Just pour some Pennzoil High Mileage in the jugs! That should stop the leaks !
Pennzoil Platinum Jug Failures *pics*
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Originally Posted By: GumbyJarvis
Just pour some Pennzoil High Mileage in the jugs! That should stop the leaks !
Good one.
I'm going to go to bed on that note. I have to get up at 7:30am to take Mrs. OilNerd's replacement vehicle ('99 Nissan Sentra -- aka "The Black Lemon") to the mechanic to have a filler neck put on. The Black Lemon and the filler neck fiasco of the last two weeks is a story for another time.
Just pour some Pennzoil High Mileage in the jugs! That should stop the leaks !
I'm going to go to bed on that note. I have to get up at 7:30am to take Mrs. OilNerd's replacement vehicle ('99 Nissan Sentra -- aka "The Black Lemon") to the mechanic to have a filler neck put on. The Black Lemon and the filler neck fiasco of the last two weeks is a story for another time.
So what youre saying is that SOPUS is alot like Ford? Neither know how to make plastic that lasts? LOL
You know how many seals, gaskets, and other PITA little trinkets FMC has made me replace due to them rotting, cracking, breaking, or all in all disappearing? too many to count.
Ah well, contact SOPUS, see whats up. IDK what theyre gonna do
You know how many seals, gaskets, and other PITA little trinkets FMC has made me replace due to them rotting, cracking, breaking, or all in all disappearing? too many to count.
Ah well, contact SOPUS, see whats up. IDK what theyre gonna do
That's pretty strange. I've had hundreds of jugs of oil over the years, and never had something like that happen. I agree with other posters. Contact SOPUS about this.
You'd think that for as much money as they're charging for the oil, they'd give you a decent bottle...
My two year old has decided that Daddy has had enough sleep.
Some time to kill before dropping in on my mechanic.
I may end up contacting SOPUS at some point, but I'm assuming that they'd want me to ship them the empty bottles, and with all the stuff I've got going on with the Black Lemon and other things, I've got enough fun lined up for awhile.
Also, my storage conditions were less than ideal (wild temp. swings from heating up the basement in the winter), so I can't blame them too much for Jugs 1 & 2. Jug 3 wasn't in the tub, BTW, it was garaged. It was subjected to sub-freezing temperatures over the winter and some high summer temps. and then came inside recently. Nothing was stacked on it.
Also, a newer-style jug of Quaker State Ultimate Durability was also in the same tub and made it through unscathed, under the same conditions as the failed jugs.
EDIT: On the brighter side of things, I've got three oil changes coming up in the next two weeks -- two mine and my buddy's truck.
I may end up contacting SOPUS at some point, but I'm assuming that they'd want me to ship them the empty bottles, and with all the stuff I've got going on with the Black Lemon and other things, I've got enough fun lined up for awhile.
Also, my storage conditions were less than ideal (wild temp. swings from heating up the basement in the winter), so I can't blame them too much for Jugs 1 & 2. Jug 3 wasn't in the tub, BTW, it was garaged. It was subjected to sub-freezing temperatures over the winter and some high summer temps. and then came inside recently. Nothing was stacked on it.
Also, a newer-style jug of Quaker State Ultimate Durability was also in the same tub and made it through unscathed, under the same conditions as the failed jugs.
EDIT: On the brighter side of things, I've got three oil changes coming up in the next two weeks -- two mine and my buddy's truck.
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I had the same thing happen to a extra gallon of Rotella 15w40 and a gallon of antifreeze that I kept for the tractors. Both leaked out from the bottom corners; the oil was on a wood shelf that soaked up most of it. The antifreeze I had to mop up from the floor of the shop.
Good reminder I have about 20 loose quarts and 15 5qt jugs.. I think I'll go inspect them all.
maybe I can find a cheap plastic bin too.
I blame the Free after rebate deals..
thats about 3/4 my stash now.
I define free after rebate as anything less than 2-3$ after tax and rebate postage(for 5 qt jug)
maybe I can find a cheap plastic bin too.
I blame the Free after rebate deals..
thats about 3/4 my stash now.
I define free after rebate as anything less than 2-3$ after tax and rebate postage(for 5 qt jug)
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Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
You'd think that for as much money as they're charging for the oil, they'd give you a decent bottle...
