Walmart oil prices - Ah!

[amateurbob]

Menards online is at least for the moment showing quaker state FS for 18.66$ with the 11% rebate

 

[Sequoiasoon]

O.K. But the the toilet paper hype was a total hoax popularized on the TV. It was made up scam. Nobody had run out of toilet paper.

I know many people that did run out but that was because others stocked up (hoarded?). I was able to shop at different hour and "took advantage" of getting what I could BUT used that to help friends, family, co-workers, fellow firefighters. They paid whatever that store price was and I delivered it to their house.

Some I know bought the bidet seats, some jumped in shower with handheld shower head.

 

[SC Maintenance]

O.K. But the the toilet paper hype was a total hoax popularized on the TV. It was made up scam. Nobody had run out of toilet paper.

Actually wasn’t.

60% of TP is the stuff you buy at Walmart.

40% is those giant rolls you see in public toilets.

The two supply chains don’t mix. Completely different manufacturers. Everyone staying home caused the issue.

 

[johnmyster]

Like anything else one buys on (fe)eBay-when it shows, look VERY CLOSELY for any signs of a counterfeit, or used oil. or any other funny business. eBay is actually very good at refunding for damaged or counterfeit goods, at least as good as AMZN.

The oil gets delivered from your local Walmart. Zero chance of counterfeit oil.

 

[danstraylee]

Maybe what’s funny is how early people dump oil now …

I don’t think that’s funny at all, in fact I think way too many people on here change their oil too often. Mostly because it makes them feel good, not because they have any kind of real data that shows that it’s necessary.

Great minds think alike, we posted the same thing at the same time

Have you ever considered the detrimental effects of extending your oil changes? All this nonsense of using EPA driven reminder systems in vehicles and other lies to extend oil life are unrealistic. These 7k-10 oil chances on a short trip vehicle are just asking for problems down the road. And with a lot of direct injection vehicles carbon buildup and excessive oil consumption are common.

How about instead of so called "data" using some common sense that you were born with?

My small vehicle (Honda Passport) is a daily driver with a lot short trips. I do oil changes between 3k - 5k, 10K diff fluid, 25K transmission fluid, biannual brake fluid/coolant and just completed a timing belt kit/valve check. While I was in there I found a leaking motor mount and changed it out as well.

My Data? At about 60K (just shy of me replacing my timing belt) I had my local shop do a bore scope to check for carbon buildup and possible walnut blasting. Also did a leak down and compression check. I had less than 3% loss and compression check showed 187 psi on highest cylinder (front of engine) and 183 psi on hottest cylinder. I also had them do a complete diagnostic to see if I overlooked anything. For a cost of less than 250 bucks well worth it to find out my motor is in excellent health.

The shop that did my work sees these vehicles day in day out and technician commented on my vehicle being the best of the best regarding engine health. That's data enough for me.

My L5P equipped truck is used for towing mostly and long trips. It's pretty new. Did my first oil change at 188 miles then again along with fuel filter at 2K miles, then 5K complementary oil change at dealer. 5K oil and fuel filter changes moving forward will be my routine. at 10K Ill do both diffs and transfer case then again along with transmission service at 25K. Then every 25K for all of them. Of course biannual brake fluid/coolant service regardless of miles.

Point being I tend to keep my vehicles for hundreds of thousand of miles. And for a cost of less than 50 bucks for service it's cheap insurance.

 

[Dave Hess]

What other supply chain issues will we see in the near future and prices on everything increase 30%….. ?

I was at a hospital during Covid and there was a Gatorade shortage from manufacturer and patients needed to drink something else.

 

[Dave Hess]

I got 130 quarts of oil and maintain 7 vehicles in the family.

 

[Patman]

Have you ever considered the detrimental effects of extending your oil changes? All this nonsense of using EPA driven reminder systems in vehicles and other lies to extend oil life are unrealistic. These 7k-10 oil chances on a short trip vehicle are just asking for problems down the road. And with a lot of direct injection vehicles carbon buildup and excessive oil consumption are common.

