Green GC in Ottawa, Canada

alchu · Dec 28, 2005

was doing some late Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve... found a HUGE stash of 0501... couldn't convince the wife to let me buy a couple of quarts =) I guess buying oil on vacation isn't her idea of 'reasonable' It wasn't all that cheap either, $7.28 Cnd a quart.. with their 15% sales taxes we'd be talking over $7 USD a quart. Okay, not worth it at all.... Still though, it was nice to see some green GC. Can't find any here in Qns NY.

nobadges · Dec 28, 2005

I'm in Ottawa and have never seen it yet....I guess its a hit or miss thing. Gotta love our taxes!

Dark Jedi · Dec 28, 2005

so its about $5 a qt here in the US before tax.

99 GASE2 · Dec 28, 2005

"...$7.28 Cnd a quart.." That actually is $7.28Cdn per Litre. (about $6.37US/L) So that is $6.89Cdn per US Quart. Which is about $6.03US per US Quart (before taxes).

alchu · Dec 29, 2005

nobadges: if you're looking for it, the stash I found was in the southkeys walmart. darkjedi: didn't get in on the $4 autozone sale? Gase2: good point about the litre. My point however was that at >$6USD a quart, it's not worth it to me to get green GC when the gold stuff is available locally at $4. That's all...

nobadges · Dec 30, 2005

Ok, I found some at Parts Source on Merivale Road. Castrol Syntec 0w-30 ... I bought 1 quart and its definately green...and says "made in Germany" Now I have a couple of questions, about this stuff... 1. I have 2 Neons. 2001 SOHC and 1998 DOHC. The preferred spec oil is 5w-30. I have been running Mobil 1 5w-30...is GC 0w-30 suitable for my cars? 2. ....and is it better than Mobil 1? The GC is slightly cheaper than M1.

nobadges · Dec 31, 2005

What happens if I top up my Mobil 1 5w-30 oil level with a quart of 0w-30 GC??

pscholte · Dec 31, 2005

You will make the Elves cry...

AndyH · Dec 31, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by nobadges: 1. I have 2 Neons. 2001 SOHC and 1998 DOHC. The preferred spec oil is 5w-30. I have been running Mobil 1 5w-30...is GC 0w-30 suitable for my cars? 2. ....and is it better than Mobil 1? The GC is slightly cheaper than M1.

1) Yes, GC is just fine for a car that specs a Xw-30 oil. Afterall, GC is a 30-weight oil at operating temps same as any other 5W-30 or 10w-30. 2) I think it's better than some grades of M1 when used in certain vehicles. GC isn't the best for all vehicles though...you won't know until you try it.

nobadges · Dec 31, 2005

Hey thats great...thanks for the info! So if I add 1 quart...which I bought yesterday... of the GC 0w-30 to my M1 5w-30...it won't destroy my engine. Maybe thats a good way to try it.