What's in your oil stash?

[sir1900]

I have 210 quarts of combined varieties: 0W20, 5W30, 5W20. All different brands from Castrol to Mobil to Pennzoil, from conventional to high mileage to synthetic...you name it I have it. I don't have boutique oils like Redline or Amsoil though.

Basically I buy whatever I can get for cheap.

Between the wife and myself, and my family and her family, I help maintain 8 vehicles.

At 210 quarts, I think I'm set for life.

 

[Pontual]

4L Petronas Synthium 3000 5W40 (group III)
4L Original GM 5w30 synthetic technology (groups?)
1Qt BP Turbo Oil 2197 (group V polyolester TechPe)
1 qt Aeroshell 555 (group V)
2 qts ARCO GRAPHITE 10W40 SE (Just to look, not using)
10 qts my Brew with M1
5qt my flush brew.
5 qt Pentosin ATF1
1L Total fluide LDS for eletrohydraulic suspension

 

[mattwithcats]

15 quarts (3 jugs) of Pennzoil Ultra Platinum, 5W-30
5 quarts (jug) of Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy 0W-30
5 quarts Pennzoil Platinum, 5w-30

10 quarts (2 jugs) of Castrol Edge 5W-40
5 quarts Castrol Edge 0W-30

2 quarts Pennzoil Euro 0W-40
4 quarts Pennzoil Euro 5W-40, old grey bottle
5 quarts Castrol Edge (gold bottle) 5W-30

Two drain jugs, one for -30, one for -40 weight oil.
I use these to get the dregs out of my bottles...

 

[wemay]

Quaker Stat Defy (SN/GF-5) - (5) 5qt jugs @ $2.50 ea. from KMart clearance.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

One Qt Supertech Syn 5w20, one Qt Rotella T5 10w30 to top off the (now oil burning) new Subaru. And a 5 qt jug of Royal Purple SL 5w30 I removed from a Suzuki Aerio 2.3L many years ago after a week of poor running with it.

 

[Scum_Frog]

I generally don't carry a big stash. Usually shop the sales in between OCI to prep and have enough for the next OC.

With that said I just did an OC on the F150 and have 1/2 a 5L jug of PP 5W20 to use as top up if required or the next OC.

5L jug of Castrol 0W40 for the VW coming up soon.
1L bottle of Castrol 0W40 for top ups on the VW

Not too exciting I know, but I just don't see the value of having a big supply on hand getting old sitting in my garage when oil is always on sale.

 

[Toaster_Jer]

6qts]Mystic semi 10w30
5qts]M1 5w30
5qts Amsoil OE 0w20
4qts]Amsoil Signature series 0w30
1qt]M1 0w30

Once the Mystic is used up it's
5qts]Maxlife 5w30 semi

 

[Kuato]

48 qts of Amsoil, mix between 0w30 and 5w30.

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: wemay
Quaker Stat Defy (SN/GF-5) - (5) 5qt jugs @ $2.50 ea. from KMart clearance.



...and (5) 5 qt jugs of M1 AFE 0W30

 

[mclasser]

Originally Posted By: Donald
My oil stash is on the Walmart shelf.

+1

 

[TFB1]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
One of my goals was de-hoarding.

Unless I can come across some for $1 a quart, I'm not buying any.

Same here...

I do have

3Qt M1 0W-40 & same of 5W-20 that combined will make a change for the '07 Grand Marquis...
2Qt M1 5W-30 EP(Top off for my '98 Grand Marquis, yet to buy it's next change)
5Qt Rotella 10W-30(beater F-150 or maybe break in oil for new T-Bird 331)
7Qt QS Defy 10W-40(next change in one of the oldies)
1Qt each Castrol GTX 5W-20, QSUD 0W-20 & Delo 15W-40...

Blea, blea, uhh - that's all folks, at next spring's changes it'll mostly all be gone, new purchases will be on as needed basis...

 

[BrianF]

Nothing fancy:
15 liters of Motomaster Synthetic 5w20
8 liters of Pennzoil Platinum PP 5w30
17 liters of Co-op synthetic 80w140 gear oil
5 liters Co-op synthetic 75w90 gear oil
half a litre of Co-op synthetic 2 stroke oil
several quarts of Amsoil ATF, both multi vehicle and low visc.

 

[69GTX]

30 qts of Mobil 1 0w-40 and 5w-30, PP 5w-30, and Mobil Super 5000 5w-20......good for 2016.

 

[IndyIan]

My tractor is due for a full fluid swap soon so the stash has swelled abit.
I've got 56L of Petro Canada Duratran, 30L of Rotella 5W40 T6, and maybe 25L of 5W20 and 5W30 of Valvoline syn and dino.
I need to find 8L of 75W90 at a reasonable price too so I might be back to the Petro Canada distributor if nothing comes on sale soon.

 

[tojo1968]

6 qts Havoline Pro DS 5w30
5 qts Castrol Magnatec 5w30
10 qts M1 5w30
1 qt QS 10w30

About to load up on FormulaShell synthetic 5w30 from BJs, $19.99 for
6 qts!

 

[Nitronoise]

5 gallons rotella t-5 10w30 for the jeep
12 qts QSUD 5w30 for the freestyle
36 qts proline 5w30 for the hundai and buick
4 qts QSGB 30 wt for the mowers and gensets
12 qts QSGB 5w20for the company car tarus

 

[Shannow]

Interesting looking at the Aussie's oil stash versus the stereotype foisted by a couple of posters.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
There is probably a quart or two of 5W-30 left over from the fall vehicle oil changes, and half a gallon or so of Rotella 15W-40 from the tractor/small engine oil changes. I don't have any vehicles or equipment that consume any appreciable amount of oil, so having it sit on a shelf makes no sense whatsoever. I don't waste time chasing down sales or closeouts-the amount saved simply isn't worth my time.

I prefer to invest my money in something that provides a return, and I'll let the local farm store carry my "stash" in their inventory. I don't like keeping capital tied up in something that is readily available and relatively inexpensive-it simply makes no financial sense.


Don't even keep a spare set of harpsichord strings around the place ?

 

[Dallas69]

10qtsof Ultra sm
5 of PP
39 of Smittys
17 Peak
7 PepBoys
5 gtx
21 nexgen
Total of 104 QTS,most was free

 

[fdcg27]

Originally Posted By: stockrex
if you gots to measure your stash in quarts then thou does not haf a stash bro.

50 gallons plus would be min to qualify for the coveted title of having a stash
;-)



I qualify, then.
It's hard to turn down dirt cheap or free oil.
I have everything from 0W-20 to 5W-50, to suit everything we own.
Brands include D1, M1, SSO, TGMO, HGMO, Syntech, Synpower, Maxlife, PP, Ultra, QSUD, Delvac, Rotella and Chevron as well as some others I'm forgetting.
Of course, I bought all of this oil quite cheaply on various deals.
I have enough for the next five years, so it's probably time to stop adding and start depleting.
Let's not even talk about oil filters.