21Rouge, that's mighty decent of you.
Are having a used oil analysis done at the same time and who's doing the analysis?
Are having a used oil analysis done at the same time and who's doing the analysis?
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No problem but it will be my last VOA contribution to BITOG for a bit; analysis including TBN by Blackstone. I wont use the PC 0W30 till around December or so...lasting until May. It will be then a fair comparison to QH which will have had a run from August to December.
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I always thought it would be cool if petro-canada oils were red kind of like RP being purple but I suppose then you couldent tell the differance between atf and engine oil.
Originally Posted By: ryland
I always thought it would be cool if petro-canada oils were red kind of like RP being purple but I suppose then you couldent tell the differance between atf and engine oil.
An excellent idea. You'd just have to use RP in the transmission (is RP ATF purple ?)
I always thought it would be cool if petro-canada oils were red kind of like RP being purple but I suppose then you couldent tell the differance between atf and engine oil.
An excellent idea. You'd just have to use RP in the transmission (is RP ATF purple ?)
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: ryland
I always thought it would be cool if petro-canada oils were red kind of like RP being purple but I suppose then you couldent tell the differance between atf and engine oil.
An excellent idea. You'd just have to use RP in the transmission (is RP ATF purple ?)
hmmm dont know if RP atf is purple? I think petro canada makes great oil! Thats all my friend in calgary uses and he swars by it. They really should color it red and expand to selling in the northern states to test market. They could advertise the excellent cold flow properties of their oil and they would have instant credibility being a canadian company. I really think it would work. [censored] I'd buy my red canadian oil in the winter.
Originally Posted By: ryland
I always thought it would be cool if petro-canada oils were red kind of like RP being purple but I suppose then you couldent tell the differance between atf and engine oil.
An excellent idea. You'd just have to use RP in the transmission (is RP ATF purple ?)
hmmm dont know if RP atf is purple? I think petro canada makes great oil! Thats all my friend in calgary uses and he swars by it. They really should color it red and expand to selling in the northern states to test market. They could advertise the excellent cold flow properties of their oil and they would have instant credibility being a canadian company. I really think it would work. [censored] I'd buy my red canadian oil in the winter.
Anyone know the cheapest retailer they've found in Ontario for SUPREME SYNTHETIC 5w30 ?
Originally Posted By: 21Rouge
Well FWIW I have sent along a virgin sample of the PC 0W30 as there seems to be a lack of PC oils in the VOA section of the forum.
VOA now available in of course the VOA forum.
Well FWIW I have sent along a virgin sample of the PC 0W30 as there seems to be a lack of PC oils in the VOA section of the forum.
VOA now available in of course the VOA forum.
Originally Posted By: 1993_VG30E_GXE
Anyone know the cheapest retailer they've found in Ontario for SUPREME SYNTHETIC 5w30 ?
Try to find a Petro Canada Home Heating outlet. They should
sell motor oil. The synthetic goes for around $5.50/$5.75 if a
case of 12 is purchased.
Anyone know the cheapest retailer they've found in Ontario for SUPREME SYNTHETIC 5w30 ?
Try to find a Petro Canada Home Heating outlet. They should
sell motor oil. The synthetic goes for around $5.50/$5.75 if a
case of 12 is purchased.
I didn't think much of Petro-Canada oils until I started reviewing the maintenance on my parents' Saturn SL2s. I discovered that the engines in these cars are notorious oil burners due to ring sticking. For most part, they have been getting their cars serviced regularly (5000 km OCIs with PC oil) at the local Saturn dealer. Lately, the cars have gone 10,000 km between oil changes and, although the 1998 SL2 is approaching 170,000 km and the 2001 SL2 is approaching 105,000 km, neither uses more than 1L/10,000 km.
Perhaps the Emission Service they got at Saturn might have helped to keep the rings from sticking but I think the Petro-Canada Supreme 5w30 did most of the work.
As for the price of 5w30 synthetic, my PC dealer was quoting me $7.22/L by the 12L case. 0w30 is cheaper ($5.32/L) but I have no idea why.
Perhaps the Emission Service they got at Saturn might have helped to keep the rings from sticking but I think the Petro-Canada Supreme 5w30 did most of the work.
As for the price of 5w30 synthetic, my PC dealer was quoting me $7.22/L by the 12L case. 0w30 is cheaper ($5.32/L) but I have no idea why.
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As for the price of 5w30 synthetic, my PC dealer was quoting me $7.22/L by the 12L case. 0w30 is cheaper ($5.32/L) but I have no idea why.
I just noticed this statement and can confirm this is still the case a month later. That is PC 0W30 is $2 a litre/bottle less than the same company's synthetic 0W20, 5W20 and 5W30 (with these three all within 50 cents of each other)
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I have never seen such pricing within the same company's PCMO lineup of oils...have you?
As for the price of 5w30 synthetic, my PC dealer was quoting me $7.22/L by the 12L case. 0w30 is cheaper ($5.32/L) but I have no idea why.
I just noticed this statement and can confirm this is still the case a month later. That is PC 0W30 is $2 a litre/bottle less than the same company's synthetic 0W20, 5W20 and 5W30 (with these three all within 50 cents of each other)
I have never seen such pricing within the same company's PCMO lineup of oils...have you?
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I questioned my PC dealer about this and he had no answer as to why 0w30 is so much cheaper.
And I am confident it has nothing to do with old stock versus new stock as I purchased some 0W30 for $5 and change in mid August that had been produced in July.
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