Worst API certified dino oil?

[TomJones76]

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Originally posted by motorguy222:
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After the oil leaves the makers warehouse,it may sit in the buyers warehouse in conditions that are not proper for it to do so.

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Okay, umm.... what warehouse has temperatures what will cause motor oil to fail?
Is there some warehouse in Death Valley with a greenhouse on top and 330 fahrenheit inside?
Is Dollar General shipping oil to the North Pole to store it in negative 50 fahrenheit warehouses?
Come to think of it, what temperatures will hurt oil that isn't being run in an engine?

 

[motorguy222]

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Originally posted by TomJones76:
Okay, umm.... what warehouse has temperatures what will cause motor oil to fail?
Is there some warehouse in Death Valley with a greenhouse on top and 330 fahrenheit inside?
Is Dollar General shipping oil to the North Pole to store it in negative 50 fahrenheit warehouses?
Come to think of it, what temperatures will hurt oil that isn't being run in an engine?

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I dont know the temp that an oil will fail but I do know that a warehouse can and does get very hot.Especially at the top where many have steel/tin roofs that radiate the suns heat like an oven.

I also know that some things are stored in semi and other type of storage trailers/cargo bins that are located outside in the weather,hot and cold.

This may or may not apply to the stores in question but I have seen this type of storage at Wal-Mart and at Rite-Aid.

We dont know what the oil in question went through before being put on the shelves.

All API oils must pass the API testing before it can display the API logo.

This applies to all oil wether it is Uni-Lube or any other oil.

Coastal Uni-Lube used to be a part of El Paso Corp.

It was sold to Warren Oil Company of North Carolina. www.warrenoil.com

This is not Warren Performance Products that makes Super Tech oil nor are they associated in any way.

IIRC,the sale took place in Jan.2005.

The Uni-Lube web site is located at

www.warrenunilube.com

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Groucho Marx Brand oil is the worst. It's used oil of various brands that has been blended in an internal combustion engine for 4 or 5 thousand miles.

 

[kingrob]

And now we know where Unilube gets its basestock.

 

[Brian R.]

I used ARCO graphite in my old 454 Chevelle. With the carburetor, it idled 400 rpm faster with the ARCO graphite than with any other oil. No other brands made any difference in the idle speed. I took that to mean it lowered the cylinder wall friction. I would use it today if I could buy some.

 

[PandaBear]

The average consumer couldn't figure out what weight oil to use in their car, do you think they would double check whether it is API certified and what rating (SL/SM) it carries?

They either buy "synthetic" that has the most commercial or the cheapest dino they can get, with a Fram filter.

 

[SteveD2]

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Originally posted by PandaBear:
The average consumer couldn't figure out what weight oil to use in their car, do you think they would double check whether it is API certified and what rating (SL/SM) it carries?

They either buy "synthetic" that has the most commercial or the cheapest dino they can get, with a Fram filter.

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You know this how?? Bill T.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

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Originally posted by PandaBear:
.......They either buy "synthetic" that has the most commercial or the cheapest dino they can get, with a Fram filter.

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I think it's the other way around. They buy the dino that they just saw most frequently on TV... or they buy a bargain-price synthetic. Frams are everywhere around here. They own most Detroit-area mega stores that sell oil. Some places here are Fram-exclusive.

Worst oil in my neck of the woods is National.

 

[Buick92]

I would have to say the high mileage QS because they say right on the bottle that it has slick 50 in it.

 

[wavinwayne]

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Originally posted by Buick92:
I would have to say the high mileage QS because they say right on the bottle that it has slick 50 in it.

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Not API certified

 

[sambojoho]

I know this topic is about API certified oil, but I thought this was worth sharing...

I saw some oil (don't remember the brand) a couple of years ago at Big Lots closeout store. They had pallets full of boxes of 10w30 oil they were selling for $0.69 per quart, and it had a starburst symbol on the front of the bottle. I picked up a bottle and examined it closer. Inside the starburst, instead of reading "American Petroleum Institute Certified" it read "Quality in Every Drop." I burst out laughing in the store. I even looked at the back, and it didn't even have an API classification listed. Looked very shady, and probably illegal, to me.

I obviously never bought the stuff, but I would be willing to bet whatever crap was in those bottles would qualify for the "worst conventional oil."

 

[Dave Hess]

Wayne,

Didnt you buy this oil a few months back ?