Blending your own oil — you can do it, but should you?
August 20, 2010
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If you read or post on automotive forums, you will see many discussions on whether creating your own oil blends is a good idea, and like most every other topic in history, opinions vary. And for many dedicated do-it-yourselfers who change their own oil, the next step might be to blend your own conventional and full synthetic oil as well. However like we’ve always said, a self-made blend will not always meet the industry standards claimed for both of the respective mixed products and just...
GF-5 - The New Industry Standard
This past December 29th, 2009, the International Lubricants Standardization and Approvals Committee (ILSAC) published the new GF-5 standard for motor oil which as noted will improve overall passenger car performance from the "sparkplug to the tailpipe."
So what does this mean for Castrol and our loyal customers?
As a world leader in liquid technology, Castrol’s global engineering team is already busy at work formulating our next generation products to meet and exceed the...
New Castrol Oil Formulations Coming 2010
March 02, 2010
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Castrol is taking the bull by the horns in putting the new ILSAC GF-5 passenger vehicle oil standard to use in our Labs as we work on our newest line of lubricants. The new standard was published in December and will undoubtedly impact every American driver and drivers around the world beginning in Fall, 2010.
We on the Castrol Liquid Engineering team are extremely excited about this latest GF-5 development that will improve all grades of engine oil for passenger vehicles and set the bar hig...
Welcome to the Lab
December 10, 2009
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The Lab was created based on recent feedback received from our customers. When we asked customers if they were interested in learning more about our oil formulations and the technology behind our products, an overwhelming majority said yes. Not surprising, considering behind every great company are great products and people.
Therefore, our goals with the Lab are simple – first and foremost to introduce you to our people, the talented Liquid Engineers at Castrol. They work hard to per...
Team Spotlight — November 2009: Tim
Tim is an engineer based at BP's Wayne NJ site in the United States, who loves sharing his passion for motorsports with people from around the country. Tim works on passenger car engine oils and racing lubricants. His work includes motorsport support (design, development and testing of lubricants for our race teams); field testing of passenger car engine oils in actual vehicles; engine testing; motor oil technical training and engineering technical support for the Castrol consumer and technica...
