Hello folks and what is the oldest oil you ever used? I have used some 10 year old oils but nothing older than that. My dad has some drums of EMBLEM 15w40 that's 15+ years old he is using up.
What's the oldest oil you used?
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API SE, I still have a bit, it goes into my mower. No problems to report.
I still have about 20 quarts of green cap (10w30) and red cap (15w50) Mobil 1 from 2003.
I mix with SN rated 5w20 dino oil.
I mix with SN rated 5w20 dino oil.
Thank you folks for the replies
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
API SE, I still have a bit, it goes into my mower. No problems to report.
I still have a few of them also and I did mix with new and it's good to go in my more of a modern cars 1-4 RATIO. Look at virgin oil analises, they're almost identical, appart an API SE (1972 to 1979) having more Zn and P. But what a VOA shows? Not much IMO.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/April-1-2012.php
API SE, I still have a bit, it goes into my mower. No problems to report.
I still have a few of them also and I did mix with new and it's good to go in my more of a modern cars 1-4 RATIO. Look at virgin oil analises, they're almost identical, appart an API SE (1972 to 1979) having more Zn and P. But what a VOA shows? Not much IMO.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/April-1-2012.php
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Originally Posted By: demarpaint
API SE, I still have a bit, it goes into my mower. No problems to report.
I still have a few of them also and I did mix with new and it's good to go in my more of a modern cars 1-4 RATIO. Look at virgin oil analises, they're almost identical, appart an API SE (1972 to 1979) having more Zn and P. But what a VOA shows? Not much IMO.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/April-1-2012.php
I remembered reading that a long time ago. I might use up a bit of the few qts. I have left in my 88 E-150. Maybe 1 qt, in the 6 qt sump next oil change. Thanks for reminding me.
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
API SE, I still have a bit, it goes into my mower. No problems to report.
I still have a few of them also and I did mix with new and it's good to go in my more of a modern cars 1-4 RATIO. Look at virgin oil analises, they're almost identical, appart an API SE (1972 to 1979) having more Zn and P. But what a VOA shows? Not much IMO.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/April-1-2012.php
I remembered reading that a long time ago. I might use up a bit of the few qts. I have left in my 88 E-150. Maybe 1 qt, in the 6 qt sump next oil change. Thanks for reminding me.
I used Mobil 1 from the early 1990s in the Cherokee when I got it in 201o
M1 in a Jeep; that's a SIN!!
5-6 years ago in my Cavalier I used SJ-rated Havoline 10W-30 for top-off...I remember that it came out of the bottle a dark caramel colour.
Years ago I borrowed a friends oil-burner of a car, and topped it off with a really, really old bottle of oil....this would have been in the mid-1990's, and the bottle of oil was from the mid-1980's...
Years ago I borrowed a friends oil-burner of a car, and topped it off with a really, really old bottle of oil....this would have been in the mid-1990's, and the bottle of oil was from the mid-1980's...
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I'm not going to use it but have a couple quarts of JM Fields dept store oil that's rated MS... Not sure exactly how old it is but probably pre 1969...
And before anyone goes ape, there is only one can pictured...
haha Texaco SAE 30 HD saves gasoline!
I'm not going to use it but have a couple quarts of JM Fields dept store oil that's rated MS... Not sure exactly how old it is but probably pre 1969...
And before anyone goes ape, there is only one can pictured...
haha Texaco SAE 30 HD saves gasoline!
A few years ago when my grandfather passed my father and I were cleaning out his barn and we found several quarts of Oilzum 10w40 motor oil and it must have been 40+ years old or more? I asked him if he was going to recycle it and he said "heck no! It's going in my Buick Regal next oil change!" It ran just fine on that old oil.
I used a half qt of m1 that was a few years old and had been left in a covey box under the hood of a Yukon. It had a slighty whitish bubbly consistency. Was about a half court shy of a full oc so I dumped it in.was probably oxidized and im sure
Popeye used 45 year old Olive Oil.
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M1 in a Jeep; that's a SIN!!
I still have some Pyb from the 90s that I could use ..
M1 in a Jeep; that's a SIN!!
I still have some Pyb from the 90s that I could use ..
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