new mobile 1 High-Endurance Motor Oils

[Mr96GSX408]

http://www.mobil1.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Oils/Mobil_1_Extended_Performance.aspx

Too good to be true?

 

[tonygst]

What about the oil filter? Oh i see now the website says that Mobile 1 has a oil filter compatible with this once a year oil change. Anyone else?

 

[dsm4lifebeoch]

i just checked out their website about this and found something interesting about the Extended Performance oil


"Mobil 1 Extended Performance 10W-30 fully synthetic motor oil is designed for today's longer service intervals. It provides guaranteed performance and protection for 15,000 miles or one year. Mobil 1 Extended Performance products contain 50 percent more SuperSyn, 37 percent more cleaning agents, and 36 percent more anti-wear additives than Mobil 1."



This stuff sound like it may be worth a try or should I just stick to the regular stuff?

Anyone else want to shed some more light on the subject.

 

[igs]

Mobil 1 is crap, 37% more of crap is still crap.

 

[FallouT]

why is mobil 1 crap? please post your reasons for thinking so. i run mobil 1 in my lightly modded car. everything else i have tried makes my lifters tic like crazy. so i stick with the m1. and besides you can get a 5 quart jug from wallmart for 20$ as opposed to 30$+ at the parts stores for 6quarts.

also why would gm and mitsu use mobil 1 in thier cars (vette, evo) if it was crap? can you explain that? mabye for a HIGHLY modded dsm and "better" oil is "better" but i highly doubt it will make a difference.

 

[Stapl3]

Oil preferences is like beer preferences, we'll never get anywhere arguing if it's crap and what's better.

I personally only use Mobil 1. I was taught years back that it's one of the few synthetic oils that are full synthetic. I have never had a problem.

I would probably never have a problem with Kmart 60cents a qt oil either though.

As far as this 15000 mile stuff, I would go for it in a leased car or DD, but not in a heavily modded DSM.

 

[yoshimitsuspeed]

Amsoil has been doing it for years. The only problems I have had with it was when car theives ran it out of oil and seized the engine.

 

[sojmisa]

Mobil has been one of the cleanest, most refined motor oils out there. Accept for my '67 chevy(castrol GTX) I dont use any thing else but mobil 1. Synthetic is definately the way to go! However I wouldnt run more than 5000(tops) on anything especially w/turbo!!!

 

[telly699]

I saw those commercials last night, surely interesting. I would be scared to leave it in for so long though...

Plus I need my relaxing zen-oil change once every month or two.

 

[sherloc123]

i would never drive my car for 15k with out changing the oil. the only car i did that to was my winter beater volvo. i added new oil once and a while and its still fine but not my talon

 

[Raph]

thats why oil here is soooooooo expensive..in germany..its very common to leave oil in for a year or 15000 kms..newer cars get 1 year/30 000km oil service..it works..no problems

btw those synthetics are like 15$ per quart

 

[Scrymerr]

This stuff was on sale for $24 a jug at Wal-Mart; only $4 more than the regular stuff.

 

[JiggahMan]

I use amsoil and change it twice a year, because I drive 30k every year. Amsoil has a garauntee that it will work for 25,000 miles.. Can't beleive you guys haven't heard of the stuff. As far as oil filters.. Amsoil has them that filter to 5 MICRONS. Most filters only go 10 or more.

 

[Pearl90TSI]

Everytime I have used mobile in one of my cars it starts using oil. My 98 cobra seems to really like the valvoline max life synthetic. With 135k on the odometer and barely uses a half quart every 3k miles it must be some good stuff. I will prolly be running mobile in the talon because royal purple is getting too pricey, plus it gets driven only on the weekends and since the motor has 12k miles on it Im not worried about oil consumption yet.

 

[illuminatus]

If they garuntee it then they should replace your engine if their lubricant fails. So umm... run it and get a new motor

 

[Jeff_Jeske]

I will be using the 15k mile stuff.....

I currently change my oil every 10k miles....when I change it ...its only slightly brown....still good in my opinion.....I have been using M1 synthetic since the vehicles were new.

140K on the GSX and still running like a top.

 

[trbotaln]

If Mobil 1 was crap, I don't think cars like Corvettes, Vipers, Porche's would come from the factory with Mobil 1 synthetic oil.

 

[ProjectTalon130]

I'm glad someone else picked up on this new stuff. I just got 2 quarts to put in my daily driver's tranny (honda) since I don't want to be replacing that all the time...should work good! will eventually use it in the motor. My Talon only see's Amsoil though. Sam's Club does not carry the new stuff...sorta disappointed b/c the regular Mobil 1 is just under $4 a quart there when you buy the case of 6 qts. !!! Anyone have this High Endurance stuff in for a while??? Interested in seeing if it made a difference in any way, especially since its more $$$ than regular Mobil 1.

