I saw this oil at walmart today, and was wondering if anybody knew anything about it. Thanks

 

...It's oil. Which means it's slippery. Might have parts of dinosaur in it. It's also slightly yellow.

If you pour it in, it will feel like all other oil feels from the driver's seat. You can, however, make internet claims about how SMOOTH the car runs with only this particular brand of oil.

 

It's being billed as the best cleaning oil around. My guess is that it's a high quality oil much like some of the higher end synthetics, the rest is just good marketing. I thought I would never see the day when Ferrari linked their name with Penzoil, that must of cost P. a pretty penny. It's too early to tell how good it is until people start using it and testing it. I'd try it if I was in the market for an over the counter oil.

 

I think it is one of the early SN/GF-5 oils coming out but can't be marketed as such until 10/1/2010 IAW API rules.

It also appears to have a new detergent/dispersant chemistry to combat deposit formation and sludge. That's where they putting their marketing money anyways. The newer DI engines seem to be having an affinity for deposit formation on intake valves also. These are areas that fuel additives can't reach to keep clean, so maybe this is Pennzoil's answer to the problem with current EPA emissions requirements?

 

great info. to know on this Indymac.

I think this might be a way for Penz. to get one up on Castrol after they released Castrol Edge into the market. If I wasn't running Amsoil faithfully I might try this one.

 

I currently use Penn Plat 5-30 in all my cars.At Walmart the 5qt Penn Plat is $23 and the 5qt Ultra is $28.

The next one of my cars that is due for an OCI,I'll spend the xtra $5.Worth a try.

Shell/Pennzoil is a Ferrari sponsor,so it makes sense they endorse the oil.As we all know,most racing cars/teams don't use off -the-shelf oils.They use custom made oils and are a highly guarded secret formulation.

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I dont' recall the entire matter, but when Penz. Platinum first came out it was a pretty stout well forumated group 4/5. Then it was watered down a bit, perhaps going down to a group 3 oil. With the introduction of the new Ultra formula perhaps they have gone back to a group4/5. Sounds promising, I'd probably switch to Ultra for the small added cost over Platinum.

 

i run castrol gtx and i like it better then royal purple

 

Pennzoil did come out with EOP as a base oil for Pennzoil Platinum originally. It was a PAO clone that was easier and cheaper to make than PAO. Since it wasn't exactly a PAO, it was called a group V (other). But after about a year, PP was switched over to a very high quality group III base oil and labeled "New Formula". It looks like Shell plans to stay in the group III arena for some time though, but possibly back to some EOP as well. Here's an article I read a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article001681514.cfm

 

lol that comment is as old as my question.