..they charge $6 extra for 5w20 oil.
I couldn't believe it.
A sign read 5w20 and 15w40 and another weight I don't remember $6 extra.
What a ripoff!
Quaker State products.
Oh well..I was there already and the company pays the bill but I won't go there again.
I took my company car a Ford to an quick oil change shop and....
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Yet another reason to wonder if putting 5w30 in an engine spec'd for 5w20 will do it any harm or cause warranty grief.
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quote:There is no such thing as an engine "spec'd" for 5w20. Only compliance with EPA.
Originally posted by GrtArtiste: Yet another reason to wonder if putting 5w30 in an engine spec'd for 5w20 will do it any harm or cause warranty grief.
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If you paid more for 5W20 Quaker State then you did get ripped. The 5W20 and 5W30 cost the same. Same with the Pennzoil brand.
Not necessarily with the bulk oils. For retail oils, they will typically make the prices the same (as we see with GC -- obviously better quality base oils, but same price as the 5W/10W-30 Syntec). But with bulk oils, it is entirely conceivable that the 5W-20 would be more $$$ because they must use higher quality oils.
Furthermore, many quick lubes, even recently, were not stocking bulk 5W-20 as customer demand was/is weak. So the 5W-20 they might be selling would be out of gallon or quart containers, leading to the price discrepancy.
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My local GM dealership has a similar sign. Anything other than 5w30 is a couple bucks extra.
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Don't know about Canada, but here in the States, bulk 5W20 & 5W30 Quaker State are the same price. Cased goods would be more than bulk.
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