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<blockquote data-quote="B33mEr" data-source="post: 621319" data-attributes="member: 13609"><p>1) Could be old stock yeah sure but expired? Not sure about that as Mobil stated engine oil is good up to 5 years - <a href="http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/Shelf_Life_Opened_Bottles_Mobil_1.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/Shelf_Life_Opened_Bottles_Mobil_1.aspx</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>2) Before you want to condemn US oil companies it was Castrol (a european company) that marketed a group 3 oil as fully synthetic in America in which Mobil filed a complaint.</p><p></p><p><em>"Mobil filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau in the US claiming that Castrol was engaging in false advertising by calling Syntec "full synthetic" since it was now being made with Group III base oil. Castrol was able to present enough "evidence" to convince the NAD that Group III base oil could legitimately be called synthetic, so they rulled in Castrol's favor. This ruling has no "legal" standing. It merely means that as far as the NAD is concerned, an oil company is not falsely advertising an oil as "full synthetic" if that oil is made from Group III base oil."</em></p><p></p><p>Thus the European are at it too in fact they started it hehehe ... At the end it's the additives and detergent that matters plus a regular OCI. Having said that Castrol Edge 0W-40 is a superb oil and my car loves it! :top:</p><p></p><p>3) i agree with you bro it's very hard to distinguish which is fake and which is original the best way is to buy your engine oil from Petrol stations or from a reputable retailer like Eneos or Tesco BUT you pay the full retail price for the added security (except Tesco lah)... It's like buying spare parts directly from BMW, bloody expensive but you're assured it's the real deal lol</p><p></p><p>One good thing about Pennzoil is that it is bottled and distributed by UMW Malaysia thus it's not far fetched the price can be that low especially during on sale/festive season plus you can check with them directly just to be sure. Also i would like to add that online sellers have low overheads thus they can afford to sell at cheap prices. Refer to my post above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B33mEr, post: 621319, member: 13609"] 1) Could be old stock yeah sure but expired? Not sure about that as Mobil stated engine oil is good up to 5 years - [url]http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/Shelf_Life_Opened_Bottles_Mobil_1.aspx[/url] 2) Before you want to condemn US oil companies it was Castrol (a european company) that marketed a group 3 oil as fully synthetic in America in which Mobil filed a complaint. [I]"Mobil filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau in the US claiming that Castrol was engaging in false advertising by calling Syntec "full synthetic" since it was now being made with Group III base oil. Castrol was able to present enough "evidence" to convince the NAD that Group III base oil could legitimately be called synthetic, so they rulled in Castrol's favor. This ruling has no "legal" standing. It merely means that as far as the NAD is concerned, an oil company is not falsely advertising an oil as "full synthetic" if that oil is made from Group III base oil."[/I] Thus the European are at it too in fact they started it hehehe ... At the end it's the additives and detergent that matters plus a regular OCI. Having said that Castrol Edge 0W-40 is a superb oil and my car loves it! :top: 3) i agree with you bro it's very hard to distinguish which is fake and which is original the best way is to buy your engine oil from Petrol stations or from a reputable retailer like Eneos or Tesco BUT you pay the full retail price for the added security (except Tesco lah)... It's like buying spare parts directly from BMW, bloody expensive but you're assured it's the real deal lol One good thing about Pennzoil is that it is bottled and distributed by UMW Malaysia thus it's not far fetched the price can be that low especially during on sale/festive season plus you can check with them directly just to be sure. Also i would like to add that online sellers have low overheads thus they can afford to sell at cheap prices. Refer to my post above. [/QUOTE]
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