Who Really Makes G-Oil?

[zeezee]

I posted a thread on who really seems to make G-Oil. Looks like it was deleted for some reason. Maybe one of the mods didn't like it?

Seems to be made in Cicero IL by Olympic / Delta Companies. Tracked it down on the Youtube videos for "Two Guys in a Garage". Look for the videos and the first video has a hint at 1:25. The second video clearly indicates that they are at the Delta factory.

PQIA's analysis seems to indicate that the additive package is identical to Peak, which is quite weird. Peak is an Old World product and they also seem to use the same plant as a terminal.

Anyway... Not sure why it was deleted, but just figured that someone might be interested to know where the product comes from. Guess the original post is lost forever now.

 

[tommygunn]

Interesting if true. I suppose you can't really complain about G-Oil if its alot like Peak's stuff given how many rebates they constantly fork out.

I still would like to know what makes it so green and earth friendly. Someone told me the container was recycled plastic and the rest is just regular oil, and I laughed but I wondered.

 

[chubbs1]

Originally Posted By: tommygunn


I still would like to know what makes it so green and earth friendly. Someone told me the container was recycled plastic and the rest is just regular oil, and I laughed but I wondered.


What do you mean "what makes it so green and earth friendly"? It is a grp V derived from animal fats, so in other words it is not petroleum at all.

 

[chubbs1]

Originally Posted By: zeezee


PQIA's analysis seems to indicate that the additive package is identical to Peak, which is quite weird. Peak is an Old World product and they also seem to use the same plant as a terminal.


I have no idea what PEAK oil you are looking at but the additive packs are not even remotely close. PEAK has a heavy dose of sodium with no moly or Boron. G-Oil has a nice shot of Boron and some moly with no sodium.

 

[simple_gifts]

Quote:

What do you mean "what makes it so green and earth friendly"? It is a grp V derived from animal fats, so in other words it is not petroleum at all.


Also biodegradable.

 

[bepperb]

The fact you saw an oil bottling plant in the background doesn't mean it's where the base stock for G oil is made. The additive package isn't the same as peak. It's obviously not a conventional oil just looking at any voa of it, it's derived from animal fats.

 

[zeezee]

Originally Posted By: bepperb
The fact you saw an oil bottling plant in the background doesn't mean it's where the base stock for G oil is made. The additive package isn't the same as peak. It's obviously not a conventional oil just looking at any voa of it, it's derived from animal fats.


I didn't say anything about the base stock. Base stock can come from anywhere. For all we know, it comes from McDonalds.

In my original post there was a lot more information. It was pretty detailed. I'm really not sure what happened to the thread.

 

[zeezee]

Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Originally Posted By: zeezee


PQIA's analysis seems to indicate that the additive package is identical to Peak, which is quite weird. Peak is an Old World product and they also seem to use the same plant as a terminal.


I have no idea what PEAK oil you are looking at but the additive packs are not even remotely close. PEAK has a heavy dose of sodium with no moly or Boron. G-Oil has a nice shot of Boron and some moly with no sodium.


I'm not talking about Peak synthetic. I am talking about standard Peak. See these links from PQIA that I had in the original thread:

http://www.pqiamerica.com/January2012A/January2012R2/Peak.htm

http://www.pqiamerica.com/January2012A/January2012R2/goil.htm

Additive packages are virtually identical.

 

[zeezee]

Here are a few other links I had in my original thread:

Old World (Peak) lists this location as a terminal:
http://www.oldworldind.com/chemicals/tm_chicago.html

And it's also listed as the Chicago location for Delta Group / Olympic Oil:
http://deltacogroup.com/locations-chicago.php

 

[hr1940]

I deleted the thread because it was a sales pitch to promote a product. The only way you can advertise products is to be a paid sponsor.

Helen

 

[zeezee]

It was NOT a sales pitch. Lock this thread too if you want, but I feel it's a legit question to ask *who* makes it. There are a lot of smart people here and I was trying to see if someone else could provide some insight.

Can you tell me why it was considered a sales pitch? I have nothing to do with any of those companies.

 

[Tom NJ]

Per their 10-K filing:

"In July 2010, we entered into an arrangement with Delta Petroleum Company, to produce our performance products based on our specifications and formulations. In September 2010, we formalized this arrangement by entering into a Product Production and Sale Agreement with Olympic Oil, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Petroleum....The Delta Group purchases the ingredients and raw materials that are used to produce these products from its suppliers. The Delta Group also has the right under the agreement, subject to our consent, to sell our products to its other customers either under our label or under the customers’ private label."

Tom NJ

 

[hr1940]

I read the post and all the attachments. If you only wanted to know who makes the product then that is what you would have ask.

When a person only wants to know where the product is made the do not go into detail about the product and it benefits as a green product.

Helen

 

[barlowc]

Originally Posted By: Tom NJ
"The Delta Group also has the right under the agreement, subject to our consent, to sell our products to its other customers either under our label or under the customers’ private label."

That would be pretty cool if we started to see additional bio-based oils on the store shelves.

 

[barlowc]

I was at my local ACO Hardware today and noticed the 50-quart jugs of Service Pro synthetic blend. They were the same jugs as those used to package G-OIL in; says "Plastipak" on the bottom.

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: barlowc
Originally Posted By: Tom NJ
"The Delta Group also has the right under the agreement, subject to our consent, to sell our products to its other customers either under our label or under the customers’ private label."

That would be pretty cool if we started to see additional bio-based oils on the store shelves.


A 0W-30 and 0W-20 with the max allowed ad packs would be VERY cool indeed!!

 

[08sienna]

Originally Posted By: hr1940
I deleted the thread because it was a sales pitch to promote a product. The only way you can advertise products is to be a paid sponsor.

Helen



Originally Posted By: hr1940
I read the post and all the attachments. If you only wanted to know who makes the product then that is what you would have ask.

When a person only wants to know where the product is made the do not go into detail about the product and it benefits as a green product.

Helen


Wow.
Now I realize all the informations I have been reading here in BITOG were actually being controlled (or filtered, at least) by money matter after all...
Am I the only one here who wasn't aware of it??

 

[pzev]

Originally Posted By: 08sienna


Wow.
Now I realize all the informations I have been reading here in BITOG were actually being controlled (or filtered, at least) by money matter after all...
Am I the only one here who wasn't aware of it??



It takes money to run the site. This money primarily comes from sponsors.
Now ask yourself this...who is most likely to sponsor a website dedicated to engine oil?
That's right, companies who either make engine oil or associated products.

Is this going to impart some bias on the forum? Probably. Does that mean everything you read on BITOG is invalidated? No. Most of the information presented on this board speaks for itself.

Helen has to protect the paying sponsors, part of that means preventing companies who haven't payed for access to the site from getting free advertising. At least direct advertising...IIRC, talking about a specific product, with inquiries as to its use and efficacy are still ok. The day we aren't allowed to talk about a product who's parent company isn't a sponsor, is the day most of us leave BITOG. But that day hasn't come, and I, and most others, still very much enjoy the site.

 

[chevrofreak]

Originally Posted By: barlowc
I was at my local ACO Hardware today and noticed the 50-quart jugs of Service Pro synthetic blend. They were the same jugs as those used to package G-OIL in; says "Plastipak" on the bottom.


Service Pro is made by several different companies (Colorado Petroleum, Warren Unilube, Universal Lubricants, etc) and many of the manufacturers of various oils use generic bottles made by other companies. You can't go by the bottle.