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I filled up at Sam's Club yesterday. 26.4 gallons of 93 @ $3.899/gal

The stock you're seeing was blended and packaged before the base oil supply dropped. That pallet may be the last they get for a while. The cost of group III base oil has increased +254% since February.

In a bit of a loop, this is also influencing the conflict over the strait. Strikes were halted until 1 hour after the market closed on Friday and then an announcement of return to ceasefire came through 1 hour before the market futures were set to start yesterday. Agreed though. If this...

I just finished mowing and weedeating. I came in for lunch and to cool off, then going back out to trim the hedges. I was born and raised in southern Mississippi, but I hate the heat. I would rather deal with the cold. At least I can bundle up in the cold and make it bearable. There's not...

They've made their identity indistinguishable from their ideology. Thus, when presented with opposing information, they don't see disagreement. They see an attack. So they double down, arguing their point louder, angrier, and dumber, defending nonsense like it's sacred scripture. There's a...

Sorry for your loss. It's hard losing a beloved pet. Find solace in that he's crossed the rainbow bridge.

For the break-in period, the benefit of removing suspended metals and contaminants more than outweighs the minute spike in wear from chemical stripping with fresh detergents. Most of those suspended metals are from micro-asperities being knocked off on first start up with some coming from...

My wife and I are friends with a couple in our town who do things like this, though not as petty. They talk about living paycheck to paycheck yet have 2 new vehicles with payments and refuse to keep a vehicle past 100k miles. They act like that's the magic number where the transmission...

Aeration is more likely with cold oil. Foam is more likely with hot oil. When the oil is cold, it's more viscous, and thus holds air pockets. When the oil hot, it's less viscous, and thus allows air to rise to the surface. That's why D892 calls for the oil to be heated to 93.5°C for the test.

Conventional oil is less oxidation resistant, less heat tolerant, and more volatile, all promoting a greater risk of ring coking. While unlikely to accumulate much in 9,000 miles, the risk is still higher albeit not by much.

While I agree with that statement for the most part, the OEM also has different goals than the high performance engine builder. The OEMs make a lot of compromises for the sake of better sales. Telling a customer they have to follow a specialized routine with specific oil and driving habits...

It's not detrimental, just behind the times. Some modern break-in oils, such as HPL Break-In 5W-30, are group III based as it's shown much the same or better additive response and lower wear metals through the break-in period while being more heat tolerant, needing less VII, and flowing better...

The people at Blueprint are not lubricant engineers. A lot of engine builders are no more knowledgeable about oil than their customers, spreading a lot of the same myths and misinformation. This is true even in the professional ranks. Unfortunately, if you want to keep any warranty they...