Stocking Up On Motor Oil

[fen1]

I've just ordered another two five quarts jugs of Mobil 1 0W-30 ESP from Walmart. This adds to the 6 jugs I already have.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Have we done a best beater beat down oil thread ?

You start one. I am already on everyone’s poop list.

 

[mr_boring]

You start one. I am already on everyone’s poop list.

Off topic, but Friday we were going over the Ravenel and got some great lightning video.

 

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Off topic, but Friday we were going over the Ravenel and got some great lightning video.

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Yes I know this place well.

 

[Japanese]

Debating on buying any more while we’re still at “first stage” price hikes

 

[bigjohn]

I am still looking for occasional, smoking deals..... Will buy with the price is right.

 

[Hootbro]

I am still looking for occasional, smoking deals..... Will buy with the price is right.

Probably been 20+ years since I have bought any oil at full retail pricing. Always some clearance, sale or rebate going on

 

[Sequoiasoon]

I just picked up one of 6qt case of individual bottles of Mobil 1 0W-40 for $31.49 from BJ's. Planning for the pre-winter OCI's for generator and snow blower. It's on sale for 3 more days, best price no but cheaper than the 5qt jugs of other stuff.

 

[wxtech]

Prior to the Iran war... I bought and bought a bunch.... I looked for smoking deals on Amazon and Walmart.... and I scored. I now have, probably three years at the least.... and probably have 6-8 years of 15w40 for all my littler engines..... and my Diesels..

I did the same thing. I seen the oil problem coming. I maintain three cars. I got three years worth of oil changes for each car. Whenever there was a rollback or somewhere had it on sale I always grabbed a few jugs and just as many filters.

I just got back from Walmart this morning and noticed the price increases had finally hit my area. I’m glad I got the oil months ago. It has went up quite a bit.

 

[duck__dodgers]

If someone is just stocking up now, take it easy. It's too late to build a two year stash, *IMO*. Once the situation in the Mideast resolves (one way or the other), lots of new supply is going to hit the market and the Asian basestock refineries are going to move back to producing more stock (jet fuel and diesel are more profitable right now).

 

[Sequoiasoon]

I did the same thing. I seen the oil problem coming. I maintain three cars. I got three years worth of oil changes for each car. Whenever there was a rollback or somewhere had it on sale I always grabbed a few jugs and just as many filters.

I just got back from Walmart this morning and noticed the price increases had finally hit my area. I’m glad I got the oil months ago. It has went up quite a bit.

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That went up to what we were happy paying for Valvoline Restore and Protect and some others.

 

[Zee09]

 

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If someone is just stocking up now, take it easy. It's too late to build a two year stash, *IMO*. Once the situation in the Mideast resolves (one way or the other), lots of new supply is going to hit the market and the Asian basestock refineries are going to move back to producing more stock (jet fuel and diesel are more profitable right now).

I would agree with the caveat if there is something you just must have - like Restore and Protect or ESP - then you should get some. Who knows what is available at what price going forward.

If your like me and will run whatever, we will always have something irrelevant of what the middle east plants do.

 

[duck__dodgers]

like Restore and Protect or ESP

yes, definitely VRP. this should be easy for anyone to check, if they really care. IIRC, Aramco owns Valvoline. Aramco also owns a Korean subsidiary that makes lots of basestock (Oilbank, IIRC?). Pretty safe assumption that some part of VRP comes from that complex in Korea, formerly using Mideast crude (now more Canadian).

IIRC, Mobil's refineries are more in the US/western hemisphere using western hemisphere crude. Again, I forgot the specifics and I'm not going to bother looking it up as I don't care that much.

If you just need SQ oil, take it easy. If you have to have something specific like VRP or ESP or whatever, then it's different.