anyone use Agip motor oil???

[stefand1234]

When I was very young, I remember being at the Lime rock vintage races, and someone gave me 2 bumper sticker both said "My Car Loves Agip motor oils". One went on my bike, and the other went on my bedroom door. Now that I am older and going to race I want to use Agip oils but is it worth the price or should I go worth Mobile 1. Am I paying for a name or and I paying for a great Oil?????

[jc836]

Agip is a well respected name in Europe. They have a lock on Ferrari if that means anything. Shell and Exxon/Mobil are also big players over there. The reality is that a high quality Dino oil is just that-it is the additive package that makes each brand a little different. If you use Mobil 1 synthetic you will protect your engine as well or better than another brand. This is also true for Dino oils. We run Pennzoil in our cars and it works well. Good luck with your plans. Race safe.

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[JohnRW]

As the owner of a boatload of Eye-Tal-Yan motorcycles, I was once partially obsessesed with using Agip oils. I got over it.

The stuff is really hard to find, and excessively expensive. It's just oil....dead dinosaurs...or dead synthetic dinosaurs. I now use Pep Boys synthetic, since I'm pretty sure that Manny, Moe and Jack aren't out milking their own dinosaurs but are buying it from Valvolene or Mobil or whoever (maybe even Agip !).

But...Agip stickers still look great on red bodywork.

[lateapex911]

Mobil1 is certainly bettre for most applications....and the sticker looks ok on some cars as well.

I am surprised that Ferrari used Agip...id that official??

Does Agip have a syn?

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[MarkL]

It's just oil....dead dinosaurs...or dead synthetic dinosaurs.

Actully, technically, there are no dead dinosaurs in oil ( or oll as it is pernaounc't in Texas). It's mostly pressure cooked invertebrates called trilobites, and tube worms, 'n oysters 'n such thangs as that!

[Greg Amy]

Where's the dang marine biologists when you REALLY need 'em???

[PDoane]

Agip does have a 10W-60 synthetic that I have been using just because it offers the widest rating band (which is a bad thing for dino oil, but I figure is good for synthetic).

Here in the Northeast, you can get some pretty cold race morning start-ups and the 60 rating bodes well for high temp engine life.

Peter

[JohnRW]

Originally posted by lateapex911:
Does Agip have a syn?

"Agip Sint 2000", in a variety of weights (if you can find it).