I have 4 unopened litres of yamalube 2 stroke from the 80s.
Mobil says that motor oil has a shelf life of five years maximum so it is loony to horde oil longer than that. It is loony to horde oil even if it's new, but to keep old oil is just no good and is throwing money away. It's a lack of self-control.
Yet Valvoline states no shelf life for oil, just check that the API matches what you are using it in and shake bottle before use.Mobil says that motor oil has a shelf life of five years maximum so it is loony to horde oil longer than that. It is loony to horde oil even if it's new, but to keep old oil is just no good and is throwing money away. It's a lack of self-control.
I am mainly here for the laughs. And there is occasionally some useful information about car repairs found here, if you sift through it very carefully.Nothing loony about hoarding oil, I am sure there are things you do many may consider loony (like being on a forum about oil).
You act like there were bargains years ago but there aren’t going to be any more bargains to be had now, and yes that flies in the face of reason. Oil is always going on sale. There are rebates at least twice a year on Mobil.
Exactly. It isn't hoarding and it isn't crazy cat lady. Some people have lives and lives move forward. Stuff sometimes doesn't move as planned. Some should look in their own backyard instead of judging others' garages. He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.....4 year old Supertech conventional. I bought it for a car I no longer own.
we live in a world where full grown adults dress up as “furries” or put on leather armor and have swordfights at the local elementary school. hoarding oil is a little esoteric but it hardly registers on the crazy scale by comparison!“ExxonMobil recommends a five-year maximum shelf life for engine oils, including Mobil 1™ synthetic motor oil.”
Mobil 1™ shelf life | Mobil™
ExxonMobil recommends a five-year maximum shelf life for engine oils, including Mobil 1™ synthetic motor oil.www.mobil.com
This is a place where people check the date code sticker on batteries and buy the one made month ago, and won’t buy tires more than a year old. While others have stashes of hundreds of bottles of 10 and 20 year old oil they know they can’t use up and think it is normal. It’s like the cat lady who has 120 cats in her house and thinks that is normal too. The oil manufacturer says five-year maximum on motor oil, maximum as in even five years is stretching it.
Yeah that SJ motor oil is quite a valuable asset in the barter economy some people are imagining. Let’s see, J, K, L, M, N, N+, P. Only six classifications behind the curve. Maybe they can use it to lube bicycle chains when we’re all riding bikes, after the big one.
That's not my experience on either point. I'm a "hoarder" and got all this for basically free (and the Carquest fluids were 100% free), all the WM stuff was about 10cent/qt, and now I'm up probably a grand on top of it having sold less than 5% of it. Already paid for every drop of oil I've ever purchased in my life, and will ever need for the rest of my days. I'll sell 95% of it, make a nice return, and have enough oil to last until I'm elderly.
Motor oil will last probably 20 years easily if stored correctly. Maybe 30. But cars requirements probably change by then. And I'll be at the end of my life anyway so it won't matter.
Before this big score I was using up SJ rated motor oil in my recent few oil changes to use it up. The SJ was implemented in 1997 and surpassed in 2001. So the oil I used this summer was over 20 years old, and looked and performed just fine. Of the 20-25 qts. I used, I poured each out into a clear jug before use to inspect for any visual separation or contamination. I had to throw 1 out for water contamination. That represents a 5% failure in a 20 year storage situation. I never had a single one leak in storage either. So, not bad, not bad at all.
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Hate to break it to you but AutoZone and Advance Auto do clearances. I could care less how long “oils shelf life is”. I still have late 80’s Amoco and Ames brand motor oil still sealed to use. Rebates are a pain also as Astro14 said. If you want to pay full price for oil: go right ahead. I now have over 550 quarts of oil and selling some todayYou act like there were bargains years ago but there aren’t going to be any more bargains to be had now, and yes that flies in the face of reason. Oil is always going on sale. There are rebates at least twice a year on Mobil.