Stopping and starting

All that constant stopping and starting in traffic causes increased microscopic engine wear

Because of increasingly busy traffic, drivers today are experiencing more and more stop-start driving. Even a normal driver can stop and start as many as 18000 times a year. And as Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start Index (powered by TomTom) shows, in some cities, the average number of stops and starts is even more!

So why does stop-start driving cause increased engine wear? Stopping and starting so frequently, which involves more decelerating, more idling and more accelerating, causes pieces of metal to be abraded off the surfaces of critical engine parts, increasing microscopic engine wear.

Protect against damage

Protect your engine with Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start

Responding to this new problem, Castrol has created a smart new solution – Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start.

Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start is made up of special molecules that form a self-healing layer that constantly protects against stop-start wear, providing up to 20% better stop-start wear protection*. So even if some molecules are knocked off in the process of protecting your engine, others rush in to restore the protective layer.

With Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start, no matter how much driving you do in busy traffic, you can relax knowing that your engine has excellent protection from all that stopping and starting.

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See the difference

It’s easy to see the difference that Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start makes.

Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start engine oil has intelligent molecules that cling to form a self-healing layer, providing up to 20% better stop-start wear protection*.

Even of some molecules are knocked off the surface during engine operation, then more molecules rush to the surface to heal the protective layer, making Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start the ideal engine oil for the busy driving we all experience today.

Feel the difference

Using a powerful microscope, Castrol experts captured images of the type of microscopic engine wear caused by stop-start driving. The new tactile icon on every pack enables your customers to see and feel this wear for themselves. It clearly demonstrates what stop-start driving can do to their engine unless it's protected by Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start - the engine oil designed for driving in busy traffic.

Experience in store.

Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start Why do you need engine oil specially designed to protect against stop-start wear?