Thrive oils

[Black Thunder]

Recently at work they ordered 75w90 gear oil in the Thrive brand which for me curious so I researched their whole line of oils.

It's blended etc by US lubricants.

Buying in 6 gallon boxes in 5w20 is pretty enticing as it works out to about 3.33 a quart considered to pretty much any low end oil being around 4.99 a quart on my area at regular price.



Anyone else looked into Thrive recently?

I didn't find much through the search

 

[cvlw]

My local trusted mechanic has used Thrive for quite a long time (before a supply/delivery problem of the past couple of years). It was the basic brand for 3k-5k-7k OCI offerings. The cars in my sig ran it for the majority of their lives. Each is ~140,000 miles, now. Their data sheets and are fairly detailed, too, so one can make good comparisons. It is safe to say Thrive is "on par" with brands on the store shelves.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

If it meets the spec, it can’t be statistically worse than any other oil for the same specs, that’s about all you can say truthfully.

IMO, and maybe it’s splitting hairs here, but their spec sheet for 0w20 uses the wording: “THRIVETM dexos1TM GEN 3 Full Synthetic Premium Motor Oils... Are approved and licensed by GM for use in all its gasoline powered vehicles.”

That is a false statement when listed on a 0w20 spec sheet, considering many GM vehicles require 0/5w-30. It makes it sound like you can use either oil listed on that spec sheet interchangeably in ANY GM vehicle.

 

[Black Thunder]

Not a GM guy but what engines are spec'ed for 5w30 and above? Just curious

 

[kschachn]

Not a GM guy but what engines are spec'ed for 5w30 and above? Just curious

Well for one thing no manufacturer “specs” nor requires a grade, they are all recommendations. But beyond that a blender should keep their marketing statements truthful since it tends to reflect on their quality.

 

[userfriendly]

Not a GM guy but what engines are spec'ed for 5w30 and above? Just curious

My 3.6L LGX is and 6.6 gasoline engines in HDs are 5w30s, 6.6L Duramax is 5w40 or 15w40.
EMD 710 series are SAE40 or 20w40.

 

[Black Thunder]

My 3.6L LGX is and 6.6 gasoline engines in HDs are 5w30s, 6.6L Duramax is 5w40 or 15w40.
EMD 710 series are SAE40 or 20w40.

Are the new duramax's "recommended" to have 5w40 or 15w40 as well?


all the new class 8 semi's are running 10w30 now from factory

 

[userfriendly]

Are the new duramax's "recommended" to have 5w40 or 15w40 as well?


all the new class 8 semi's are running 10w30 now from factory

My 1st, a 2006 LBZ approved 10W30, SAE 30, 5W40 and 15W40 if I remember correctly in the owners' manual.
The next 2, a 2011 LML and 2018 L5P approve 5W40 and 15W40.
All disapprove 10W40 for some reason. I canny see why not, all the 10W40 CJ-4s and CK-4s are synthetic with the same add-pack.

The class 8s that are factory filled with 10W30 CK-4 or FA-4 with 3.1 max HTHS are not your grandfather's Jimmy.