Mobil 1 V-twin 20w50 oil

[JGood]

yeah, those magnaflow cats aren't so good. 3 years would be a miracle.

The one on my track car has been there for over 2 years I think. Not that many miles, but lots of abuse. The one on my daily driver m50 has been on there for a year and 30k miles, no problems (yet).

[330SMG]

supposedly, but A) E30s aren't modern and B) the actual effects on a cat isn't certain. Consider how long E30 cats last - a couple hundred thousand miles, easy.

The damage to the cam and rockers is a lot quicker
without the zinc vs the damage to the cat. They only took the zinc out a few years ago, I have had a lot of cars from the eighties, American junk to boot, put about 150k on each and never changed a cat.

[JGood]

I went and picked up the oil. It's not marked very clearly, just a bunch of numbers on a plain label, with the words "Mobil 1 20w50". I'll call Mobil to verify the label info, and then send a sample to Blackstone to verify the actual content.

Either way, at $1.87/qt, even if it's regular Mobil non-synthetic, is less then half the cost of the cheapest, shittiest oil available. I bought a drum pump, put a filter on it, and now have a few years supply of oil right in my garage :)

[Kershaw]

thats pretty awesome. congrats.

[JGood]

I just got off the phone with Mobil, they are unable to identify it. I'll send a test to Blackstone, and see if it matches any of the virgin samples of Mobil...

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=478127#Post478127

If it does, I'm just going to use it and hope for the best. That test should tell me if it's contaminated as well, so I should be OK to use it if all looks good.... I think.

[JGood]

It's Mobil 1 full synthetic 20w-50 with a kickass additive package and very little contamination. Sounds damn good for $1.87 a quart! :)

[M-technik-3]

Cool good for you.

[SpecM]

wow. about 1400 ppm of zinc and phosphorus. that's great

[JGood]

Kinda sucks that that it's so old, as you can see this is before they started using moly. But for the price, I can't complain. I now have 37 gallons of full synthetic Mobil 1 20w-50 oil for $1.87/qt. It's nice to know I won't have to purchase oil for years to come. Now I just need to find a bulk supply of filters!

[FredK]

Sweet!

I need to do an oil change soon, can you fill 2 milk jugs of oil, secure the cap with a double wrap of duct tape, and send them to me?

[nando]

blunt :p

I think M1 15w50 is like 1200ppm of ZDDP? or something close to that. I'd love to have a whole barrel of the stuff for under $2/qt though, that's insane. I think it's $4/qt at wal-mart now.

[SpecM]

blunt :p

I think M1 15w50 is like 1200ppm of ZDDP? or something close to that. I'd love to have a whole barrel of the stuff for under $2/qt though, that's insane. I think it's $4/qt at wal-mart now.

ya know, I can't find moble 15w50 at walli-world any more. Not here in NC

[nando]

that sucks. it's hard to find 15w50 anything really, but they always have a ton of it here. I only really get it at wal-mart because I hate buying 5 individual quarts and then trying to put my old oil back in.. much easier with one big jug. :)

[JGood]

The Mobil 1 5qt jugs are $21 ($4.20/qt), but individual quarts are $6-$7. I also cannot find M1 15w50 at any Wal-Marts locally anymore. Highest viscosity they carry is 10w40 High Mileage. That's a pretty good deal, since even the cheapest oil at Wal-Mart/Advance Auto/Autozone/Pep Boys is $3.50+/qt. And that's a shitty dino oil.

[M-technik-3]

blunt :p

I think M1 15w50 is like 1200ppm of ZDDP? or something close to that. I'd love to have a whole barrel of the stuff for under $2/qt though, that's insane. I think it's $4/qt at wal-mart now.

Mobile 1 doesn't even have ZDDP in it anymore I thought or has been greatly reduced. The VR1 and the Racing formula from Valvolene still has a decent amount.