found some older Mobil oil

[Killer223]

so I found 3 gallons of some older delvac 1300. shake it up and use it? toss it?
anyone have a oil analysis of this oil?
none of my cummins engines have egr or after treatment.
is this what some would say the old stuff is the good stuff?

 

[zrxkawboy]

Use it in your lawnmower, maybe?

 

[Killer223]

Use it in your lawnmower, maybe?

I haven't change the oil in the darn thing for 15 years. wife said when it dies I get a riding one. it lives on. and the oil looks clean.

 

[daves87rs]

Hmmmmm

 

[4wd]

Mobil moved from NY to VA in 1987. So no, too old …

 

[travis8352]

I got 2 of them jugs bur delvac 1. Local gas station chain got probably 20 gallons of it between the stores

 

[4wd]

I got 2 of them jugs bur delvac 1. Local gas station chain got probably 20 gallons of it between the stores

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Yeah, maybe the OTR Truckers repurpose those jugs

 

[gunnellett]

Mobil moved from NY to VA in 1987. So no, too old …

Why is it too old to use?

 

[4wd]

Why is it too old to use?

Well, it could be 40+ years old - you wouldn’t find any expert saying that additive package is still functional …

 

[Ride_Red]

Recycle it
Give it away to someone with a waste oil heater
Give it to someone that burns it in their diesel truck as fuel

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Just shake it up good, and throw it in. It'll be fine IMO. When my grandfather died, he had a stash of conventional 10w40, that were in the cans you had to puncture with that oil spout thing with the blade. 70's oil cans. I used it up in newer cars and OPE. No issues.

 

[gunnellett]

Well, it could be 40+ years old - you wouldn’t find any expert saying that additive package is still functional …

What happens to the additive package?

 

[DCDG]

you running it?

 

[4wd]

What happens to the additive package?

LSJr video posted here on some old unused, yet oxidized oil …
But regardless, virtually any oil made today is superior - and Delvac 1300 is cheap …

 

[4wd]

Use it in your lawnmower, maybe?

Old fence or wooden trailer deck !

 

[GRUMPYDUDE2]

Too old. Dump it. Anything made today is worlds away better.

 

[GRUMPYDUDE2]

Old fence or wooden trailer deck !

Thats a good idea!

 

[4wd]

That a good idea!

It lasts incredibly long on fences …

 

[OM617YOTA]

Neato find! If it were mine, I would:

1. Send a sample for VOA. Just curious.

2. My engine actually specs CF, and CD if CF isn't available. If the VOA came back fine(extremely doubtful), I would give brief thought to running it for a short OCI. Unlikely though, not many headaches I'm willing to even consider taking on over $50.

3. Whether I run the oil through my engine before recycling it or just send it straight to recycling, one empty jug would wind up on a wall as shop art.

Looking forward to hearing what you decide to do with it.

 

[addyguy]

There IS a VOA of almost that exact oil posted by someone who had the same oil in the same jugs!!
I’d absolutely use it, would not waste it at all!!