Amalie Motor Oil

[Big_3_Only]

Amalie motor oil used to be very popular here in north Texas and was for many years. My grandfather and my dad ran everything on Amalie and now I've found it again, along with all the other Amalie oil products online at amaliestore.com . Shipping is free for purchases over $40, and it's cheaper for me to buy from them, than to buy Valvoline at Wal-Mart or AutoZone / Oreilly's. Their shipping is quick and the people are friendly. They have called and made sure I've been happy with everything. Highly recommend them! All my vehicles seem to like the Amalie too. My 72 GMC Jimmy is running good on the 10w40 motor oil and the synthetic 75w90 gear oil. Replacing the rear axle fluid in my 09 GMC Yukon next...

 

[NHGUY]

From what I have seen,Amalie and Wolfs Head VOAs are just average.That Tampa Florida blender bought the Amalie name from Sun Oil Co (who bought it from Whitco) because they couldnt stand to see Sun "misuse" the brand.Some of their products are well behind the times.Example,they just released a Chrysler ATF+4 labeled transmission fluid (and not just the catch all universal),and got caught stating their unversal was good for CVTs,and then had to retract and issue a CVT only fluid.

 

[Stelth]

I have nothing against Amalie, and have been using their Universal Synthetic ATF. But, I don't see much savings by ordering from them. For instance, you mention Valvoline. At Walmart, a 5 qt. jug of Valvoline 5w30 conventional is $16.47. A gallon of Amalie Imperial 5w30 is $17.48. To be fair, let's add confiscatory local sales tax to the Valvoline conventional, and we have $17.78 for the Valvoline jug, but it's still about 20% cheaper. When you figure in vehicle expense and so on, if you're buying only one jug at Walmart, it's probably a wash.

OTOH, if you were to buy 4 jugs of, say, Mobil 5000, when you were already at Walmart for other shopping, you would pay $14.17/ea. or $15.30 including tax in Southern California. That gives you a price of $3.83 for the Mobil, versus $4.37 for the Amalie.

If you buy in quarts, then the Wolf's Head 5w30 would indeed be cheaper than Valvoline at Walmart, $4.19 vs. 4.67+tax. The Mobil 5000 is 3.77+tax, and the Amalie Imperial is $4.40.

Locally, I can buy Wolf's Head at some Napa stores for less than $3.50/qt. I bring Wolf's Head into the discussion since it comes from the same people and I think it's probably the same oil (though I have no proof).

The Amalie Store is definitely cheaper than "regular" price on Valvoline (or most other oils) at any of my local auto parts stores.