Does anyone use Castrol 0w30 anymore?

[Quattro Pete]

In the US, Castrol EDGE 0w30 can still be purchased on Amazon, but current pricing is a major turn off. You can buy Castrol EDGE 0w-40 for half the price.

There is also Castrol EDGE 5w30 A3/B4 available that carries all the same specs as Castrol EDGE 0w-30, but again, not priced competitively when compared to Castrol EDGE 0w-40.

 

[spiderbypass]

I often look up oils to buy on Amazon and would venture to say 0w30 provides the least number of choices-notably lower than 0w40 and 0w20. For the last ten years or more I often check Amsoil's recommendation for different vehicles. In the past they often recommended their 0w30 in lieu of 5w30 general recommendation. I recently looked up a few vehicles specifying a 5w30 and that is only viscosity that was specified on there.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted by Patman
It's still very easy to find in Canada too, Canadian Tire keeps a decent stock of it all the time. Still only sold in 1L bottles though, so that makes the 0w40 a much better deal since it's sold in the 5L jugs and goes on sale very often (every 4-6 weeks)

I think that's the biggest problem. With the proliferation of the 0w-40 jugs (M1 and Castrol) in the States and then up here, and the lack of sales recently on 1 L bottles, that's not helping at all. It's a product I'd gladly use, and have tried before (when there were no A3/B4 jugs), but I'm certainly not doing it now at Canadian Tire prices with no specials and adequate competition from their own line and other companies on the same shelf.