what be the oldest dated oil you would buy ?
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I'd use SL with no reservations; I don't know about anything older though.
I might buy some oil that is really old (even SA, if it is in a collectible container), but would I use it? That's another question.
About a year or two ago I bought a bottle of SG (!) rated GM brand 5W30 that was sitting all alone in some little independent auto parts store. I used it too. Cost me $2, which is cheap in Canada.
The smoothest quietest oil I've ever ran was the old SL Chevron, but they quit making the formula.
I go out of my way to find SL
For stashers, it depends on how soon you plan on using it. I try to use older stuff first. About 5 years ago, I bought a 34q load of SJ Superflo Semi-Syn for $.01c a quart. I'd still use it. I have M02 GC in my new car now and SL Havoline Synth on-deck. I think the rule could be that better oil lasts lobnger, even on the shelf and is much more appropriate to use after the made-date.
I have a bottle of Valvoline All-Climate SAE 10w40 Motor Oil Turbo Approved SH Energy Conserving that I saw at Safeway in 2000 lonely on the shelf, during a period of controlled insanity I bought it for the same price as the current SM rated 10w40 on the shelf for $3.79 thinking I'd run it in a lawnmower, However apon opening it I came to the conclusion that the bottle is too darn pretty and retro-ish to open...
Do you think I should do a VOA on this stuff...
I remember Dad showing me how to do an oil change on an oil Ford F100 with bottles just like this in the mid nineties...
F126C1 on the back of the bottle with
1995 right after it says ASHLAND INC
Do you think I should do a VOA on this stuff...
I remember Dad showing me how to do an oil change on an oil Ford F100 with bottles just like this in the mid nineties...
F126C1 on the back of the bottle with
1995 right after it says ASHLAND INC
I forgot to add i saw the bottle in the summer of 2000 and thought it was old then.. I waited until the Summer of 2006 before I bought it. I think I sat on the shelf for 11 years.
ive got a few cans of motor oil thats in a cardboard can with a metal top. dont know how old they are but they have to be up there.
i wouldnt use it in my car but sence i wasnt able to sell them i plan on using it in my lawnmower.
while not directly car related it is an engine and oil, i had an old bottle of pennzoil outboard oil that was in a cardboard tube with metal top and bottom. i used that up in my 2 stroke hedge trimmer and it was fine. compression was the same before and after the oil so i dont think i hurt anything.
i wouldnt use it in my car but sence i wasnt able to sell them i plan on using it in my lawnmower.
while not directly car related it is an engine and oil, i had an old bottle of pennzoil outboard oil that was in a cardboard tube with metal top and bottom. i used that up in my 2 stroke hedge trimmer and it was fine. compression was the same before and after the oil so i dont think i hurt anything.
I found some SG oil in my garage today that was my dads, how old would anyone say it is? It's Amoco brand
Is it the red white plastic with blue or red /silver stripes? I used to buy that stuff at Kmart and used it in my 1990 Couger.
Put 2003 GC in my 2006 Tundra today.
Today I bought some Havoline Semi-Synth, SL date coded 2003. I'll use it immediately.
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