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Old 11-17-2018, 09:43 AM   #11
wjones14

 
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Originally Posted by Rock-It Man View Post
I wonder why the change.

My 2010 Gen5 came with Mobil1 and has a Mobil1 logo on the oil fill cap. Mobil1 is rated dexos2. In later years (not sure when), GM downgraded the Camaro V8 to dexos1. This seemed odd to me.

Now they are back to dexos2. What did they learn?
Mobil 1 is not always dexos1. I was just in the oil aisle at Walmart the other night, and the blue dexos2 label was few and far between. All the Mobil 1 oil either had the green dexos1 label, or no dexos label at all. Valvoline 5W-40 MST full synthetic had the blue dexos2 label - this is one of the oils specified for Track usage in the 2018 owner's manual. The other dexos2 oil specified in the 2018 manual for Track usage is Mobil 1 ESP Formula M 5W-40 (hard to find in the U.S.). The Track recommendation (requirement?) is different than the daily driver recommendation/requirement.

But, as others have pointed out, each year seems to be different, even though the cars use the same engine. Very odd and confusing.
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