I’m late to starting my own oil changes on my 22’ Tacoma (0w20). Now that warranty is up I’ll be doing them myself and am baffled by the price (Canada) of single quart or liter bottles of name brand oil. The big 5L jugs are always on a good sale (30-40$ cad) but it’s around 17$ in change for a single qt of Casterol Edge, PP, Valvoline or QSUD. Super tech is 8.88, I see good things about it on here. Some would say just use Supertech all around I’m sure but is it wrong to add an affordable single qt of a different oil with the large jug of something else?
Adding a cheap quart in addition to 5qt/liter jug
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ls1mike
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No. It will be fine. My Trans Am gets a mix of all the leftover oil when it is time for an oil change. Mostly Mobil 1 but various weights and other brands.
Yes, you can mix a le$$er L of oil to the mix of the 5L of oil.
But, you can also buy an extra 5L jug and keep it around for the next OCI.
If my vehicles took more than 5L of oil, I'd just buy 2 - 5L jugs. You can keep oil around for a long time.
This way, the next time you buy a 5L of oil, you'll already have your extra L to add to the mix.
But, you can also buy an extra 5L jug and keep it around for the next OCI.
If my vehicles took more than 5L of oil, I'd just buy 2 - 5L jugs. You can keep oil around for a long time.
This way, the next time you buy a 5L of oil, you'll already have your extra L to add to the mix.
Patman
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Don’t mix oils, just buy an extra 5L jug of the same oil. My Corvette takes 6L so I just buy all of my oil in 5L jugs and take the extra 1L out of one of the jugs
The notation for liter or litre is the same; a lower case 12th letter of the alphabet .>>an "l", not an "L".
5l jug or 5.0l engine = correct
5L jug or 5.0L engine = incorrect
Yes, I think use of the potentially confusing "l" is less than optimal, but correctness counts.
At BOTOG we want the BEST oil, the BEST filter and the proper abbreviations.
5l jug or 5.0l engine = correct
5L jug or 5.0L engine = incorrect
Yes, I think use of the potentially confusing "l" is less than optimal, but correctness counts.
At BOTOG we want the BEST oil, the BEST filter and the proper abbreviations.
Thanks for the replies! I guess I was leaning toward the extra quart fo make sure I had empty bottles for used oil storage/return. I’m sure I could use a different container as I wait to empty the second jug, all common sense but thanks for listening!
Patman
Staff member
But yet you call it BOTOG?
I’m gonna keep using the abbreviation L for liters thank you very much. The lowercase L just looks like an uppercase i. Too confusing. And you’re not the boss of me
I don't understand why people don't get this.
4WD
$50 site donor 2025
Well, as for M1 - the Costco six packs always complimented the Walmart jugs …
Change the oil when it’s down a litre. The filter will hold some oil even if you turn it upside down for a week.
The best way to recycle oil and filters is leave them in the shopping cart at Canadian Tire.
https://usedoilrecycling.com
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In Bitog font, the 5l and 5I are indistinguishable. Yes, I typed an uppercase letter i there, but you cannot tell.
It's more important to distinguish "i" from "l" than it is to distinguish uppercase from lowercase.
L is fine. There should be a space between the value and unit. 5 L jug is what we'd use at work for official stuff. But we are not always 100% consistent with the space between at work. Space with units. No space between with symbols.
Patman
Staff member
I’m not so sure about that. What if they just end up putting that used oil back on the shelves?
If it was an entire Litre, I would just buy an extra jug, and use a litre from it for the next 4-5 oil changes.
In my case, I have 3 cars that use a "splash" over 5 quarts. 5.1-5.2 quarts. I typically have some left over from my sons KIA oil changes, so it's usually a HM flavor of some sort. That's what I use for the extra splash in the other cars to get it to the FULL line. Not worried about it at all.....
In my case, I have 3 cars that use a "splash" over 5 quarts. 5.1-5.2 quarts. I typically have some left over from my sons KIA oil changes, so it's usually a HM flavor of some sort. That's what I use for the extra splash in the other cars to get it to the FULL line. Not worried about it at all.....
I never thought of that. Nobody checks shopping carts going into the store.I’m not so sure about that. What if they just end up putting that used oil back on the shelves?
While I carry a 1L bottle of oil in car I never buy them but 5L or 5qt jugs. Canadian Tire is always happy to give away an empty oil jug and I take used oil to a near me bottle depot that takes oil, coolant, filters etc. Check your local bottle depots for what they take.
wemay
Site Donor 2023
You'll be just fine.
My Cadillac CTS takes 6 qts (5W-30) so I am often faced with this same issue. Sometimes it gets 6 qts of the same brand/weight, sometimes it does not.
Sometimes it even gets truck/suv oil
Sometimes it even gets truck/suv oil
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