How about instead of so called "data" using some common sense that you were born with?

My small vehicle (Honda Passport) is a daily driver with a lot short trips. I do oil changes between 3k - 5k, 10K diff fluid, 25K transmission fluid, biannual brake fluid/coolant and just completed a timing belt kit/valve check. While I was in there I found a leaking motor mount and changed it out as well.

My Data? At about 60K (just shy of me replacing my timing belt) I had my local shop do a bore scope to check for carbon buildup and possible walnut blasting. Also did a leak down and compression check. I had less than 3% loss and compression check showed 187 psi on highest cylinder (front of engine) and 183 psi on hottest cylinder. I also had them do a complete diagnostic to see if I overlooked anything. For a cost of less than 250 bucks well worth it to find out my motor is in excellent health.

The shop that did my work sees these vehicles day in day out and technician commented on my vehicle being the best of the best regarding engine health. That's data enough for me.

My L5P equipped truck is used for towing mostly and long trips. It's pretty new. Did my first oil change at 188 miles then again along with fuel filter at 2K miles, then 5K complementary oil change at dealer. 5K oil and fuel filter changes moving forward will be my routine. at 10K Ill do both diffs and transfer case then again along with transmission service at 25K. Then every 25K for all of them. Of course biannual brake fluid/coolant service regardless of miles.

Point being I tend to keep my vehicles for hundreds of thousand of miles. And for a cost of less than 50 bucks for service it's cheap insurance.

I switched from doing 3000 mile oil changes over twenty years ago and calculated that I’ve saved at least $3000 by doing this. I haven’t had any engine troubles ever. That’s good enough for me to know that I’m doing it right. I follow the oil life monitors in my cars. The manufacturers put a lot of research into them and I have also done used oil analysis to verify the safety of those higher intervals. I drive a lot and don’t want to be under my cars every 3000 miles anymore. That’s a lot of wasted time, especially since these days I need to drive 90 minutes round trip for each oil change I do (I live in a condo and so I have to change my oil in my father’s driveway)

Those of you who just blindly stick with 3000 miles because Jiffy Lube has drilled it into your heads for decades, enjoy your lighter wallets. Because that’s really all that it’s accomplishing.

Your “data” of that shop telling you how good your engine is actually means nothing. You really don’t know if it could have had the exact same results if you had been doing 6 to 10k oil changes.

You should really add up how much more it costs you over hundreds of thousands of miles with doing shorter intervals. With the rising costs of oil and filters that number becomes even more eye opening

 

[Robster]

I switched from doing 3000 mile oil changes over twenty years ago and calculated that I’ve saved at least $3000 by doing this. I haven’t had any engine troubles ever. That’s good enough for me to know that I’m doing it right. I follow the oil life monitors in my cars. The manufacturers put a lot of research into them and I have also done used oil analysis to verify the safety of those higher intervals. I drive a lot and don’t want to be under my cars every 3000 miles anymore. That’s a lot of wasted time, especially since these days I need to drive 90 minutes round trip for each oil change I do (I live in a condo and so I have to change my oil in my father’s driveway)

Those of you who just blindly stick with 3000 miles because Jiffy Lube has drilled it into your heads for decades, enjoy your lighter wallets. Because that’s really all that it’s accomplishing.

Your “data” of that shop telling you how good your engine is actually means nothing. You really don’t know if it could have had the exact same results if you had been doing 6 to 10k oil changes.

You should really add up how much more it costs you over hundreds of thousands of miles with doing shorter intervals. With the rising costs of oil and filters that number becomes even more eye opening

Agreed. . . I've always been conservative with oil changes, even with OLM's, but this possible shortage may induce me to follow the OLM in the truck going forward. I've also backed it up with a recent baseline Blackstone test that indicated that the OLM was tracking appropriately for my use. If nothing else it should be an interesting experiment, and possibly will make me a TRUE believer in the OLM.