Diesel oil shortage on Walmart shelves in New Mexico. Is Walmart wanting to emerge from the pandemic and only sell or promote their house brand now.
- Thread starter Clyde EspinosaK
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This whole shortage I think is artificial. My Rural King and Tractor Supply have some house brand HDEO and rotella. Rural King even has Castrol 15w40 on shelves
Same here in So Cal. I went to two different Walmarts, and two Auto Zones before I found Delo 400 SDE. One of the guys who works at Walmart said it sells as fast as they can stock the shelves. I suspect that whats going on is much like what happened with tiolet paper and ammo. Scalpers are buying it and selling it on EBAY. I saw a gallon of Delo 400 SDE on EBAY for $90.00. Amazon wasn't much less..
I was thinking about buying an additional 3 gallons of Delo 400 SDE, not so I can hoard it, but to have just in case I find myself in a position where I need to change the oil, and can't find any. This problem with this is that I don't drive my truck much and only need to chnge the oil about once a year. Does this stuff have a shelf life?
Here is a thread about shelf life which has a link to another thread about shelf life. There are more.
Storing motor oil, how long should it last?
Sorry for the redundant thread but if buying oil and wanting to use it within say 6 months or so, how long should it really last? Id guess upon using it, I should give it a good shake or is that even really needed? We're at the point where we need to buy oil when we see it, not when we need...
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Just wondering why you like Delo 400 SDE so much ?
And not buy a different brand if you can’t find SDE ?
It's what I've been using in my Diesels for almost 20 years without any trouble. Also it's not just the Delo that seems to be rare these days. It's all brands. In fact, Costco, who was stocking pallets of Kirkland brand diesel oil, is out. So my point is that I was thinking about stocking at least an extra oil change; however, I don't know if it's ok to use after a year or more of sitting in my garage...
Here is a thread about shelf life which has a link to another thread about shelf life. There are more.
Storing motor oil, how long should it last?
Sorry for the redundant thread but if buying oil and wanting to use it within say 6 months or so, how long should it really last? Id guess upon using it, I should give it a good shake or is that even really needed? We're at the point where we need to buy oil when we see it, not when we need...
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