GR Yaris (Gen 2) Mobil 1™ ESP X2 0W-20

[speeddemon666]

My little bundle of fun is coming up for it's first service and was thinking of requesting being refilled with the supplied above.
Does anyone think there would be any problem using this oil?

 

[CerN]

No, should be using oil with API SP specification, and this one doesn't seem to have that.

 

[sixtentouge]

My little bundle of fun is coming up for it's first service and was thinking of requesting being refilled with the supplied above.
Does anyone think there would be any problem using this oil?

Like CerN said, this isn't an SP spec oil. In fact, it's an SL oil, which is three steps before SP, and likely a very "fast road" to ending up with a piston in the oil pan.

 

[speeddemon666]

Like CerN said, this isn't an SP spec oil. In fact, it's an SL oil, which is three steps before SP, and likely a very "fast road" to ending up with a piston in the oil pan.

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I don't know where that chart came from, but it differs from Mobil website.
https://www.mobil.co.uk/en-gb/engine-oil/mobil-1/car/mobil-1-esp-x2-0w-20

 

[sixtentouge]

I don't know where that chart came from, but it differs from Mobil website.
https://www.mobil.co.uk/en-gb/engine-oil/mobil-1/car/mobil-1-esp-x2-0w-20

It also came from the Mobile website Maybe not the UK one.

Edit. The link you provided is "meets or exceeds," which is not the same as actual approval. The oil does not have the actual certification, just the manufacturer telling you "trust me bro." For the oil to display SP or GF6A, it has to have the certification.

While I haven't heard of it from Toyota, other manufacturers have pulled oil samples from wrecked engines, and denied warranty because the oil didn't have the correct certification. BMW LL, GM DEXOS, etc. In the case of GM, it's literally often a case of the owner being duped by shady marketing wording "meets or exceeds."