Pennzoil Synthetic

[JohnnyO]

The local K-Mart, on their mostly empty oil shelves, has four quarts of SL-rated "Pennzoil Synthetic" 5w30 in a silver bottle but it IS NOT Pennzoil Platinum. Different bottle, shaped like a number 4 with a handle in it. Any idea what this stuff is? Just their old syn before the Platinum moniker, or what?

 

[Johnny]

It's the Group III that Pennzoil use to make.

 

[kkreit01]

My K-Mart still had some also. I did like that bottle. I was thinking of buying 1 Qt just for the bottle

 

[BrianWC]

My PepBoys still has it and is still trying to move it for over $5 per bottle.....

I got the pre-handle bottle synth (34 qts) on closeout at Advance for $2.20 per quart. C'mon..it has Pennzane!

 

[Triple_Se7en]

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The local K-Mart, on their mostly empty oil shelves, has four quarts of SL-rated "Pennzoil Synthetic" 5w30 in a silver bottle but it IS NOT Pennzoil Platinum. Different bottle, shaped like a number 4 with a handle in it. Any idea what this stuff is? Just their old syn before the Platinum moniker, or what?

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If it'sa not on a closeout sale, I would pay full price for the new Group III Platinum first.... but not at high-pricing K-Mart. If you are going to pay full price for your oil, get it at Wal*Mart.

 

[sxg6]

I asked this in another thread, why does everyone keep calling PP a grp III? Has something changed recently? Last i remember, it was either a grp V, or grp III+. Which group it belonged to was being debated.

 

[JAG]

Pennzoil with Pennzane always was considered a Group 3 oil. Pennzoil Platinum has been confirmed recently by Pennzoil themselves in another thread that it uses Group 3. Johnny, above, worked for Pennzoil and played a part in confirming that.

 

[sxg6]

But i could've sworn PP had an EOP base which would make it a grp III+ or grp V. So PP is really a group III made from crude?

 

[JAG]

sxg6, this should clear it up for you: http://theoildrop.server101.com/forums/s...ge=0#Post744208

 

[blupupher]

sxg6, it initially was a Grp V, but in Nov of '05 I think it switched to Grp III for unknown reasons.

 

[2oldtommy]

Those of you looking for a deal on PP might just check out your local Advance Auto. It's on sale for the month of Nov for $5.78 on a buy one get one free deal(2.89/qt). I have the 5w20 in my Honda and no oil usage in 8k miles.Still looks clean with a pure one filter..

 

[JohnnyO]

I think I'll stop back in, find an assistant manager (in a previous life I was a K-Mart assistant manager) and ask if they'll mark it down. "Uh, see this here is SL-rated, everything else on your shelf is SM and this new Pennzoil Platinum over here replaced it. Mark it down to $1.99 and I'll take it off your hands." Then I'll whip out the Pep Boys ad showing PP at $1.99 with the rebate. Who knows, maybe it'll work.

 

[sxg6]

Thanks Jag and bluupher, cleared up my confusion