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Yoder is an oil distributor that focuses on bulk and drum deliveries to dealership, truck service centers and farms. They carry package good for the oil brands that they carry. A lot of the package good at retail stores in their contracted ares would have been distributed through them.

This product has been their price price fighter oil market in our area. Over all the oil is a good oil and holds up well. The only time I've seen problems with this oil is from soot loading. This oil does not handle engines what product high soot levels from excessive idling and not running at...

As someone earlier stated. Fuel dilution will be your biggest issue. Using E85 only makes it worse. I would run a premium 5w20 as stated in the manual and change more often to remove the fuel dilution. Run a couple oil analysis samples to see how quickly your building fuel in your oil and to...

In the US Shell Supplies the AC Delco dexos licensed product that is "factory filled" in the manufacturing facility. Mobil supplies the AC Delco dexos "service fill" to (dealers)through local Mobil distributors selling the oil on a buyback program. Distributor delivers the bulk and package AC...

I'm not sure how far to read into it. I think the best take away is the more of this information that is out there the more aware the unsuspecting person is before making a purchase that can and will damage their engine. There's some seriously bad stuff out there. I've looked at oils that will...

Originally Posted By: deven Originally Posted By: CELICA_XX Originally Posted By: RAINEY Titanium is just a marketing buzz word that has no real world mechanical protection benefits. That's what I always thought, but people are acting like they pour in titanium shavings! Does Pennzoil put...

Just out in today's Lube Report California Bans Sale of Obsolete Motor Oils By Kiara Candelaria • March 2, 2016 California this year began prohibiting the sale of engine oils and lubricants considered obsolete by American Petroleum Institute standards. The regulation outlaws sale of several...

The state of California just banned the sale of obsolete motor oils. I would be nice if this is adopted by all the states.

Originally Posted By: njohnson Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker Based on some of the oil samples I have seen, if I was using Delvac I would probably be swayed to using their Elite syn blend. Very good results from what i have seen and a better value. I was looking at the Elite, was thinking...

That is an exceptionally good price for that product. One of the best full synthetic nationally branded 5w40 oils on the market

Titanium is just a marketing buzz word that has no real world mechanical protection benefits. Most of the oils using the "technology" are quality enough based on other attributes that they will provide great protection. Some of the companies marketing the diesel oils (won't name any brand in...

Excellent article for the basics on grease. There's so much more out there if you need technical information. In an industrial application you take into consideration, bearing bushing size, speed and operating temp. Shock load etc. There's NLGI 00,0,1,2 ,3, 4 which is the thickness of the grease...