Looking to but some oil for my car. Mobil 1 is marketed as having "ESP Formula". Is this just Mobil's marketing blurb for stuff that's in most oils these days? Is it just Fairy Liquid for oil? Is there anything about it that would make it incompatible with my car or other oils?
Emission System Protection (wot it says on the container)... so only any use if your car burns oil, otherwise how is it going to get to where it needs to be?
Iirc, some car manufacturers specify esp oil for their engines. I've an idea it was the Passat I had that needed it in order to protect the particulate filter.
Makes sense, mine is a petrol car though. I've looked at the site I was going to buy some from, Mobil are claiming that it will protect a DPF and Catalytic Converter. Sounds a bit like snake oil to me but I used to use Mobil 1 in my Sierra Cosworth back in the day (now that did use oil ) and I've always regarded the brand as being a quality one. I'm not saying it's better or worse than anything else, and is probably the same as most other stuff out there, I just have a little brand loyalty. Years of driving a company car have meant I haven't bothered at all with oil, but now I have given that back and bought a car, I find myself making life decisions I haven't had to for years.
How is it going to protect the DPF in a well maintained , in spec engine that's not burning oil? Is it that the minute amount that does get past the rings would negatively effect the performance of the DPF or CAT over an extended period? Auto engineers/mechanics care to comment?
I'm not really interested in that, I just wanted to know if I was going to have any compatability issues if I bought a litre of top up oil. It looks like I'm not. Feel free to keep the thread going if anyone wants to discuss it, but I have what I need.
Mobil 1 is considered as good stuff (don't think many will disagree) ESP, probably good snake oil and not required in the majority of cars ever. Buy a reasonable brand of oil in the correct spec for your car and you wont' go wrong - if you need a top up even the wrong weight won't make a big difference if you're stuck. For some info, Toyota's hybrid oil 0W/20 was Mobil 1 rebadged with maybe some slight alteration to the additives pack and people were aghast when production of Mobil 1 moved to Brazil (I think from memory or maybe Mexico) - it's a process with the same base ingredients?! I had a Lexus (Toyota) Hybrid from 2006 (built not owned) which specifies 5W/30 synthetic oil. After approx. 100,000 miles I started using the Toyota hybrid oil 0W/20 and noticed better fuel economy (not huge just a bit) with no increase in consumption and was happy that the oil was thinner since the engine was stop start regularly. When I couldn't get the Toyota branded oil cheap from eBay I bought Petronas 0W/20 as it was cheap too (good brand again) and noticed it burnt slightly more that previously but I'm talking ml over 10,000 miles - 4 litres for a change and part of the extra litre for top up after approx. 9,500 miles. Oil is relatively cheap but I'd rather spent less than 30 quid for 5 liters, if you get some comfort from spending a bit more then that is what you should do - you probably don't want to see what most franchised dealers use in that case
