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<blockquote data-quote="Skoalman" data-source="post: 4992514" data-attributes="member: 44544"><p>5w-20 is what is required by the owner's manual.</p><p></p><p>I put castrol syntec 5w-20 in my car for the last oil change. However, according to the internet, both castrol and mobil have switched to using a crude oil base for their "full synthetic" oils. When they did this, they were sued by a consumer group for false advertising for calling the oil "full synthetic" even though 70% of the oil is directly derived from dino oil. The oil companies' argument was that they refined the dino oil so much that it was nearly indistinguishable from "full synthetic". The consumer group argued that you can't call something "full synthetic" if 70% of it is derived from fully natural sources. The arbitrator in the case eventually sided with the oil companies, so now castrol and mobil both sell "full synthetic" oil that contains a crude oil base. It's my understanding that pennzoil platinum is still a true full synthetic and contains no dino component.</p><p></p><p>I'll probably run pennzoil platnium 5w-20 for my next oil change.</p><p></p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158004" target="_blank">http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158004</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skoalman, post: 4992514, member: 44544"] 5w-20 is what is required by the owner's manual. I put castrol syntec 5w-20 in my car for the last oil change. However, according to the internet, both castrol and mobil have switched to using a crude oil base for their "full synthetic" oils. When they did this, they were sued by a consumer group for false advertising for calling the oil "full synthetic" even though 70% of the oil is directly derived from dino oil. The oil companies' argument was that they refined the dino oil so much that it was nearly indistinguishable from "full synthetic". The consumer group argued that you can't call something "full synthetic" if 70% of it is derived from fully natural sources. The arbitrator in the case eventually sided with the oil companies, so now castrol and mobil both sell "full synthetic" oil that contains a crude oil base. It's my understanding that pennzoil platinum is still a true full synthetic and contains no dino component. I'll probably run pennzoil platnium 5w-20 for my next oil change. Source: [url]http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158004[/url] [/QUOTE]
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