 

[marcmsj]

i saw a commercial for it last night and it was pretty interesting.

i remember when i had my 96 stock neon and i put like 20,000 miles on it with the same oil heh, i just didn't give a crap about that car. it had over 120,000 miles on it and when i finally did change the oil, only half a quart came out ... and the engine was still going strong. it was running some cheap oil too.

so yeah, i definately think mobil 1 can guarantee 15,000 miles on their oil. i wouldn't do it on a highly modded car but for stock cars, i'm sure it would be more then fine.

 

[gsx951]

If Mobil 1 was crap, I don't think cars like Corvettes, Vipers, Porche's would come from the factory with Mobil 1 synthetic oil.

Only a retard or a corporate whore would fill a crankcase with synth oil before the motor was broke in.

 

[92redman]

Only a retard or a corporate whore would fill a crankcase with synth oil before the motor was broke in.

There is nothing wrong with using synthetic to "break in" a new engine. Since cross hatch and machining processes are better than they were 50 years ago, the rings will have no problem wearing to the cylinder walls to make a good seal with synthetic.

They will void the warranty if anything other than Mobile 1 is used. If it was bad for the engine, the engineers wouldn't allow it because it would cost the corporation so much money to replace somebody's brand new engine that isn't sealing well.

 

[gsx951]

There is nothing wrong with using synthetic to "break in" a new engine. Since cross hatch and machining processes are better than they were 50 years ago, the rings will have no problem wearing to the cylinder walls to make a good seal with synthetic.

They will void the warranty if anything other than Mobile 1 is used. If it was bad for the engine, the engineers wouldn't allow it because it would cost the corporation so much money to replace somebody's brand new engine that isn't sealing well.

Not as I understand things. You state that since machined parts have a finer finish, you are ok to use an oil that has a higher film strength and lower coefficient of friction in break in. This appears upside down to me. I can't think of any reason other that HYPE as to why one would do it. It makes great press and admit it, you're using paraphrased ad-copy in your argument. To fill a fresh motor up with synth oil is just wrong; ring seal will never be what it could.
Your second statement is not true. To require the use of ANY product to keep the factory warranty in force, it must be provided free of charge. Not to do so is a violation of Federal law, specificaly the MAGNUSON MOSS WARRANTY ACT US Code - Title 15, Chapter 50
A manufacturer is allowed to specify a minimun standard that the oil must meet but you are allowed to use any oil within the standard.

 

[paranoidTSi]

Castrol Syntec is the only motor oil I have been using..works fine with me...but quite frankly as long as you are running synthetic do you guys honestly think there is enough difference in motor oil to drastically affect engine life? The only thing that would do that is NOT changing it regularly.

 

[91 white tsi]

Well if you do a lil search or if i can find the article save on my pc you will find moble one is one of the best and test proven. There is a twin turbo mustang that wanted to prove this. He used evey brand of oil all throw out his car (diff trans engine oil) with the end result of a gain of 80+ HP over the second leading brand when he used moble one. All back to back dyno pulls followed by 1/4 mile blasts. Now i would expect us to see that kinda result since he had something upwards of 1400whp but it still a gain non the less. My X GF cobra that i vortech super charged (97 SVT COBRA) has moble 1 all thru it and it has 148,00 miles on it since it was blown(SC not broken) making 475 whp and changed oil every 5k and hasnt seen a problem yet and i checked compression before i moved home and it was still at and above factor assembly specs and is all stock internals. I would run moble 1 myself but i had to pull my engine 6 times in 2 weeks and it got pricy to keep putting moble 1 in it. (abou 350$ in fluids in a week) so untill i finish my race engine i will stick with castrol as it does the job. I think i actually put walmart brand in my last oil change

 

[gsx951]

There is a twin turbo mustang that wanted to prove this. He used evey brand of oil all throw out his car (diff trans engine oil) with the end result of a gain of 80+ HP over the second leading brand when he used moble one.

80 HP huh?

This is a bunch of nonsense. First , there is not 80 hp worth of frictional losses in a motor.
Second, there are A.S.T.M. scientific test protocols for all of the measurable attributes in motor oil. ( why is it that Spamsoil is the only group to publish any of that data?)
Mobil 1 oil is a middle of the pack synth oil . Not a bad product at all but it ain't magic.