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A jug containing 50% Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5W40 and 50% Mobil 1 5w30 plus one quart of Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck . Just for fun I had a VOA done when I mixed up the jug of the 50/50 concoction and used 1/2 of it last summer. Here it is.
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That bucket contains motor oil that leaks at work. Instead of tossing it in the recycled oil container, I take it. Consider it recycling. All the oil in the picture was purchased on clearance for $4.77 per 5qt and $0.97 a qt (The Mobil 1 was given to me). I have a Ford 4.6 2v and I live in a hot climate. It just needs clean oil, and enough of it.
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1 quart Rotella T 5W40. 1 quart Pennzoil Platinum 5w30. 6 quarts Super Tech 0w20. In my 2018 GMC Sierra 5.3l.
One of my friends just acquired a 99 C2500 pickup.
I borrow his garage to do my maintenance and because both of our cars don't use a full 5 quarts I give him whatever is left over to put on the shelves. My car alone leaves .8 quarts or so behind and I have plenty of top off at home. He decided to put it in the truck. He had about 7 or 8 quarts of mixed new oil, since he didn't want all the 5qt jugs taking up space. We figured out it had -
Castrol Edge black bottle
Castrol Edge gold bottle
Pennzoil Platinum
Valvoline Advanced
Rotella T5
Rotella T6
Mobil 1
Most 5w30, but some 10w30 and 10w40 mixed in.
Shook it all up and put it in with an Mobil 1 filter. Wonder what that add pack looks like? I know a lot was Castrol gold and black bottle from me, but a good amount was all the others. I told him just think of all the benefits that little small block is getting if you read all the marketing from all those products!
I borrow his garage to do my maintenance and because both of our cars don't use a full 5 quarts I give him whatever is left over to put on the shelves. My car alone leaves .8 quarts or so behind and I have plenty of top off at home. He decided to put it in the truck. He had about 7 or 8 quarts of mixed new oil, since he didn't want all the 5qt jugs taking up space. We figured out it had -
Castrol Edge black bottle
Castrol Edge gold bottle
Pennzoil Platinum
Valvoline Advanced
Rotella T5
Rotella T6
Mobil 1
Most 5w30, but some 10w30 and 10w40 mixed in.
Shook it all up and put it in with an Mobil 1 filter. Wonder what that add pack looks like? I know a lot was Castrol gold and black bottle from me, but a good amount was all the others. I told him just think of all the benefits that little small block is getting if you read all the marketing from all those products!
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I made a frankenblend of 50/50 Rotella T6 0W40 and Rotella T4 15W40 for a mower, I had about 4oz left I used as top up in a 2008 Malibu, I also used the less than 8oz of RT6 0W40 that were left to top up the ecotec along with some Pennzoil High Mileage 5w20, the car has Mobil 1 0W40 in it, but I decided not to waste any of my valuable quarts that I have left unopen and just topped up with random stuff I had open.
For the last 2 changes, I've been using 4 qts Fram 10/30 syn oil, 1 qt 20/50 store brand oil, and top it off with store brand 10w40, in my '02 ford Explorer. Car has a minor oil leak that's cheaper to add oil to,than to fix. It's got 250k on it, and it's quite and runs smooth as butter.,,
3.5qts Castrol Edge 5W40
1.5qts Rotella T6 5W40
Will serve for top-offs if needed or whichever car is due for a drain & fill next.
1.5qts Rotella T6 5W40
Will serve for top-offs if needed or whichever car is due for a drain & fill next.
3 qt Pennzoil Start/Stop 0w20
1.5 qt Magnatec 5w30
Just dumped it into the Odyssey today
1.5 qt Magnatec 5w30
Just dumped it into the Odyssey today
The usual Valvoline + Magnatec. This time it was 4.5qt Valvoline Extended Protection 0w20 + 1/2qt Magnatec 5W30
I intended to use just the Valvoline without blending, but engine ran noise and the dipstick read LOW - even though 4.4qts is SUPPOSEDLY the capacity on the redesigned Subaru 2.5 D.I engine. With 4.5 qts in there, the DS was reading near the bottom dot so I added the 1/2 qt of the Magnatec.
I didnt want to add one whole litre ( the described volume between fill dot and FULL dot ) As I don't know if the Owner's Manual reported fill qty is incorrect or the dipstick calibration is wrong. the DS curves goes in to the sump at a severe angle, so it may just be a flaky design.
Thanks yet again Subaru, for the mystery DS readings.
I intended to use just the Valvoline without blending, but engine ran noise and the dipstick read LOW - even though 4.4qts is SUPPOSEDLY the capacity on the redesigned Subaru 2.5 D.I engine. With 4.5 qts in there, the DS was reading near the bottom dot so I added the 1/2 qt of the Magnatec.
I didnt want to add one whole litre ( the described volume between fill dot and FULL dot ) As I don't know if the Owner's Manual reported fill qty is incorrect or the dipstick calibration is wrong. the DS curves goes in to the sump at a severe angle, so it may just be a flaky design.
Thanks yet again Subaru, for the mystery DS readings.
Not really a “brew” but in sonata I put in 4.8 qts of Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w20 (after running .2 through the engine) and .8 of a qt Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w30… that’s all I can handle haha
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'21 Tucson 2.0:
Mobil Super SB 5w30 (3.2qt),
Mobil Super Syn 0W-20 (1qt)
'21 Tucson 2.0:
Mobil Super SB 5w30 (3.2qt),
Mobil Super Syn 0W-20 (1qt)
Yay! Welcome to the dark side.....
Pennzoil Ultra Platinum, AMSOIL Signature Series, Ravenol ECS.
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This ^^^ nowadays I tend to use up 1 to 3 stray quarts from the same company … but try to not go over a quart otherwise (no science - just an attempt at logic) …Not that I make this a practice anymore as I once did about 45+ yrs ago when money was tight. However, I'll do it now and again with more compatible oils that I have laying around from our own vehicles. And not that I believe that this is an optimal way of doing an OCI but, I also don't think it hurts anything and I have my own proof of this. Lots of it!
In my distant past, I've used 5-6 different grades of oil, each being a different brand as well and my engines(placebo) seemed to run better/smoother/stronger than with the required/recommended oils.
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Man, that’s Frankenstein dressed for a black tie affair
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