Maybe stupid question but why does a jug of AMSOIL come with 4 quarts instead of 5 quarts? I have to buy an extra bottle to make it 5 quarts . Why are they this way? It's not obvious to me. Thank you,
AMSOIL 4 Quart Question
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I have always suspected that it is an attempt to somewhat disguise the high price the premium motor oil. AMSOIL is the only one. HPL does it too. A lot of diesel 15W-40 is sold in 1 gal. jugs.
It really isn't inconvenient for all engines. My cars both take almost 7 quarts, so for me, it really wouldn't that inconvenient to buy 2 of the gallon containers.
It really isn't inconvenient for all engines. My cars both take almost 7 quarts, so for me, it really wouldn't that inconvenient to buy 2 of the gallon containers.
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When I first started driving in 1986 most motor oil in Canada was sold either in 1L bottles or 4L jugs. Then for a while it was 4.4L jugs. It was only maybe 15 years ago when they started being sold here in 5 quart jugs. A few are currently sold in 5L jugs but 5 quart is more common. So we always just made do with whatever we could get. There’s never going to be a universal size that’s perfect for everyone. Some will still need to buy a second jug.
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Lucky it’s the perfect size for my
Honda FIT , but I wouldn’t be unhappy if it was a 5 litre container either.
Honda FIT , but I wouldn’t be unhappy if it was a 5 litre container either.
Because you should buying a drum of oil anyway.
It's closest to a US Gallon (3.78 litres), which works perfectly for my K24 when using a ST6607 
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Not everyone needs 5 quarts,so for myself it works.
5 quarts would be nice but it's not a deal breaker
Thank you all.
I will pick up two more quarts. Live and learn.
I hope to perform a lab analysis on the current Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w30 I am running and compare numbers with the AMSOIL Signature Series 5w30. I plan on running the intervals up to 10k miles.
I have a long commute and rack up the miles. Mostly all highway miles. Should be a good candidate for long extended intervals.
We shall see
Thanks again everyone.
I will pick up two more quarts. Live and learn.
I hope to perform a lab analysis on the current Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w30 I am running and compare numbers with the AMSOIL Signature Series 5w30. I plan on running the intervals up to 10k miles.
I have a long commute and rack up the miles. Mostly all highway miles. Should be a good candidate for long extended intervals.
We shall see
Thanks again everyone.
Agree. I think they probably think it hides the sticker shock a little because you can't make apples to apples comparisons.
No. It’s been considered but I guess they still stick with the old gallon containers for sku and gallon multi pack reasons. Just rooted in the old. Not some silly trick thing
There are no stupid questions on this Forum!
I know the answer to your question, and I would like to post what I know, but I need Pablo to be ok with letting me answer your question. I get a really good discount on the Amsoil that I purchase, and I really need to keep that discount. The discount is more important than what I know.
No need to jeprodize that discount.
I have a great salesman here on the forum myself and I will get what I need. I look forward to using the AMSOIL and calculating which oil is best economically & performance wise.
We will use AMSOIL lab testing and compare Mobil 1 Extended Performance with AMSOIL Signature Series.
AMSOIL has over a thousand unique SKUs/products. They could easily make the switch if they wanted to. I'm not saying the decision was fully nefarious. I know it would be a big capital expenditure, so they probably just decided it wasn't worth it for whatever gain there may be for them, but it probably does help with sticker shock since a lot of people compare prices using 5 qt jugs, and they probably didn't mind that it was a nice side effect of using
What are you hoping a $30 used oil analysis will show you that would convince you either one is the superior oil?
You've been here 13 years. I think you know that by now.
Probably filling and selling gallon singles is not a huge deal. They have been asked in the Dealer magazine, and they don't rule it out. But then they may just stop there - what I mean by this is they sell 4 gallon cases, now would they sell 4 - 5 qt cases too? Maybe, because that is perhaps how they would ship to all the warehouses. So the SKU # really goes up.
It's not nefarious at all, IMHO.
No worries here. Ha!
I have an idea , more than faith, that I can pull off 10k miles with better numbers with AMSOIL. We shall see. I have 2 basic engines naturally aspirated that should provide evidence one way or another, so I am now able to get access to AMSOIL and their lab testing provisions. Let's find out.
That's it.
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