Would you use it?

[RICH17]

http://nextgen.valvoline.com/

Click to read more...

 

[Eagle]

I'll avoid it until its less than conventional oils, and even then it'll only be in my DD vehicles. I bet over time tho, this will be what most every oil looks like.

 

[PANDA]

Oil at quick change places has probably been recycled. Does this shit cost any less?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Im all for green technology and recycling, but I wouldnt use it unless the price was on par with what a fresh quart of dino oil costs.

 

[greasy]

Sure would, oil does not break down it just gets dirty.

 

[Frank Dukes]

saw these commercials the other day and thought to myself.. "hell no, wtf?"

not for me but ive always been a mobil 1

 

[RICH17]

I just got our sales for next month and theyre listing "on sale" for 2.99 a quart. Regular oil is 2.99 a quart now from Valvoline. itll probally cost the same because of the infrastructure cost it would take to make it. buuut theyre probally betting all the earth hippies are gunna go ape shit for it

 

[greasy]

It is all marketing BS. The company I work for owns the largest oil re-refinery in the world and recycles more than 200 million gallons of used oil per year. We sell recycled oil the meets the same specifications/performance standards as Mobil 1 does.

 

[Eagle]

good info. do you guys do oil analysis too?

 

[greasy]

good info. do you guys do oil analysis too?

Yes on many different levels, is there something you are looking for specifically?

 

[Frank Dukes]

rly:

 

[Eagle]

Wondering about checking/analyzing my oil in the TA after changes. If its not too expensive, I'd consider doing it on a pretty regular basis. Mainly making sure I don't have excess material (of any type) in the oil.

 

[BillyBru]

i saw this at work the other day... but if it was a bad product they wouldn't be selling it right?

 

[Eagle]

i saw this at work the other day... but if it was a bad product they wouldn't be selling it right?

kinda like cigarettes, right? oh billy.

 

[greasy]

Wondering about checking/analyzing my oil in the TA after changes. If its not too expensive, I'd consider doing it on a pretty regular basis. Mainly making sure I don't have excess material (of any type) in the oil.

The testing we do for most customer's is just to determine whether or not the oil is hazardous for which would determine if we could recycle it or if it needs to be fuel blended. The tests results yielded specify any hazardous elements, density, pH, water content, BTU value, and ash content. I am not sure if that would tell you what you need to know though. I usually charge customers $350 for the test. I do not mind doing it for you for free, but I will not be able to swing that regularly though. Outside of that I know our R&D arm does all types of analytical testing on the oils that they develop from recycled base lubes in order to meet certain motor oil standards, but it is not something that we do for our customers.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd use it in the focus. Is it 50% recycled conventional oil or synthetic also?

 

[Stink Star]

You guys realize all the oils out there have base oils that were likely recycled at one time or another... Or is like a sausage factory, you don't want to know how the stuff is made?

 

[greasy]

You guys realize all the oils out there have base oils that were likely recycled at one time or another... Or is like a sausage factory, you don't want to know how the stuff is made?

I think that most think when crude oil comes out of the ground they put it straight into a bottle.

 

[RICH17]

I'd use it in the focus. Is it 50% recycled conventional oil or synthetic also?

I only have info on conventional oils

 

[Eagle]

I think that most think when crude oil comes out of the ground they put it straight into a bottle.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

I'd use it. lots of real technology used for this sort of thing I'm quite sure. purification, filtering, fractionation, etc. have been around for a long time. I'm sure there is no problem with it.

 

[sickmint79]

i like amsoil synthetic. i don't know/care whether it has any recycled components, i'm certainly not recycled averse or anything though.

eagle check out blackstone labs.

 

[KagA152]

as long as it meets api its just as good

safety kleen has been rerefining oil for a while, its called ecopower. few places carry it though

 

[greasy]

as long as it meets api its just as good

safety kleen has been rerefining oil for a while, its called ecopower. few places carry it though

Ecopower is actually the only oil used in government vehicles.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

shit...ive been recycling my own oil for a while now...let the used shit sit in a jug for 6 months to a year and all the crap falls outta suspension to the bottom of the jug, then i do a 50/50 mix used/new.

my gramps used to do it with his cars/trucks/farm equipment.
his 84 chrysler minivan had almost 300k on its original motor and got it at 60k with a blown trans