Mobil Super Synthetic: Quality ?

Mobil Super Synthetic 0W-20 is suitable for use in Honda and Toyota vehicles where a 0W-20 viscosity is required.

This sounds like a great choice for use in engines not known for premature wear/failure.

 

here is some info
Mobil USA | Car Engine Oils | Product Comparison Chart

 

Holy Moly, Mobil has a bunch of 'protection' grades now. Whats a Prius person to do?

 

I will keep buying the Advance Fuel Economy while it can be had for under 30$ for change (5qt + Mobil 1 filter). With 10K change intervals it is still less then 100$ a year to me

 

Surely you mean 4 qts?

 

I used to use only mobil 1 synthetic in my 300zx twin turbo. The extra heat the turbo bearings generate warranted using it because synthetic typically has a higher flash point and doesn't burn and coke the bearings as easily.

I use Wal-Mart supertech in my prius. It's $2 / qt currently when bought in a 5 qt bottle and exceeds all the API service requirements. I've used it in my SC400 for the last 300K miles and did a recent compression test and all 8 cylinders were within 2 psi of maximum with no carbon build up on pistons or valve chambers and original honing cross hatch still visible(verified with fiberoptic borsescope with and without right angle mirror attachment).

Spend more time and energy changing PSD/transaxle every 30K miles. Almost everyone changes oil too frequently or spends too much money on oil and ignores their transmission. I can't recall the last time I ever heard of an internally lubricated part in an engine fail but I hear transmission failure stories constantly. I usually ask how often they changed their transmission fluid. The answer is usually never because either the dealer never did it/recommended it, or there wasn't a change interval in the manual.

 

He's probably buying a 5 qt bottle. That's what I do. Three 5 qt bottles does 5 oil changes with the oil level half way up the fill mark.

 

Autozone, Advance Autoparts, etc usually have the 30$ Mobil 1 oil change special every few month. Package includes 5qt of any Mobil 1 oil and Mobil 1 filter.

Yes you only need 4qt 12oz for change on Gen III

 

Picked up a 5 quart bottle of Mobil 1 0W20 for 24.50 today at my local Wally World.

 

what mobil 1 filter works for the Prius? I checked the book at advanced auto today and they only had numbers for Fram and Purelator.

 

nevermind, i just found it on mobil 1's website. M1C 154. I like to buy the oil/filter at advance for that deal that offer too, but i'm not sure my store has this filter. i may have to go with the fram.

 

According to "experts" on various forums (BITOG, etc.), the Fram filters are very poor quality. The OEM (Toyota) filter would be a much better choice.