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Originally Posted by Kira How much do they cost? About $25. Since you can get comparable euro type 0W-40 oils for $20-22 / 5 qts I was curious what was up with the seemingly premium price. If you're asking for manufacturer approval prices, I'm curious as well. We'll need someone in the industry...

Originally Posted by CR94 Originally Posted by elverado I'm happy to have not dealt with crush washers in a long time, despite dozens of oil changes over a number of vehicles. I do it all topside now with a suction tank system through the dipstick hole. Nice to not have to worry about drips...

Yup, if you're dealing with sludge or particulates in your pan not picked up by the filtration and detergent suspension system then you have bigger issues. This isn't a John Deere tractor on non detergent HDEO. Good enough for Porsche and Mercedes service manuals and it's good enough for me.

My understanding on the 'meets requirements' vs being able to advertise on the bottles and appear on the manufacturer approval list has to do with the fees and effort required. As a big blender of store brands, fleet bulk and the military I'd guess they have their own lab to test against known...

I'm happy to have not dealt with crush washers in a long time, despite dozens of oil changes over a number of vehicles. I do it all topside now with a suction tank system through the dipstick hole. Nice to not have to worry about drips, distortion, new washers, etc.

Thanks for all the thoughts so far. Any reason for it not to have the API Starburst? I thought only shady gas station brands lacked that. Or high end non-petroleum based oils. It is SN rated.

I found a few threads and thoughts here about the Amazon Basics / Warren Distribution lines. As expected it's just a debate on how close or identical it is to SuperTech or Mag1 lines; who really cares if it's consistent. But really no coverage of the 0W-40 Euro Formula though, which is $25 for 5...