks down here?

 

Your turn to supply Canada with the oil.

 

That's ok. If they discontinue the normal Mobil 1 0w-40, there's always Amsoil 5w-40, Castrol Syntec 5W-40 and several other more expensive oils for the European cars.

 

advanceautoparts.com has free shipping for orders over $75 and $20 off orders over $100 so that makes Mobile 1 0W40 $5.66/quart shipped to your door provided you buy 15 quarts. Problem is I'm north of the 49th so not so good for me.