5W40 Prices Climbing Quickly Short Supply

[JackWildfeuer]

Is this just regional in the USA or wide spread. 5W40 has gone from cheap and readily available to hard to find and $28+ a gallon. I live in the rust belt in USA!

 

[daves87rs]

One of the 5qt jugs I saw of it was over 30…..

 

[Astro14]

No way, an oil shortage? If only someone had predicted this…

 

[danstraylee]

No oil shortage whatsoever where I live. Readily available where oil is sold.

 

[CKN]

Stock up so you can retire when the time comes!

 

[4wd]

The 5W-40 case will not be on the first 4 dockets …

 

[Japanese]

Is this just regional in the USA or wide spread. 5W40 has gone from cheap and readily available to hard to find and $28+ a gallon. I live in the rust belt in USA!

It's widely spread in the States. Not sure about other countries yet. The new prices came up like 2 weeks ago. It's been discussed in the thread below:

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Thread 'Walmart oil prices - Ah!'

Jul 6, 2026

Went in my local Walmart in NJ this morning and of course hit the oil section ..... WHAT! ALL VALVOLINE AND PENNZOIL UP $6-8 A JUG ....... CASTROL SEEMED THE SAME .... SOOO PISSED OFF

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• Forum: Passenger Car Motor Oil (PCMO) - Gasoline Vehicles

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[Legs4Arms]

It's widely spread in the States. Not sure about other countries yet. The new prices came up like 2 weeks ago. It's been discussed in the thread below:

K

Thread 'Walmart oil prices - Ah!'

Jul 6, 2026

Went in my local Walmart in NJ this morning and of course hit the oil section ..... WHAT! ALL VALVOLINE AND PENNZOIL UP $6-8 A JUG ....... CASTROL SEEMED THE SAME .... SOOO PISSED OFF

• kitchbow
• Replies: 440
• Forum: Passenger Car Motor Oil (PCMO) - Gasoline Vehicles

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915 more days...

 

[diesellover]

I'm not saying it's the answer to your problem, but 5w40 argos hd engine oil is around $20 a gallon at advanced auto parts. Otherwise I've seen it's expensive!

 

[spasm3]

With High Performance Lubricants in all my vehicles, i'm good for a year.

 

[Legs4Arms]

With High Performance Lubricants in all my vehicles, i'm good for a year.

And then some it seems

 

[Lubener]

Panic buying at its best.

 

[User_19876]

I'm not saying it's the answer to your problem, but 5w40 argos hd engine oil is around $20 a gallon at advanced auto parts. Otherwise I've seen it's expensive!

It’s $36 per five qt jug for me. You can get a free CQ EP filter with it.

 

[BISCUT]

My Walmart has plenty of stock in various 40wt (Castrol, Mobil, Pennz, Valv, etc...). The price is certainly higher. I purchased a good number of 5qt jugs over the last year at $24. The standard price Mobil 1 0W40 Euro or 5W40 Euro sat at $26/28 for a while and now is $30.

 

[dnewton3]

Oh good ...
Yet another thread about oil costs going up and supply shortages. As if all the other threads about the same general topic aren't salient any longer? Or they just aren't "fresh" enough, that we need another one? Or, we need a specific thread for each conceivable viscosity, relative to a price point ...

If one is uncontrollably compelled to whine/complain/ramble-on about oil pricing relative to today's world supply chain, please take your conversation to the already existing threads.

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