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So your statement I was all wrong about Valvoline NextGen was a market failure, now you agree to. That was literally all my post said about Valvoline. Just at the wholesale / fleet levels, and not really sure about the final point of use? Like potentially government fleets?

Market failure of Valvoline NextGen is a fact. I don't know of any current retail PMCO using re-refined base stocks. Let us know the brands and % of recycled base oil they contain...

Overall, I prefer to use cap style filter wrenches these days. Prior to the 90"s I exclusively used band style oil filter wrenches with the occasional screwdriver driven through the filter. I have a cast aluminum cap style filter wrench initially for the PH 16 size filter from prior RAM trucks...

From Rockauto: Two closeout air filters and two Champ XL PH500 oil filters for the Mustang GT Convertible, 5.0 L V8. Three Champ XL PH400 oil filters for the ZTR Toro Timecutter mower with Koehler engine. From Walmart: 1 qt 5W-20 Supertech Full Synthetic High Mileage oil for a near future...

Burned match smell is charachteristic of sulfur dioxide (SO2). Hydrogen Sulfide, H2S, has the rotten egg odor and is considerably more dangerous in terms of personnel exposure and fire / explosion as H2S is flammable. Burning H2S produces SO2.

Yes, that preference for government agencies to preferentially use re-refined motor oils has been true for some time. A few years back Valvoline offered at retail motor oil formulated from re-refined base oil products called Next-gen. This only lasted a short time in the retail space, likely...

Several schemes to re-refine used PMCO. The most promising was BP feeding into a Coker along with the normal Coker feed. After inspection during the next turnaround it was found processing the used PMCO took significant equipment life, far more so than the normal Coker feed. The additives that...

You could check with O'Reilly in your area by phoning, or taking some fluids other than motor oil to them regardless of how unlikely this seems to you. The paper you sign for recycling fluids there is conditional with recycling fluid that requires you to bring motor oil only. It's been this way...

I like the extended cut of Aliens the best, it included more stuff that was in the book, left out in the theatrical release.

There have been numerous schemes to re-refine used motor oil. The additives in fully formulatedmotor oil present a real problem vs refining crude oil. BP tried coprocessing used PCMO in a unit called a Coker that processes . It incorporates thin oils. The next time that unit shut down for...

Old stock Quaker State Ultimate Durability I purchased at Menard's for $0.99 / quart after rebates years ago. I have one more oil change for the Mustang for next year.

2017 Mustang GT Convertible 5L V8 Out: 8 quarts QSUD Full Synthetic 5W20 (Wix/Affinia) Carquest Premium Blue Filter In: 5 qts QSUD Full Synthetic 0W20 and 3 qts QSUD Full Synthetic 5W-20 (Champ Labs) Carquest Premium Blue Filter

Toro Timecutter Z5000 with 21 HP Koehler engine Out: Havoline Synthetic 10W-30 and a (Wix / Affinia) Carquest Blue 85516 filter In: Conventional 10W-30 and a Quaker State QS3600 filter

The OEM (Johnson Controls) AGM in my 2012 Ram has been in service 7.5 years now. The first 4 years were winters in the Great Lakes region with high ambient temperatures from 106°F summer of 2012 to -17°F & -19°F during the Polar Vortex winters there the next couple of winters. The last 3.5...

It's as always, due to Federal (all 50 states of the USA) RINs programs, and service stations that have a seperate underground tank for segregating E0 fuel are quite uncommon across most of the 50 states of the USA as evidenced at www.pure-gas.org. RINs Programs - financially penalize all E0...

Right now Pep Boys has 25% off instantly online (but if requested in-store will apply the same discount), plus a $40 rebate on Champion (and Bosch) AGM batteries. That brings the cost of the 94R / H7 battery for my truck from $194.99 to $106.24; 45% discount total after rebate for DIY...

Wife's 2017 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Special In service : 1 year / 9K miles Out: 8 qts Havoline Pro DS 5W-20 GF-5, Mobil 1 M1-212 (no A) oil filter In: 8 qts Quaker State Ultimate Durability 5W-20 GF-5, fresh Mobil 1 M1-212 (no A) oil filter My 2012 Ram 1500 5.7L Big Horn 4WD In service: 1...

There is the IUPAC naming convention, but it is relatively unpopular with marketing forces. The USA is absolutely not alone in this, Europeans use gas oil as a synonym for diesel fuel; in the USA gas oil is a petroleum distillation fraction from both atmospheric and vacuum dustillation processes...

Originally Posted by y_p_w Originally Posted by Nyogtha MTBE and related gasoline blending ethers have suffered a worse fate than the DC-10 for airline passenger service, as I don't recall any federal agency banning airlines from using DC-10's for passenger service. But similarly, DC-10's...

Originally Posted by Rmay635703 Originally Posted by Nyogtha Originally Posted by BigD1 More gas stations around here during the last couple years have started selling non-ethanol. Price is jacked up compared to the common E-10. If big oil has a problem with the E-15 cutting into profits, lower...