Ultra1Plus 5W40 API SP
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So how proud of that five gallon pale were they?
Please provide any feed back on this oil. Thank you.
Please provide any feed back regarding this purchase.
Bet you're right https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ultra1Plus-5W-40-Full-Synthetic-4T-Engine-Oil-API-SN-Jaso-MA2/257836796
That was at my Walmart YMMV
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My feedback is dont buy it. If you have it drain it out. I went with Quaker State 5W40 European. I am happy that I didnt keep going with this oil. Lesson learned. Pail and left over oil going to recycling center in town.
From now on not playing with little known names and brands.
From now on not playing with little known names and brands.
The world wants to know why.
elaborate please? Common rhetoric around here is that any API SP rated oil is good enough to do the job. Curious why this one was not in such a short period.
Edit: just noticed it says exceeds and does not carry the starburst. Perhaps it is not API rated.
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Can't figure out if they're a blender... or simply a couple of warehouses putting their label on some oil blended by someone else
Will simply wait on UOA and VOA data to see how it works out
Will simply wait on UOA and VOA data to see how it works out
We need more info here. Why is it bad and what were the red flags?
Ultra1Plus 5W40 API SP VOA
Ultra1Plus 5W40 API SP VOA I am not a scientist or chemist so I have no idea how to interpret these results. However I did a simple comparison with other API SP oils and it looks to me like the additive package here is weak. Also for a 5W40 it seems more like a thick 5W30. Not impressed.
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I will stick with known brands I can readily get anytime I make a trip to the wal mart
The problem is the known brands at Walmart are becoming scarce because of shortages. There is lots of 5W30 at Walmart, but a good 5W40 is hard to find.
Right. I understand what you were trying to do. I did not mean to come across as you should have stuck with a known brand, I misread your original post where it clearly says “there is a shortage of YOUR favorite brands” of 5w40
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Thing is, most 5w-40's are either Euro lubes, or HDEO's, this is clearly neither.
I have concluded its a scam. They put in just enough ingredients or additives to pass. If you compare it against other API SP oils you see 2-3 times the amount of additives and much higher TBN. They put in as little as they could get away with and charged as much as they could get away with like the weak coffee at Panera bread.
HDEOs like Delvac test out great. The Euro formulas are basically a thick 5W30 with lots of additives and they work well. The Ultra1Plus is garbage.
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Can you return it? Sounds like fraud... not getting what you paid for.
Post the VOA data on amazon/walmart comments section to save others from the mistake.
Post the VOA data on amazon/walmart comments section to save others from the mistake.
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