Many new surprises today. Only needed other things so no purchases yet but i'll be buying the new valvoline hdeo's and 20w-50 once I use up my stash. Have over 40 quarts to get through still. A benefit of overbuying oil is that I get antsy to use something else so I change more frequently and have been doing 2-4k intervals just to plow through it. Was here just 2 days ago for meds and none of these were here and given that they're all stocked no one's been here yet. Almost didn't swing by since 2 days isn't much but I was bored.
The new Mobil 1 Advanced Clean oils hit the shelves at what I suspected would be a $10 discount from the $39 parts stores were scamming.
Valvoline RP atf is here and for not that much. I thought a gallon would easily be $35 if not $39.
First I've seen the new 20k Pennzoil Ultra Platinum here. Went from being an oil that wasn't known for extended drains to now claiming 20k. Guess people didn't want to buy it as much when mobil and castrol claimed those numbers and didn't see as much value. So I can't blame pennzoil for playing the rating game.
The 20w-50 version disappeared for a while I think 3 years but finally came back and is SQ for what it's worth. Tempted to use this instead of 15w-40 at least for one run then I'll switch back to thin 15w-40.
Edit - Forgot this. New valvoline hdeo's are here. Really like the FS just wished they knocked some bucks off. Lowest ccs compared to other off the shelf hdeos but still has a low vii and low 8% noack with 4.3 hths being the highest i've seen. Has 1240zn and 1100ph but is somehow under 1% saps?. They also have a conventional but not in stores just these two.
The new Mobil 1 Advanced Clean oils hit the shelves at what I suspected would be a $10 discount from the $39 parts stores were scamming.
Valvoline RP atf is here and for not that much. I thought a gallon would easily be $35 if not $39.
First I've seen the new 20k Pennzoil Ultra Platinum here. Went from being an oil that wasn't known for extended drains to now claiming 20k. Guess people didn't want to buy it as much when mobil and castrol claimed those numbers and didn't see as much value. So I can't blame pennzoil for playing the rating game.
The 20w-50 version disappeared for a while I think 3 years but finally came back and is SQ for what it's worth. Tempted to use this instead of 15w-40 at least for one run then I'll switch back to thin 15w-40.
Edit - Forgot this. New valvoline hdeo's are here. Really like the FS just wished they knocked some bucks off. Lowest ccs compared to other off the shelf hdeos but still has a low vii and low 8% noack with 4.3 hths being the highest i've seen. Has 1240zn and 1100ph but is somehow under 1% saps?. They also have a conventional but not in stores just these two.
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