[MBZ] Group IV Synthetic (Was: Re: Block Heater)

2006-12-07 Thread David Brodbeck
Marshall Booth wrote: > Group IV or IV/V synthetic oil (all the Mobil 1 oils are IV or IV/V > mixes) will increase cold cranking speed by 30-50% and low minimum start > temp by about 10 degrees (or a bit more) other things equal. > Marshall, I'm curious if you've heard any of the rumors that

Re: [MBZ] Group IV Synthetic (Was: Re: Block Heater)

2006-12-07 Thread Marshall Booth
David Brodbeck wrote: Marshall Booth wrote: Group IV or IV/V synthetic oil (all the Mobil 1 oils are IV or IV/V mixes) will increase cold cranking speed by 30-50% and low minimum start temp by about 10 degrees (or a bit more) other things equal. Marshall, I'm curious if you've heard any of

Re: [MBZ] Group IV Synthetic (Was: Re: Block Heater)

2006-12-07 Thread David Brodbeck
Marshall Booth wrote: > There have been rumors that Mobil 1 has be switched to group III oils > every year for almost 20 years. I expect that most of those rumors were > started by people that made their living selling group III synthetics. > It hasn't happened as of the last time I checked (abo