City Star 5W-30 SA

[Kestas]

A coworker of mine was out and about when he caught himself short of oil and had to make an emergency purchase. I'm not sure where he bought this bottle. He poured most of this oil in his engine before he noticed the color and the fact that chunks were coming out of the bottle. When he showed me what came out of the bottle I almost lost my lunch! It looked like diarrhea!! It's an SA rated oil that cost him $2.10 for the quart.

 

[cronk]

YIKES!
I don't think I would trust that garbage to lube a squeaky screen door

 

[simple_gifts]

wow.

 

[Cristobal]

Ewwwwwwwwwwww....

 

[Hootbro]

Tell your friend to dump his fill and get better oil in there. Hopefully he was only needing top off oil and enough of the good stuff was still in the crank case.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: Kestas
A coworker of mine ......


If you would have written "Friend" then I would know you are fibbing. You did tell him SA has been dead for 20+ years I hope. The boy done needs to edumacate hisself.

 

[94MaxGXE]

Yep, I have seen that same bottle at the BP station down the street. I was right next to the Pennzoil conventional that was about $0.50 more. They had a full shelf of the Pennzoil conventional, but only a few quarts of the City Star left.
Have also seen it at the locale liquor store.

 

[Colt45ws]

http://www.pqiamerica.com/citystar.htm

 

[Lead Shoes]

That oil was flagged by the PQIA it meets nearly no specs its about a 10 weight oil with ZERO additives.... tell him to drain his oil asap...

 

[Tom NJ]

Here is some more info on this stuff:

City Star

Tom NJ

 

[dishdude]

I love the first line on the back of the bottle. "A quality motor oil..."

 

[dparm]

 

[NateDN10]

I am fairly sure that straight crude would be an improvement on that bilge.

 

[sciphi]

Yeeeeach!

What is that, drain water?

 

[simple_gifts]

Doesn't the analysis show it contains additives?

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Doesn't the analysis show it contains additives?


Yeah, some old varnish, coffee grounds, and dog dookie.

 

[oilmaven]

People are stupid...they'll buy an obviously inferior product to put in their car saving maybe $.50 and buy a $6.00 latte...just curious...what kind of vehicle did your coworker pour this junk in to?

 

[jim302]

Wow, I'm almost at a loss of words about that junk oil

. I can't believe that it cost over $2 per quart

. This honestly looks like they picked up a rather nasty load of used oil (possibly contaminated with a few handfuls of dirt, coolant, and other fluids dumped into the oil recycling container) from a shop and poured it into bottles.

Just found a link on the PQIAmerica.com site that said it has been ordered off the shelves in North Carolina, but I figure most retailers will never find out about this (http://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/release/2011/10-11motoroil.htm).

There isn't even a warning on there saying that this product doesn't meet current API requirements. I wonder how many engine failures are caused by horrible oils like this (which of course will be blamed on the car manufacturer).

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Doesn't the analysis show it contains additives?


With a TBN of zero, no calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, moly, boron, and so forth, I'd say no. As for those who worry about phosphorous and their cats more than their engines, it might be suitable.

 

[NateDN10]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Doesn't the analysis show it contains additives?

Only sulfur.