Any word on Universal Lubricants?

[amcguru]

Hello all,

I've spent some time looking for an honest, fair shop to service a friends car, a '12 Focus-2.0 DI, while she is away at school. Found a small family owned shop which I get a good feeling about, but I have never heard of their house brand oil. Universal Lubricants Super XHD. Ht/Hs number looks really good for a 20 wt, but that may be a type-o. They are willing to use customer provided oil & filter, so I'm wondering if it's worth sticking with the Motorcraft 5w20 blend & OE filter I have been servicing it with.

Jim
https://www.universallubes.com/user/file/pds/eo_8_05_22_15.pdf

 

[tig1]

Stay with the know product. MC or a well know quality synthetic.

 

[ag_ghost]

My instinct would be to stick with the known brand too. OTOH, the company is listed as a "supporter" of PQIA, although i could not find any VOA of their products on PQIA's site
Kevin

 

[bigj_16]

Looks like they and thier parent company, Petrochoice, make industrial lubricants. They look pretty legit. The 5w-20 meets the Ford specs. It's a 2012 Focus. Go for it.

 

[Kruse]

I've never used their lubricants, but I know of a local mom-and-pop store here that sells it. I don't know the full details (might be on their web site), but when you use their diesel oil, Universal will put a really good warranty on the life of the engine. I believe the only strings to it would be you have to send in a sample occasionally. (I know, your car runs on gas, just thought I'd mention it)
I do know their diesel oil is much more popular than their gasoline oil.

 

[AirgunSavant]

Do a search here- was talked about around 4-6 months ago
Good basic oil I'd use with no worries

 

[amcguru]

Thanks for the recommendations. Didn't find anything relevant with the search function, but it sound's like a decent product.

 

[amcguru]

Originally Posted By: Kruse
I've never used their lubricants, but I know of a local mom-and-pop store here that sells it.


Any chance you're in Lawrence?

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: amcguru
Originally Posted By: Kruse
I've never used their lubricants, but I know of a local mom-and-pop store here that sells it.


Any chance you're in Lawrence?


No, but my kid goes to school at KU.

Since Universal Lubricants is based in Kansas, odds are there will be a lot of places that sell it.
I actually live a few hours northwest of Lawrence.

 

[Garak]

I would suspect that HTHS is a typo. It doesn't make a lot of sense with respect to other numbers on the sheet, or with what one would expect with ILSAC lubes.

 

[amcguru]

Originally Posted By: Kruse
Originally Posted By: amcguru
Originally Posted By: Kruse
I've never used their lubricants, but I know of a local mom-and-pop store here that sells it.


Any chance you're in Lawrence?


No, but my kid goes to school at KU.



The friend I'm looking after goes to KU as well. Rock Chalk!