Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5w-40 Dark Color -- could it be fake?

[altaylar]

I would not really buy oil from ebay. Not because of authenticity concerns (unless I am buying some fancy european brands), but because I would not be sure how/where the bottles were stored. I would not want my bottles to stay under the sun extended amount of times for a couplle years, and then sent to me over clearence.

 

[wemay]

The color (shade) of the oil may vary between batches. This is normal.

 

[FlyPenFly]

I mean I wouldn’t buy baby food or pet food on eBay either, why would anyone buy motor oil from fleabay.

 

[oil pan 4]

I've been using this Pennzoil 5w-40 Euro Platinum oil for several years now in my VW TSI. Last batch I bought was from eBay, 3 1.25 gallon jugs.

So this oil has always been super clear and light amber colored out of the bottle. When I did the oil change with this new batch, the new stuff was pretty dark. I had half a quart around from a previous oil change, and that was very clear and light amber as I remember. Big difference.

So I've been driving for about 1000 miles with this in there, and it keep bugging me. Could I have put some fake oil in? These jugs didn't have foil covering sealing the new oil, but the tops do twist off with a crack of plastic seal on the lid, that little strip around the bottom of the cap.

On the one hand, seems like it would be weird for someone to go to the trouble to do this. On the other hand, this oil is expensive, and this ebay deal was much cheaper. (I figured it was because of buying 1.25 gallon jugs instead of quarts.)

I'm just paranoid, right?

I got some 10w-30 PUP euro L earlier this year from sams club and noticed it's definitely darker than PP or regular PUP.
Just figured that was normal because of the extra euro additives.
Now 10w-30 supertech 10k, that stuff is dark. It comes in the bag so I put it in empty oil jugs and put "not used" on the jugs cause it's so dark.