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Re: Opinions on oil
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2009, 09:49:34 pm »
Mobil 5w30.. im on longlife  :smiley:

So does your dealer have a Mobil bulk oil contract?
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Re: Opinions on oil
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2009, 11:00:43 pm »
Interesting opinions - THANKS!

All the Saab guys on Saabscene reckon that running on Castrol is what gives them sludge build up problems - so they avoid it like the plague.

And pray, do tell us which Saabs use Fuel Stratified Injection engines?  :wink:
 

Porsche have recommended Mobil 1 for donkey's years for it's cars. Pretty solid recommendation for their quality.

I very much doubt that.  Porsches are factory filled with Fuchs.  Porsche may use Mobil 1 as a sponsor, but they dont use it in their sumps!


Anyone have any opinions on Shell Ultra Helix ?

Better than Mobil 1, not as good as Castrol or Fuchs or Motul.

Not a fan boy of Mobil1 (as noted : I run Castrol Long Life III in my GTI on Time and Distance service programming as recommended).. but as regards the conversation about Porsche .. Porsche absolutely recommend Mobil 1 in their road cars. The engine bay always carries the Mobil 1 recommended sticker from the factory.










Also, separating the 'sponsorship' discussion, all the factory Porsche race cars run Mobil1.

as per : http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/partner/cooperationpartner/mobil1/

Anyhoo.. just wanted to point that out as when I write on a forum I like to try to be factually accurate... perhaps not relevant.. but factually accurate  :happy2:  :innocent:

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Re: Opinions on oil
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2009, 12:53:18 am »
Interesting . . . I'm pretty sure that when I went to Zuffenhausen a couple of years ago, they told me the Mobil was just a sponsorship, and that their bulk oil supply to the initital fill was Fuchs . . . . now I am confused . . .
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Re: Opinions on oil
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2009, 07:51:32 am »
I can confirm that Mobil 1 is the Porsche oil...

I believe it is an SL spec (Possible SM now) but it is one of the few oils that have approvals for the Porsche 911 Turbo which is where it is predominantly used. Companies like Liqui Moly etc have far superior oils to Mobil 1 with the same Porsche approvals.

I think Mobil 1 is like an overrated pornstar....  :chicken:

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