I went to Wally World yesterday to look at some of the oil there. I went to take a look or try to find the "new" 5.5qt of Valvoline ML I keep hearing everyone talk about. I saw the new design of the ML bottle but no where did it state 5.5qts just 5qts. I even compared it to the old bottle and both had the same amount in liters. I then went to examine the ST oil filters. I read that if you look in the filter and see the blue circle, it does have the bypass valve and if you don't see it then it's the cheap ECore version. The ST7317 filter did have the blue circle in the middle and I was happy because that's the filter I use. I also noticed one filter that didn't have it, and you could tell that it was built differently (worse)just by looking at it.
So the Wal-Mart mechanic comes by and ask me if I needed help with the oil. I told him I didn't because I knew what I was looking for. Because of the mileage of my car he wisely recommended Valvoline ML. Hey my little brother could have told me that answer. So I took it a step further as asked him what dino I should use to see what he would say. I told him that I use MC 5000 but will stop because I didn't want to contribute to their high profits anymore. I said that I wanted to purchase the Pennzoil dino. He said to "stay away from that" and purchase valvoline dino because valvoline "looks cleaner coming out of the gun" LMAO!!!
I looked at him like he was crazy and I said well pennzoil is a group II+ oil and he didn't know what I was talking about. See this is the reason why I change out my own oil and filter! Question, does these new 5.5qt actually state 5.5qt? Oh, I think that I'm going with AAP tough guard filter next time. I was told that it's better than the ST oil filter. True?
So the Wal-Mart mechanic comes by and ask me if I needed help with the oil. I told him I didn't because I knew what I was looking for. Because of the mileage of my car he wisely recommended Valvoline ML. Hey my little brother could have told me that answer. So I took it a step further as asked him what dino I should use to see what he would say. I told him that I use MC 5000 but will stop because I didn't want to contribute to their high profits anymore. I said that I wanted to purchase the Pennzoil dino. He said to "stay away from that" and purchase valvoline dino because valvoline "looks cleaner coming out of the gun" LMAO!!!
