Oil gelling

[50yr Street Mech]

My personal opinion. After the 1st engine started pushing up daisies, I would not have returned to that drum again for an OCI. I would have went to Walmart, got the correct oil, do the OCI, then open a huge investigation on that drum on it's contents... I would have taken the pump off, and shove a stick down that drum and see what came back. My gamble is that something got in it. Have you used this same exact stuff in the past ?????....without any catastrophic failures ????....on the same engines ?????

 

[spasm3]

I bought Mobil Delvac 1300 Super HD multigrade engine oil by the drum, to save money.

Who did you buy this drum of oil from?

 

[magneticanomaly]

From a local fuel and oil distributor....not a guy in a trenchcoat in an alley.

 

[Dutchy491]

Takes me several years to use it up.

Crazy situation for sure. Explain “several years” to us.
Maybe you’re into year 10 or something and the oil has settled the heavier ingredients to the bottom? I like to shake up the bottles before pouring the oil into my machinery. Kinda hard to do with a drum of oil I guess.