Motorvator for 50cents

[fordhead]

K-mart has motorvator for 50 cents a qt, should I buy?

 

[Ken2]

No.

 

[fordhead]

what is your reason for not buying?

 

[metroplex]

Check to see if its API SL and ILSAC GF-3. Walmart is starting to sell some API SH engine oil for $0.50 a quart or something. I've also seen API SA 10w-40 for sale in $0.99 stores... I don't understand why ANYONE would buy a quart of API SA engine oil for $1/qt when you can buy API SL engine oil for $1/qt

 

[3 Mad Ponchos]

Couldn't you use that SH stuff in an older vehicle? Sounds like excellent beater oil to me. Cheers, 3MP

 

[fordhead]

It is SL and GF-3, I think I will buy some because it has the current ratings.

 

[csandste]

I think the chances are at least 50/50 that it IS Quaker State, if not, it's probably the same as SuperTech. The PZ/QS connection is in there some place. Definitely worth 50 cents.

 

[fordhead]

I agree that chevron is better, but it is $1.08 and 3 hrs away from me.

 

[Pluto5]

Read somewhere that 20% of the samples don't meet API specs anyway so why not?

 

[Ray H]

Fordhead, if you can get that 50 cent Motorvator dino juice in your climate's appropriate weight grade and API <i>SL</i> rating, then it's perfectly acceptable for any gasoline car or light truck engine in which synthetic oil is not mandated.

 

[Ray H]

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Originally posted by Pluto5: Read somewhere that 20% of the samples don't meet API specs anyway so why not?

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Do you have a source for this allegation?

 

[Ken2]

The point is that we don't know what it is. For an engine that leaks a lot or burns a lot, or a leased car, use anything. For a car that you plan on keeping a long time, don't go cheap. On sale, I can buy Chevron Supreme for 69¢, and it's one of the better oils. Why buy an unknown oil to save 19 big cents? Ken

 

[turbochem]

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Read somewhere that 20% of the samples don't meet API specs anyway so why not?

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These were based on "spot checks" that the API completed. ~20% of oils tested were out of spec...They said that they did not do enough checks to be representative (they needed a much larger sample size)...... I will look for the article....

 

[turbochem]

http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000076081.cfm

 

[csandste]

Note that non-compliance was significantly higher for SJ oils. The article didn't break down bulk from bottled, I've always wondered what's in bulk tanks. Also there are some counterfit name brand oils (look at the OZ oil filter test to see counterfit filters)--who in hell is going to bootleg Motorvator?

 

[Pluto5]

Ray H--thought I read it in Autoweek. Will look for the issue and post it if I can find it--was in the last two months.