Oil... buy by bottle or bulk?
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Well, all the oil change places and dealerships have it in big drums. So unless other cars from there are also sludging up, I doubt it's the oil. And your fuel injector cleaner went in the gas (if you followed the directions), so that wouldn't have anything to do with it.
Other factors are likely at play, such as how often you change the oil, your driving habits, the viscosity of the oil, and how your engine has been running...
Other factors are likely at play, such as how often you change the oil, your driving habits, the viscosity of the oil, and how your engine has been running...
Valvoline 5w-30 synthetic. I drive like a pissed off teenager unless I have passengers.
I would change it every 3,000, but this was when the car was at 671 horsepower and was my daily driver and I do mean DAILY driver.
I changed it every 3,000 because I was pushing a lot of power at the time. These days I have 320 horsepower at most I would think. I have been feeding it synthetic, but now I should go back to regular?
Sounds like I can go back to buying oil at the dealer. BTW I have been feeding the wife's truck the same oil from the same place, the engine has not blown up.
I have dealt with many large oil distributors over the years.
Sure they all have their premium brands.
But they also offer lower cost bulk oils for cost savings.
They have house blends or bottom of tank drain off's they mix up.
With all these oil change specials at $20 or less they're not making money at $3+ a quart premium bulk oil. Heck oil changes are not a high profit margin item period.
It's no wonder which bulk oil is popular.
I know we for a minority, we pay big for premium bulk oil.
Who knows what that dealer you where getting oil from was having the bulk tank filled with.....
Sure they all have their premium brands.
But they also offer lower cost bulk oils for cost savings.
They have house blends or bottom of tank drain off's they mix up.
With all these oil change specials at $20 or less they're not making money at $3+ a quart premium bulk oil. Heck oil changes are not a high profit margin item period.
It's no wonder which bulk oil is popular.
I know we for a minority, we pay big for premium bulk oil.
Who knows what that dealer you where getting oil from was having the bulk tank filled with.....
How long were you buying the oil at the dealer, was it at the same dealer every time? I just read something at work on the API testing a lot of bulk oil tanks and finding out that essentially 1 in 5 tests are failing API standards. Whether the product doesn't match the tank label, mis-labeled/bad/etc etc.
A 5 gallon jug is $20. I'd rather get it sealed in its own container than pumped out of a drum you don't quite know what's in there.
tell me where you get 5 gallons for $20 so I can stock up lol
A 5 quart jug is $20. I'd rather get it sealed in its own container than pumped out of a drum you don't quite know what's in there.
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