Ive been buying 5qt jugs of oil for my truck since I've owned it. The capacity is 4.5qts leaving me a half quart after each oil change. It was on a steady diet of penz hm for a while and I've got about 2.5 quarts of that sitting on my shelf. My last oil change the store was out of my usual oil so I opted for some pyb instead; so there's another half quart. On a recent road trip I forgot to bring along my leftovers, just in case I needed it, so I picked up a quart of the unbeatably cheap mobil super 5000 to bring along. Just this last weekend I switched to ML to see I'd it helps with a barely noticeable leak I've been having that the penz hm didn't seem to help; there's another half quart.
Now I've got 4.5 quarts of 'leftovers' sitting unused in my shop that I'd really rather not waste. Would making a 'franken-oil' of sorts out of those 4 different oils be a kosher thing to do? All my truck has ever used has been 5w-30 and that's what my leftovers all are.
I think from now on I'm going to pour the half quart I won't be needing into the filler neck with the drain plug out just to flush things out and eliminate my issue of having a little extra oil. Unless it's wise to use oil that's been just sitting on a shelf for a couple years, then itll be like a 'buy 5 oil changes get the 6th for the price of a puro classic' type deal lol
If you haven't gathered already, no oil is burned between changes and a negligible amount is leaked, not even enough to require topping it up.
Opinions?
Now I've got 4.5 quarts of 'leftovers' sitting unused in my shop that I'd really rather not waste. Would making a 'franken-oil' of sorts out of those 4 different oils be a kosher thing to do? All my truck has ever used has been 5w-30 and that's what my leftovers all are.
I think from now on I'm going to pour the half quart I won't be needing into the filler neck with the drain plug out just to flush things out and eliminate my issue of having a little extra oil. Unless it's wise to use oil that's been just sitting on a shelf for a couple years, then itll be like a 'buy 5 oil changes get the 6th for the price of a puro classic' type deal lol
If you haven't gathered already, no oil is burned between changes and a negligible amount is leaked, not even enough to require topping it up.
Opinions?