One would hope. But I remember reading an article recently on plastic packaging (blow-form), and it stated that even by adding ONE extra ounce of plastic material to a container, it can cost the company, if it is a large-scale company, millions of dollars per year.
You'd think that for as much money as they're charging for the oil, they'd give you a decent bottle...
One would hope. But I remember reading an article recently on plastic packaging (blow-form), and it stated that even by adding ONE extra ounce of plastic material to a container, it can cost the company, if it is a large-scale company, millions of dollars per year.
Recently at the grocery store I found my items tearing through the same plastic bags they always use. Closer inspection showed the bags were much thinner, likely to save cost. I wonder if this is a method being used in the oil industry, and with the high detergent oils, what happens to the plastic if the container is too thin. Eat a hole in the jug? and if so, is the oil contaminated?
Shows how good the oil is, it's eating away at the container! It must be great at cleaning the motor
(joking)
(joking)
Originally Posted By: Donald
Another answer would be to move up to 55 gallon drums for your stash. They should not leak.
The drums would be hazardous getting them down to the basement, then difficult to get out (unless you have a walkout basement).
Another answer would be to move up to 55 gallon drums for your stash. They should not leak.
The drums would be hazardous getting them down to the basement, then difficult to get out (unless you have a walkout basement).
I had a quart bottle of Mobil 1 0W-20 that I'd had for a long time, and it seemed to never get used all the way; it had about half of a quart of product in it still. It seeped product out very slowly, and I was never quite sure from where. I believe it was from the clear "sight line" on the edge of the bottle. It kept leaking, so I eventually dumped it into the half-of-a-quart that was left from a Pennzoil Ultra jug and tossed the Mobil bottle.
I hate Pennzoil’s jugs, whether it is yellow or silver, or bronze. The jug design is terrible. The reason I hate them are twofold. One, they do not pour smooth like Castrol or Mobil, and when you store used oil in them, no matter how tight you put the cap back on, it comes loose and I ended up with oil on my floor-board of my car on the way to AutoZone to dump them one day.
I do NOT consider 45-75 temperatures to be "wild swing"! Does oil needs to be saved in climate controlled chamber? Being in attic, it might be more extreme but in basement? No; basement actually stays more moderate than the above grade.
- Vikas
- Vikas
I hope this is a very rare problem. I just bought a ton of these PP/Ultra jugs on the recent SOPUS rebates!
uh oh...better start thinking of changing my oil sooner. dont want this happening to me.
Originally Posted By: Vikas
I do NOT consider 45-75 temperatures to be "wild swing"! Does oil needs to be saved in climate controlled chamber? Being in attic, it might be more extreme but in basement? No; basement actually stays more moderate than the above grade. - Vikas
Well the reason I consider the 45-75F basement temp. range in the winter to be wild swings, is not so much the range (only 30 degrees F), but how quickly the temperatures cycle through that temp. range. The basement heats up pretty quickly (under an hour) and cools quickly. This heating/cooling cycle is repeated, sometimes a couple times a day throughout the winter.
The jug that was garaged saw a much more extreme swing (we had temps from about -15 to 97F, while it was stored), but temps changed gradually, throughout the seasons.
But this doesn't explain how the older PP jugs and the newer Quaker State Ultimate Durability jug made it through OK in the same storage tub. Also, (don't tell Mrs. OilNerd
) I had a few other jugs not stored in the tub, but in the basement, that also survived OK.
I do NOT consider 45-75 temperatures to be "wild swing"! Does oil needs to be saved in climate controlled chamber? Being in attic, it might be more extreme but in basement? No; basement actually stays more moderate than the above grade. - Vikas
Well the reason I consider the 45-75F basement temp. range in the winter to be wild swings, is not so much the range (only 30 degrees F), but how quickly the temperatures cycle through that temp. range. The basement heats up pretty quickly (under an hour) and cools quickly. This heating/cooling cycle is repeated, sometimes a couple times a day throughout the winter.
The jug that was garaged saw a much more extreme swing (we had temps from about -15 to 97F, while it was stored), but temps changed gradually, throughout the seasons.
But this doesn't explain how the older PP jugs and the newer Quaker State Ultimate Durability jug made it through OK in the same storage tub. Also, (don't tell Mrs. OilNerd
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