Caught me on this one.
Dello also comes in a 10W-30 if you can find it.<br /><br />Also I have to say that Castrol Syntec is a group III so why pay the group IV price. Use Mobil1 if you are going to use a synthetic. If you dont care about group III or IV, and you want a synthetic (Almost) Use the WalMart synthetic and save a buck.Not really. Synthetic oil is better in almost every engine ever made. It's not always worth the extra cost, but it's almost always better. Likely the oil specifications for your car were made by the EPA and an accountant, not somebody that actually knows anything about oil or engines.<br /><br />If I take my Jeep into the dealer to have the transmission fluid changed, they will insist on using Chrysler ATF+4. The tranny in my Jeep was not made by Chrysler, and the correct fluid is Dexron III. The use of ATF+4 almost always causes an early death; however, almost all dealers insist on using it. Most of them are too stupid to even understand that it goes against service manual specifications.
I'm having a tough time getting used to calling you Bassin' Fever, you will always be LubeDude to most of us here, you know that, don't you?<br /><br />I exclusively use Mobil 1 synthetic oil is all of my vehicles, other than the one time that i acquired a carton of Royal Purple.<br />I am a bit baffled by the dealerships suggestion that the Manufacturer requires that only regular 10W 30 oil be used in this vehicle, BTW, they use Castrol GTX 10W 30.Originally posted by Bassin' Fever:<br />If I could afford one of those, I would have Mobil1 in it in a heartbeat!!!
Delo 400 also comes in 0W-30 and 5W-40 full synthetic. <br /><br />
Castrol Syntec is generally less expensive than group IV's. It isn't just a group III, it is a highly refined group III synthetic that exceeds the requirements of most vehicles.<br /><br /><br />
The only thing the manufacturer recommends is a API category and viscosity.
Just because the courts say they can call it a synthetic doesnt make it one IMHO!!!
I will say that its an excellent oil though. <br /><br />We have had this discussion before though and no matter what you say you will not change my mind! The courts didn't define what a "synthetic" is. The courts simply ruled that one oil company (Mobil) could not define what a "synthetic" oil was, which would've forced the rest of the oil makers to follow that oil company's definition of synthetic.<br /><br />It would be like allowing Rapala to define "wooden lures" as only those they make with Balsa wood. Other companies making lures out of pine wouldn't be able to call their lures "wooden".
