Mobil 1 Motor Oil To Be Recommended Engine Lubricant For All smart fortwo Vehicles

[xcrew229x]

Sounds like maybe you should get back in line for smart # 2. Enjoy.......

[rgbeath]

Originally Posted by msjohnson1974

What weight has everyone/anyone else been told? I was told Mobil 1 5W-40.

From Mobiloil.com oil selection guide

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...l_1_0W-40.aspx

[brian r]

Originally Posted by spdickey

So that was the reason for the non-disclosure in the owner's manual. smart was working out a marketing arrangement with Mobil, "additionally, a “smart approves Mobil 1” sticker will be placed in the engine compartment to remind owners." I wonder how much Mobil paid for that one?

Actually, it has nothing to do with smart itself or Penske. Mobil 1 has been a chief sponsor of McLaren-Mercedes F1 since MB started supplying engines. For about 10 years their road cars have had the stickers. When you consider that Mobil also supports the MB factory DTM cars, they're paying a couple of hundred million dollars a year (maybe more).

BMW used to recommend Mobil as well. But when they got into F1, Castrol was a sponsor of Frank Williams. So Castrol synthetic started going into the road cars. They don't have stickers-the plastic engine covers have "BMW (or Mini) recommends Castrol" molded right into them.

[eqwalker]

Okay, I guess I'm really confused now. My dealer told me to get Mobil-1 5W20 (Oklahoma). Is this correct?