5w-30 Full Synthetic

[Valk1500]

Walmart has a Full Synthetic 5w-30, supertech I beleive. Who makes this, Valvoline/Pennsoil? Is this any good or is the Mobile 1 still better?

 

[Ray H]

Depends on your opinion of Group III base stocks.

 

[sbc350gearhead]

I think that it is made by warren, which I think is owned by quakerstate. IMHO, any "true" synthetic is better than the GIII stuff. But for 3 bucks, it might be worth a shot. You may want to consider Schaeffers supreme blend, for about the same money.

 

[Ken2]

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Originally posted by sbc350gearhead: I think that it is made by warren, which I think is owned by quakerstate. IMHO, any "true" synthetic is better than the GIII stuff. But for 3 bucks, it might be worth a shot. You may want to consider Schaeffers supreme blend, for about the same money.

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I don't think that Warren Oil Co. is owned by Quaker St., which itself is owned by Royal Dutch/Shell. warrenoil.com Warren could certainly blend and package the oil for Wal*Mart. Ken [ October 05, 2003, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: rugerman1 ]

 

[badnews]

After all this time no one really knows who makes Walmart Syn. oil. It is a best kept secre t.

 

[Al]

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Originally posted by badnews: After all this time no one really knows who makes Walmart Syn. oil. It is a best kept secre t.

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I guess the question is : does it realy matter. The next batch may be made by someone else . One thing will always be the same (unless API specs change seriously ). It will always be a Group III and it will never be as good as Mobil 1, Amsoil, Redline, RP or GC.